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Blumenthal, Anita – Facilities Manager, 2012
"My thumb got me into this!" declares the new APPA President Mary Vosevich when asked how she entered the field of educational facilities management. It was 1984, and Vosevich, a Midwest native, was working at Monsanto in St. Louis as a research biologist, having earned her B.S. in horticulture/agriculture from the University of…
Descriptors: Profiles, Educational Facilities, Horticulture, School Maintenance
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Schrock, Denny S.; Meyer, Mary; Ascher, Peter; Snyder, Mark – Journal of Extension, 2000
Responses from 282 current and former Master Gardeners in Missouri identified the most important benefits they derived from participation: increased knowledge, personal growth, and satisfaction of altruistic values. Social and career-related benefits received the lowest rankings. The most active volunteer Master Gardeners were most likely to…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Extension Education, Gardening, Horticulture
Stewart, Bob R.; Mullinix, Mark K. – 1984
This curriculum guide, part of a plant science core curriculum, consists of materials for use in teaching a unit on fruit and vegetable production. Provided in the first part of the guide are a list of objectives, a bibliography, and a competency profile. The remainder of the guide consists of 11 lessons dealing with the following topics: planning…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Humphrey, John Kevin; And Others – 1991
This curriculum guide is designed to provide instruction about agriculture for eighth-grade students in Missouri. Lessons included in the curriculum employ a problem-solving instructional approach. Student-oriented activities are included to provide opportunities for experiential learning. Core competencies and key skills are identified in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Behavioral Objectives
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Dept. of Practical Arts and Vocational-Technical Education. – 1988
This document contains agriculture occupations-related materials to help teachers and parents teach access skills to Missouri junior high and high school special needs students who want to pursue a vocational program in agribusiness, agricultural management, and economics; agriculture power, agricultural machinery, and small engine repair; or…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1997
These two documents deal with the relationship between Missouri's Show-Me Standards (the standards defining what all Missouri students should know upon graduation from high school) with the vocational competencies taught in secondary-level agricultural education courses. The first document, which is a database documenting the common ground that…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering