How to Become a Teacher
1. Spend a day or two job shadowing an agriculture teacher to find out more about the career.
2. Research the post secondary school that will best fit your goals and ideals about pursuing your degree in agricultural education.
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3. Attending an Elite Conference in your area will help you meet up with the schools in Illinois who offer agricultural education degrees.
4. Get some early field experience during your coursework in college and find out if teaching is right for you.
5. While you are student teaching, during your senior year of college, check out Job Lisitngs on AgriculturalEducation.org to so see the openings throughout the state of Illinois and start applying.
6. Embrace your new career as an agriculture teacher in Illinois. There are many who will assist you in getting established. Contact your District FCAE Program Advisor for their services.
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"Teaching agriculture was an
extremely rewarding career. I taught
because I had a high school teacher of agriculture that was a fantastic instructor and I wanted to model my career after his. The deeper I got into my career, the more I loved it. It gave me a chance to share my knowledge with others in a creative and effective way.
I continued my career at the college level because I felt the need to broaden my influence through teaching agriculture there. As a university faculty member in agriculture, I have been given opportunities I could have never dreamt possible."
Jeffrey A. Wood, Professor and Dean of Applied Science & Technology, Illinois State University
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Contact Information
Illinois State University
Dick Steffen
Agricultural Education Professor
Campus Box 5020
Normal, IL 61790-5020
Phone: 309/438-8084
Fax: 309/438-5653
rwsteff@ilstu.edu
dmalone@ilstu.edu
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Southern Illinois University
Seb Pense
Assistant Professor
Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems–SIUC
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: 618/453-2467
sebpense@siu.edu
Dexter Wakefield
Associate Professor
Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems–SIUC
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: 618/453-6984
Fax: 618/536-7734
wakephd@siu.edu
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University of Illinois
Dr. James Anderson
Brandy Biros
Corey Flournoy
Department of Human and Community Development
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217/244-7286
jcandrs1@uiuc.edu
bbiros@illinois.edu
cflourno@uiuc.edu
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Western Illinois University
Dr. Andrew Baker
Department of Agriculture
College of Business and Technology
Knoblauch Hall 145
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
Phone: 309/298-1080
Fax: 309/298-2280
AJ-Baker@wiu.edu
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