Job Summary

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Essential Job Functions

• Work as a member of the faculty in School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences;
• Participate in graduate education through advising graduate students, serving on graduate committees, and supervising thesis research;
• Teach undergraduate classes in Agricultural Education and other areas deemed necessary;
• Procure grants, contracts, and other funding to support scholarly research;
• Provide leadership and strategic planning to establish statewide agricultural education outreach;
• Prepare publications and scholarly works, including peer reviewed journals, popular articles, bulletins, and scientific articles;
• Attend state, regional and national Agriculture Education meetings and conferences;
• Evaluate and document expected results and impacts of educational programs on targeted audiences;
• Mentor students for competitive career placement;
• Assure compliance with civil rights and affirmative action policies;
• Help with other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Agricultural Education, Agricultural Leadership or related discipline.;
• At least five years of teaching agriculture education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels;
• Knowledge about how to conduct audience needs identification, program development, experiential learning and evaluation of program results;
• Demonstrates skills in working with limited-resource individuals and the ability to develop partnerships and collaborations;
• Understanding of different ethnic and socioeconomic audiences, commitment to include diverse voices in program prioritization and planning, and a commitment to developing and delivering both inclusive and targeted programming;
• Demonstrates use of technology in managing and/or delivering educational programs;
• Demonstrates ability to communicate and work with faculty, staff, students, and alumni;
• Demonstrates ability to facilitate experiential learning;
• Demonstrates ability to provide effective academic and career advising;
• Two or more years professional experience in developing and delivering new courses;
• Demonstrates evidence of scholarly activity;
• Ability to form collaborative partnerships;
• Strong commitment to teaching, research, and service;