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Agricultural Education

Grades Eligible: 9, 10, 11, 12

Click here for Agriculture Education Program Fact Sheet

Agricultural Education is a 4-year program for students that teaches the science and technology to manage and use resources to provide food for a growing population. Through theses courses, agricultural educators teach students a wide variety of skills, including science, math, communications, leadership, management and technology. Student also have the opportunity to learn leadership and personal development through membership in Future Farmers of America (FFA).

Agricultural education is delivered through three interconnected components:

  • Classroom or laboratory instruction.
  • Experiential learning--learning experiences that usually take place outside of the classroom, supervised by the agricultural instructor.
  • Leadership education--delivered through student organizations such as the National FFA Organization.

 Follow link to Rolla FFA Google Site

Application

Program Instructors

  • Mr. Cord Jenkins
    Agricultural Education Instructor
    (573) 458-0150 X 15315
    cjenkins@rolla31.org
    RTI Rm: 312

    Office Hours: M-F 3:00-3:45
     

    Mr. Jenkins has taught Agricultural Education for over 14 years; while serving as the advisor to the Rolla FFA Chapter at RTI/C. He lives on a farm in northern Phelps County where he practices management intensive grazing and raises beef cattle and sheep.

  • Degrees Held:

    • Master of Science in Career, Technical, and Leadership
    •  Bachelor's in Agricultural Education, University from Missouri Columbia (UCM)

    Licensure and Certifications: 

    • Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Teaching Certificate

  • Intensive Ag Science
    Advanced Ag Science
    Ag Construction I
    Ag Construction II
    Ag Science I
    AOE

  • MOASK IRC

    OSHA Education Center

     

    OSHA Forklift Card

  • Mr. Randy Stockstill
    Agricultural Education Instructor
    (573) 458-0150 X 15310
    rstockstill@rolla31.org
    RTI Rm: 310

    Office Hours: M-F 3:00-3:45
     

    This is my 26th year teaching Agriculture Education. I have been married to a nurse for as long as I have been teaching and we have two grown kids. We are excitedly expecting our first grandchild in April. I was raised around Dryland wheat and Alfalfa hay early on. After receiving my Agriculture Education teaching degree from Oklahoma State University, I found myself working as a horticulturist for several years. My teaching career started in St Louis, chartering a FFA program at the Career Academy. From there, I moved to Vienna for seven years and have now been teaching over a decade in Rolla. I feel incredibly blessed to have a career working with not just the young people in agriculture, but with my fellow agriculture instructors as well. I thoroughly enjoy my job and highly recommend the Agriculture Education field.

  • Degrees Held:

    • Bachelors in Agriculture Education, The Great Oklahoma State University

    Licensure and Certifications:

    • Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Teaching Certificate

  • Veterinary Science
    Equine Science
    Ag Science II
    Landscaping & Greenhouse/Nursery Operations
    Wildlife Conservation
    Nature & Ecology

  • MOASK IRC


    OSHA Education Center

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    OSHA Forklift Card