AgCareers.com Introduces Free Educator Resource to Help Students Look Beyond Traditional Farming Careers

AMES, IOWA (RFD-TV) — A classroom reo the wide range of career opportunities across agriculture and food, from marketing and communications to engineering and skilled trades

Bonnie Johnson with AgCareers.com said the Classroom Implementation Kit complements the organization’s annual career guide, giving teachers and career advisors lesson plans and activities to help middle and high school students explore potential career paths

Expanding Students’ View of Agriculture

In her conversation with RFD-TV, Johnson said AgCareers.com has worked with the National FFA Organization for several years to develop classroom re

The kit includes lesson plans and classroom activities intended to help students better understand the agriculture and food industries and the opportunities available to them

AgCareers.com features more than 300 career profiles, along with thousands of job opportunities at any given time, Johnson said

The careers students can explore extend well beyond traditional farming roles

“Anything from marketing and communications, engineering — skilled trades are particularly important now,” Johnson said

She said the goal is to reach students before they decide on college, apprenticeships, or technical training, helping them consider the range of career paths available

Introducing Career Options Earlier

Johnson said the organization’s career guide originally focused on college students and recent graduates looking for employers actively recruiting new talent. Over time, the need for re

“We need a reo to college, before they determine if they want to start an apprenticeship program, maybe go to a skilled trade school,” Johnson said

She said introducing these opportunities earlier can help students better understand the options available after graduation

Agriculture continues to change as new technologies and business needs create additional career opportunities. Johnson said students benefit from learning about those possibilities while they consider their futures

Lesson Plans Connect Learning with Careers

The Classroom Implementation Kit offers more than 10 activities and lesson plans that educators can adapt for their classrooms

Topics include navigating changes in a career journey, understanding the differences between being a student and a professional, and identifying skills students can begin developing before entering the workforce

Johnson said agriculture teachers, substitute teachers, and other educators who help young people think about their professional futures can use the materials

“It’s really a great re in general and their professional future,” she said

The materials can also support 4-H leaders and others working with young people outside traditional classroom settings

Free Re

Johnson said the Classroom Implementation Kit is available at no cost through the AgCareers website

She said educators can visit the organization’s career guide page to download a file that includes a digital copy of the career guide, an overview of the re classroom needs

Johnson credited the National FFA Organization’s education experts for helping create the guide and said the reyond the opportunities they may already know

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