Persons with this endorsement may teach and manage an Agricultural Education program and will be eligible for the Work-Based Learning endorsement.
Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement requires a minimum of 48 semester hours of agriculture subject matter plus work experience including:
A minimum of 12 semester hours in agricultural education which includes pedagogical content knowledge and principles of career and technical education and including a minimum of three (3) semester hours of coordination and supervision of work-based learning; and
A minimum of 36 semester hours from the areas of: Agribusiness Systems, Animal Systems, Food Products and Processing Systems, Natural Resources and Environmental Service Systems, Plant Systems, and Power, Structural, and Technical Systems, including leadership, research, applied technology, and policy within the aforementioned systems:
- Three (3) semester hours – Agribusiness
Systems - Three (3) semester hours – Animal Systems
- Three (3) semester hours – Food Products and
Processing Systems - Three (3) semester hours – Natural Resources
and Environmental Service Systems - Three (3) semester hours – Plant Systems
- Nine (9) semester hours – Power, Structural, and
Technical systems, and
Work Experience: The endorsement is available only to those persons who have either (A) 1000 verified hours of paid work-based experience relative to the career field, or (B) at least 300 hours of supervised work experience relevant to the career field, under the direction of the college or university recommending the endorsement.
Endorsement Program Requirements: Standard institutions of higher education offering this endorsement program must have on file, within the institution, a plan which identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which the institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.
Extracted from Nebraska Department of Education Rule 24 Regulations for Certificate Endorsements
Title 92, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 24