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Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (CTE Career Cluster)

Agriculture Education Logo  School-based agricultural education (SBAE) is an essential educational program delivered to over 13,000 students engaged in 220 Agricultural Education programs taught by over 265 instructors in school districts across the state of Kansas.

The Mission of Agricultural Education: Agricultural education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber, and natural resources systems.
 

To Accomplish this Mission:
The complete agricultural education program will target students through:

  • Contextual, inquiry-based instruction and learning through an interactive classroom and laboratory
  • Premier leadership, personal growth and career success through engagement in FFA activities and programs
  • Experiential, service and/or work-based learning through the implementation of a supervised agricultural experience program.

We aspire for excellence as we recruit, prepare and encourage individuals to pursue agricultural careers in life skills through agricultural education.

We serve the community and inform them about agriculture, its needs, opportunities and challenges, as well as provide life long career skills.

Agricultural Education programs will respond to community needs and Kansas' agriculture needs. It will prepare students to be College and Career Ready and to participate as leaders and managers in a global economy. 

Agricultural Education Program Standards Documents

 TitleCategoryDescription
Kansas Agricultural Education Program StandardsPDFProgram Standards for Kansas high school Agricultural Education programs
National Quality Program StandardsPDFNational Quality Program Standards For Secondary (Grades 9-12) Agricultural Education
The Council A National Partnership for Excellence in Agriculture and EducationLinkNational AFNR Content Standards

Supervised Agricultural Experience Resources

 TitleCategoryDescription
SAE For All Student GuidePDF 
SAE For All Teacher GuidePDF 

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Pathway Design Sheets

The pathway design sheets listed below include a list of the course options within each pathway. These design sheets are good for the 2018-2020 school years unless otherwise noted. Course Competencies are found in the next section.

Statewide Articulation Agreements

State-wide articulation agreements have been developed for all clusters. To see those available for this cluster's pathways, click on the following link.
 TitleCategory
Statewide Articulation AgreementsLink

Kansas State Fair Agriculture Information

 TitleCategoryDescription
Agriculture Mechanics Score SheetsDOCKansas State Fair Score Sheet for Agricultural Mechanics
Class 900 - Welding Skills, Picnic Table Plan & ProceduresPDF 

Certification Information

Wage & Employment Information

The Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS) program provides annual employment and wage estimates by occupation. Data is collected through a semi-annual survey conducted by the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) in partnership with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS calculates employment and wage estimates for each of the states, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Balance-of-State areas within each state. To better meet the needs of local users, KDOL’s Labor Market Information Services (LMIS) division produces employment and wage estimates for geographic areas not produced by the BLS; these include Local Workforce Investment Areas, projection regions, and counties. Due to confidentiality and quality criteria, LMIS cannot produce estimates for every occupation in every geographic area. State created areas are not validated by BLS, and therefore, are not official BLS data series. However, the LMIS staff feels that they provide additional information that is useful to the users of Kansas data. Please visit the Kansas Labor Information Center (KLIC) website. Link below.

Education Program Consultant
Agriculture 
Guy Shoulders
(785) 296-3956
gshoulders@ksde.org

Deputy Commissioner:
Division of Learning Services

Dr. Ben Proctor
(785) 296-2303
bproctor@ksde.org

Director: 
Career, Standards and Assessment

Beth Fultz
(785) 296-4639
bfultz@ksde.org

Assistant Director: 
Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Natalie D. Clark
(785) 296-4351
​ndclark@ksde.org

Assistant Director: 
Curricular Standards

Vacant

 

Assistant Director: 
Assessment

Julie Ewing
(785) 296-2325
jewing@ksde.org

Assistant Director: 
Kansas Volunteer Commission

Dr. Jessica Dorsey
(785) 296-3163
jdorsey@ksde.org

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