Cornell and Ithaca Universities Addressing Shortage of Ag Teachers – Ag Matters

Here's an educational career with lots of future job potential? Those that know say there is a severe shortage of agricultural educators around the nation, and in New York it's an even more "in demand" field. Cornell University and Ithaca College have created a partnership to address the issue.

In an article written by Emily Masters and Elizabeth Morris for the "Ithaca Voice," the need for ad educators will increase due to retirements and new programs.

 

The need is particularly dire in New York, said Jeff Perry, a senior lecturer at Cornell who will teach courses for the new cross-university partnership.

Within the next decade, Perry said, a significant amount of agricultural educators will retire. Retirements and new programs will fuel six to 10 job openings in high schools across New York each year, he said.

The new cross-university partnership will combine classes from Ithaca’s graduate education program and Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.  Read the entire article here.

SOURCE: Cornell Cooperative Extension 
Ithaca Voice by  Emily Masters and Elizabeth Morris