Echo Press: Higher education programs striving to recruit, train prospective agriculture education teachers

As the number of middle and high school agricultural education programs across the northern Plains grow and expand, so do efforts by post-secondary institutions to recruit and train students who will teach in them.

North Dakota State University in Fargo, for example, is working toward both short- and long-term solutions to increase the number of ag education teachers. The university has worked with NDSU Extension for several years to do outreach with high schools to recruit agricultural education students. The personal contact with NDSU educators at events, such as the North Dakota State FFA Convention held annually in June, allows students to ask questions about their prospective career, said Adam Marx, NDSU associate professor and program evaluation specialist.

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