The Development of Guidelines for a Recruitment Program in Agricultural Education at Kansas State University. Final Report

The major purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for a teacher recruitment program for use in agricultural education at Kansas State Universitiv. To determine current methods and practices of recruitment in the central region, a survey was conducted of teacher educators and state supervisor...

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Main Author Welton, Richard F
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Department of Adult and Occupational Education, College of Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 01.01.1980
Subjects
Administrator Attitudes
Agricultural Education
College Students
Guidelines
Higher Education
Kansas State University
Student Attitudes
Student Recruitment
Surveys
Teacher Education
Teacher Recruitment
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Summary:The major purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for a teacher recruitment program for use in agricultural education at Kansas State Universitiv. To determine current methods and practices of recruitment in the central region, a survey was conducted of teacher educators and state supervisors, coordinators of agriculture programs in Kansas community colleges, and agricultural education students enrolled at Kansas State University during the 1978-79 academic year. Among the findings of the survey was that 47 percent of the agricultural education students indicated they had switched into agricultural education from another major. Ninety-two percent of the state supervisors indicated their state had an inadequate supply of vocational agriculture teachers. Recruiting practices most often used by teacher educators were (in order) recruiting brochures, a personal letter from an interview with an agricultural education professor, and group presentations. Students felt that the people who had the most influence on their decision to major in agricultural education were (in order) the vocational agriculture teacher and college professor, parents, friends, and teachers in fields other than vocational agriculture. The high school counselor was ranked as having the least influence. Based on the survey findings, fifteen guidelines were written for recruitment activities. (The questionnaires are appended.) (LRA)