Progress 07/01/24 to 06/30/25
Outputs
Target Audience:PIs screened potential agriculture teacher participants for year one. PIs reached out to 15 agriculture teachers who met the criteria. Of these, ten have agreed to participate in the face to face training July 1-3, 2025. PIs reached out to industry partners in August of 2024 to create an industry advisory panel. None of the available dates worked for a majority of the industry partners.A total of 15 young professionals working in various facets of precision agriculture were invited to attend a planning session.A second call for an advisory committee meeting was sent in November. On December 19, eleven industry partners met at a statewide cooperative headquarters to identify the jobs and skills available in their respective fields of precision agriculture. A second educational advisory committee was assembled on February 25th. This group included 8 industry and educational professionals to review the jobs and skills from the first advisory group and assemble these foundational skills into a curriculum. The PI and a graduate student presented the results of the two advisory panels at the 2025 Digital Agriculture Symposium hosted at the University of Missouri in April, 2025. The research was presented to approximately 110 participants. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Two posters presented to 110 participants during the 2025 digital agriculture symposium. Tummons, J.D., Mott, R.L., Shannon, D.K., Reynolds, C., Victoria, M. & Middleton, J. (2025). Careers and skills in precision agriculture as defined by industry employers. Research poster presented at the 2025 Digital Agriculture Symposium. Columbia, Missouri Tummons, J.D., Mott, R.L., Shannon, D.K., Reynolds, C., Victoria, M. & Middleton, J. (2025). Precision Agriculture Foundational Skills as identified by precision agriculture postsecondary instructors. Research poster presented at the 2025 Digital Agriculture Symposium. Columbia, Missouri What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Create an inquiry/problem-solving based secondary precision agriculture curriculum. Creation of hands-on activities to support curriculum. Pilot and editing of curriculum with round one teachers. Deliver face-to-face teacher professional development workshops where completers can 1) describe fundamental precision agriculture concepts and technologies, 2) demonstrate data management and analysis techniques, 3) create crop management plans, and 4) evaluate the economic and environmental implications of precision agriculture. Workshop planned for July 1, 2, and 3 with 10 teachers scheduled to attend. Each PAMM participant will teach precision agriculture curriculum unit to agricultural mechanics annually to students in their local schools. 10 teachers from workshop/group 1 will teach in their home schools. Develop a faculty and near-peer mentoring network with thegoal to develop a Community of Practice for providing technical and social support to female agricultural mechanics teachers. Create community of practice during July workshop. Have monthly zoom meetings. Investigate barriers to adoption of precision agriculture technology and the interplay of curriculum training and mentoring in the self-efficacy and practices of female agricultural mechanics teachers in implementing workforce training for secondary students. Conduct 2 focus groups in July at workshop. Survey agriculture teachers on their PA knowledge and teaching, Develop a repository of precision agriculture curriculum and activities to facilitate adoption of precision agriculture curriculum across all secondary agricultural mechanics programs Post remaining materials to website.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Create an inquiry/problem-solving based secondary precision agriculture curriculum. Met with advisory groups to identify key skills. Created a 10 unit secondary precision agriculture curriculum. objective 1 met. Deliver face-to-face teacher professional development workshops where completers can 1) describe fundamental precision agriculture concepts and technologies, 2) demonstrate data management and analysis techniques, 3) create crop management plans, and 4) evaluate the economic and environmental implications of precision agriculture. 10 teachers have been invited to a 3-day professional development workshop to be held at the University of Missouri July 1, 2, and 3, 2025. Workshop has been planned Each PAMM participant will teach precision agriculture curriculum unit to agricultural mechanics annually to students in their local schools. N/A Develop a faculty and near-peer mentoring network with thegoal to develop a Community of Practice for providing technical and social support to female agricultural mechanics teachers. Developed a mentoring framework to facilitate community of practice to be delivered at July workshop. Investigate barriers to adoption of precision agriculture technology and the interplay of curriculum training and mentoring in the self-efficacy and practices of female agricultural mechanics teachers in implementing workforce training for secondary students. Completed IRB to collect data. Develop a repository of precision agriculture curriculum and activities to facilitate the adoption of precision agriculture curriculum across all secondary agricultural mechanics programs ? Developed a website to host materials for distribution to teachers.
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