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Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated skills in working with limited resource individuals and the ability to develop partnerships and collaborations
• Understanding of different ethnic and socioeconomic audiences, commitment to include diverse voices in program prioritization and planning, and a commitment to developing and delivering both inclusive and targeted programming
• Demonstrated use of technology in managing and/or delivering educational programs
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work with faculty, staff, students, and alumni
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate experiential learning
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective academic and career advising
• Two or more years professional experience in developing and delivering new courses
• Demonstrated evidence of scholarly activity
• Ability to form collaborative partnership
• Strong commitment to teaching, research, and service
• Excellent communication and demonstrated interest and ability in visual and electronic communication

Essential Job Functions

• Work as a member of the faculty in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
• Participate in graduate education through advising graduate students serving on graduate committees, and supervising thesis research
• Teach undergraduate classes in Agricultural Education and other areas deemed necessary
• Procure grants, contracts, and other funding to support scholarly research
• Provide leadership and strategic planning to establish statewide agricultural education outreach
• Prepare publications and scholarly works, including peer reviewed journals popular articles, bulletins, and scientific articles
• Attend state, regional and national Agriculture Education meetings and conferences
• Evaluate and document expected results and impacts of educational programs on targeted audiences
• Mentor students for competitive career placement
• Assure compliance with civil rights and affirmative action policies
• Help with other duties as assigned duties

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Agricultural Education, Agricultural Leadership or related discipline
• At least five years of teaching agriculture education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels
• Knowledge about how to conduct audience needs identification, program development, experiential learning and evaluation of program results