A national assessment of the salaries and working conditions of agricultural education teachers in the United States, 1990-1991

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dc.contributor.authorHowe, James D.en
dc.contributor.committeechairCamp, William G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAsche, F. Marionen
dc.contributor.committeememberHillison, John H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberOliver, J. Daleen
dc.contributor.committeememberYoder, Edgaren
dc.contributor.departmentVocational and Technical Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:21:08Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:21:08Zen
dc.date.issued1992-01-05en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-13en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-13en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to determine the salaries and working conditions of agricultural education teachers in the United States. To accomplish this purpose the following objectives were identified: 1. To determine the demographic characteristics of agricultural education teachers. 2. To determine the salaries, salary supplements, and monetary fringe benefits of agricultural education teachers. 3. To determine the nonmonetary benefits of agricultural education teachers. 4. To determine the major instructional and noninstructional responsibilities of agricultural education teachers. 5. To describe the work settings and working conditions in which agricultural education teachers are employed. 6. To determine the work loads of agricultural education teachers. Most agricultural education teachers reported receiving health insurance benefits. However, only a small percentage (14.7%) of respondents reported receiving fully paid health insurance for themselves and their families. In addition, fewer than one-half (41.4%) of the agricultural education teachers reported receiving fully paid major medical insurance, eye care (13.1%), dental care (20.5%), and life insurance (35.3%). Production agriculture and agricultural mechanics remain the predominant subjects taught by agricultural education teachers. However, a majority of agricultural education teachers also reported teaching agriscience. Although only a small percentage (18.8%) of agricultural education teachers advised Young Farmer chapters, most (95.8%) advised FFA chapters. Nearly all (98.4%) agricultural education teachers classified their employment status as full-time. Typically, agricultural education teachers were mployed a mean 11.3 months per year. Most (69.5%) agricultural education teachers were employed in comprehensive high schools with a mean student population of 662.4 students. Agricultural education teachers reported a mean of 6.7 periods in a typical school day and teaching load of 5.2 instructional periods per day. Nearly three-fourths of the respondents reported having one period per day allotted for planning, student visitations, or student conferences.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentxvi, 152 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10132005-152544en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10132005-152544/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39836en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1992.H694.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 25970918en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1992.H694en
dc.subject.lcshAgriculture teachers -- Salaries, etc -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshTeachers -- Salaries, etc -- United Statesen
dc.titleA national assessment of the salaries and working conditions of agricultural education teachers in the United States, 1990-1991en
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineVocational and Technical Educationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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