If I Want To Become An Agricultural Teacher

I am often asked my by my peers why I am taking this class if I’m not an education major or if I don’t want to be a teacher. While this is true and it’s not in my immediate plans to become a teacher after college, I do not know what path I will take in my future. If I am to become a teacher, I would like to be an agricultural or vocational teacher – this means I would be held to different standards and would be following different but similar guidelines as your “standard” academic teachers. I found it only fitting for this assignment to interview my high school natural resources teacher. I had her as a teacher each term for all four years of high school, and if I do become a teacher it would be doing something very similar to what she did.
Since I am not an education major and am interested in a different type of education than most of the class, I often find it hard to keep up as I am missing fundamental background knowledge and I don’t want all of this practice unpacking standards and creating learning targets to become “wasted” if I won’t even have standards. From this interview, I hoped to gain more insight on what it takes to become …show more content…
I was partially correct – you can get your masters in education and get your job that way (although I’m not sure if there’s anything else you need – certificates or something similar to prove you know your materials), or you can come in straight from the field with 3+ years of full time experience. Besides fulfilling professional development hours for license renewal, you only need to take additional classes if you come straight from the field. I am glad to learn that there are several options for me if I do decide to teach. I was also provided with information on how to find a job in this field if I so desired, and I was very appreciative of