Agriculture Workforce Training for Collaborative Leadership
Developing Future Agriculture Leaders
Welcome to the Agriculture Workforce Training Project
Agricultural employers are increasingly in need of a workforce that effectively engages in collaborative leadership.
This project designs, develops, and evaluates curricula for community colleges to prepare the agriculture workforce for effective leadership in an increasingly diverse environment.
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Specific Aims
Agriculture Workforce Training for Collaborative Leadership (AWT4CL)
(1) Enhance the Agricultural Technology program’s core curriculum with practical skill development in collaborative leadership appropriate for workplace success;
(2) Adapt and extend collaborative leadership curricula for use with the Virginia Community College System’s agriculture workforce training programs; and
(3) Create reusable learning objects that allow application of the collaborative leadership curricula in food and agricultural sciences programs at other community, junior, and technical colleges/institutes.
This project is producing much-needed curricular resources for food and agricultural sciences programs at community, junior, and technical colleges/institutes. Employers will benefit from a workforce effectively trained in evidence-based practices of collaborative leadership. Society will benefit from a well-managed and sustainable food system.