The OFPS Agricultural Education program prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber, and natural resources systems.
The OFPS Agricultural Education Program will distinguish itself as the region's comprehensive program that:
Supports an inclusive classroom community of highly-engaged learners.
Develops innovative educational opportunities through partnerships that lead to student success, sustainable communities, and differentiation within agriculture.
Fosters a challenging, supportive, student-centered environment that is characterized by inspiring and preparing students to serve as ethical, informed citizens and leaders in our complex, diverse, and global environment.
Ensures academic excellence in all modes and methods of instruction.
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Agricultural education is a systematic program of instruction available to students desiring to learn about the science, business, technology of plant and animal production and/or about the environmental and natural resources systems. Agricultural education first became a part of the public education system in 1917 when the U.S. Congress passed the Smith-Hughes Act. Today, over 800,000 students participate in formal agricultural education instructional programs offered in grades seven-adult throughout the 50 states and three U. S. territories.
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