Agricultural Teacher EducatorGlobal Teach Ag! Innovation SpecialistUndergraduate/Graduate Student AdviserResearch in Teaching and Learning/Global Competency

Teacher EducatorUndergraduate/Graduate Student AdvisorResearch in Teaching and Learning

I provide parliamentary services with speciality area around education and training in use of Robert's Rules of Order for effective organizations, efficient meetings, and competent officers/boards. In addition to workshops/training, other services include:Meeting/convention parliamentarianPresiding officerParliamentary Research OpinionsOrganizational Bylaw Review

The Global Teach Ag Network is an opportunity to collaborate to lift up educators as frontline change agents to address global issues in food, fiber, and natural resources.

Teaching responsibilities include:AEE 630: Senior Seminar in Agricultural and Extension Education (5 credit hours), Instructor, Winter 2008, Winter 2009• Course Description: Debate, consideration, and integration of agricultural education from a wider agricultural perspective; including international awareness, problem solving, and ethical decision-making.• Redesigned curriculum to provide for new course design. Incorporated cooperative learning strategies. AEE 580: Field Experience in Public Schools (15 credit hours), Supervisor, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008• Course Description: Supervised participation in teaching and other professional responsibilities of teachers of agriculture including clinical analysis in conferences and seminars.• Facilitated student teacher seminars• Supervised 4 pre-service teachers in agricultural educationAEE 531: Experiential Education in Public Schools (3 credit hours), Instructor, Spring 2008, Spring 2009• Course Description: Examines the use of supervised agricultural experience programs and FFA activities as experiential education components of a comprehensive secondary agricultural education program.AEE 342: Fundamentals of Leadership Course (3 credit hours), Instructor, Spring 2007• Course Description: Designed to develop an understanding of leadership with particular emphasis on theory and practice relative to effective functioning as leaders.• Redesigned curriculum to include service-learning component. AEE 280: Early Field Experience (2 credit hours), Assistant, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008• Course Description: Experiencing career options in agricultural and extension education.

Highlights of 4 year experience:• Initiated new facility design and approval—10,750 sq. ft. facility completed Spring of 2005• Recruited and retained students into Agriscience program from 59 in 2002 to 172 in 2006 (200% increase)• Conducted comprehensive Supervised Agricultural Experience programo Average 125 student visits conducted each semester--Total student net worth $463,000• Advised student organization (FFA)Partial Listing of Accomplishments o American Degree recipients (12)o State Degree recipients (22)o State Star Finalists (12)o State Proficiency Awards (31)o State Star Agribusiness Awards (2)o State Star in Agriculture Placement (1)o State Star Greenhand (1)o State Champion CDE Teams (14)o National Superior Chapter Awards (3)o State FFA Officers (4)o National FFA Officers (2)o National FFA Band Member (1)