Bridging the Gap.... Connecting Secondary and University Programs to Grow the Next Generation

摘要

Recruiting new teachers. Recruiting students. Rigor and relevance in the classroom. Dual credit and post secondary connections. If it's not one thing, it's six others, or so it seems. All of these issues and topics are vital to the continued success and growth of agricultural education nationwide. So which one to choose, prioritize? The next question is, do we have to? In a small state with relatively few agricultural education programs and even fewer teacher educators, Idaho has had the opportunityto be creative in student recruitment and retention at the secondary and post secondary levels while addressing state and federal requirements to maintain high quality programs.