The status of advisory councils for departments of vocational agriculture in Virginia

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1949

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

This study includes information about 125 departments of vocational agriculture, or 58.6 per cent of the 213 white departments established in the State of Virginia when this study was begun.
Data from the teacher trainers and district supervisors of Virginia shows the same trend and results as the data of teachers of vocational agriculture.
This study shows 101 or 80.8 per cent of the departments have an advisory council and 24 or 19.2 per cent have none.
The average years of experience with using advisory council in present position was 7.4 years, while those not using a council at present was 3.6 years. The teachers using councils serve in present school over twice as long as those not using a council.
There were only three teachers with nine or more years of service in present school who did not have an advisory council.
The teachers without councils reported an average of 1.7 reasons each for not having an advisory council.
Only 12 departments were making use of special councils, and 10 of these also used general councils.
The average council in the Southern region is almost the same as the average council in Virginia.