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Why Do They Leave and Where Do They Go? A Qualitative Study of Illinois School-Based Agriculture Teachers Who Left the Profession
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Solomonson, Jay K.; Thieman, Erica B.; Korte, Debra S.; Retallick, Michael S. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
Approximately half of a million educators move or leave the profession each year with an estimated 41% of all educators exiting within the first five years. Additionally, agriculture teacher preparation programs are not producing enough graduates to meet current demands with 1,476 agricultural teacher vacancies existing in 2016 and only 772…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence
Consideration of Agricultural Education as a Career: A Statewide Examination by High School Class Year of Predicting Factors
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Thieman, Erica B.; Rosch, David M.; Suarez, Cecilia E. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2016
The shortage of teachers in Illinois is reflective of a recent trend where agricultural education graduates of in-state post-secondary institutions have not met the need for the number of available teaching positions. The retirement of the many teachers from the Baby Boomer generation is looming over the profession, making recruitment efforts…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Choice, High School Students, Predictor Variables