How to Become an Ag Teacher
Here’s Exactly How to Get There
The Path
Four Steps to Certification
If Kentucky offers an alternate route to certification outside this four-year path (e.g. for career-changers), add it here once confirmed — nothing invented in the meantime.
If you’re interested in making a difference in the lives of students while helping train the next generation of agricultural leaders, then Agricultural Education is the career for you.
In Kentucky, four institutions offer an Agricultural Education degree: Morehead State University, Murray State University, the University of Kentucky, and Western Kentucky University.
Earning a degree in Agricultural Education in Kentucky requires completion of a four-year degree program. Requirements vary by institution but include courses in education and teaching alongside a foundation in agriculture. Ag Ed majors also spend one semester in student teaching.
Explore each school’s program below.
If you are enrolled in an agricultural program at KCTC, please contact Sheldon McKinney at sheldon.mckinney@kyffa.org to learn more.
Ag Ed majors complete one semester of student teaching, placed in a school with an experienced agriculture teacher. This gives practical experience planning and delivering lessons, managing a classroom, and operating laboratory facilities.
Complete your degree and student teaching to earn Kentucky teacher certification in Agricultural Education — the final step before your own classroom.
If you already have a degree and/or experience in another area and want to teach agriculture in Kentucky, contact the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board at (502) 564-4606 or kdelicensure@education.ky.gov.
