Ag teacher job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Ag teacher in details. A complete job description concludes Ag teacher key duties/responsibilities, Ag teacher job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Ag teacher duties:

1. Exemplary teaching of new and existing undergraduate and graduate courses in AFNR Leadership which include a diversity and inclusion component.
2. Developing innovative strategies to leverage complementary educational resources with others, including CFANS, Extension, the broader University, and regional leadership programs, organizations, and agribusinesses.
3. Provide visionary leadership in development of new leadership courses consistent with the undergraduate strategic plan of CFANS and the mission of the Division of Applied Economics and Agricultural Education.
4. These courses will be designed to deliver leadership content in an AFNR context to students in diverse majors across the college.
5. Advise undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students from culturally diverse backgrounds.
6. Supervise graduate student research.
7. Apply to become a tutor to help this student and other students in your community
8. Work with a variety of students in your best subjects
9. Spend more time teaching and less time administering
10. Set your own hours while you help students learn the subjects you love to teach

II. List of Ag teacher qualifications

1. Ph.D. in agricultural, natural resource, or environmental leadership or closely related field.
2. Applications from ABD candidates will be considered as long as they can document that they will have completed all degree requirements by the starting date of this position.
3. Demonstrated knowledge of leadership theory, development, practices, and skills utilized in the context of AFNR.
4. Demonstrated potential to develop a strong record in teaching and advising undergraduate and graduate students with diverse academic goals and backgrounds. This includes traditional classroom instruction as well as teaching with alternative delivery methods (e.g., web-based, hybrid)
5. Demonstrated potential to make significant scholarly contributions through research publications and other forms of knowledge creation.
6. Innovation and vision for developing an AFNR leadership program.
7. Excellence in teaching and advising undergraduate and graduate students.
8. Excellence in using AFNR as a context for teaching leadership theory, development, practices, and skills.
9. Demonstrated commitment to diversity.
10. Demonstrated effectiveness in interdisciplinary settings and engagement with diverse audiences and stakeholders.
11. Demonstrated ability to publish in appropriate peer reviewed scholarly outlets (e.g., journals, conferences).

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.