Minnesota Agricultural Education Data December 2012 Joel M. Larsen Program Specialist Agricultural Education

AFNR AFNR Programs 215 teachers (216 in 2010; 213 in 2011; 214 in 2012) 6 departments – 3 Teachers 21 departments – 2 Teachers 159 Full Time Programs – ( 164 in 2012; 160 in 2011; 168 in 2010) 22 less than 1.0 FTE (full time equivalents) (21 in 2012; 26 in 2011;14 in 2010)

Charting Programs

Minnesota AFNR Programs programs had changes in staffing this year. Representing Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) 11 schools reduced AFNR by 8.43 FTEs 7 schools increased staffing by 5.5 FTEs 2013 – net loss of 2.93 FTEs 2012 – net loss of 3.7 FTEs net gain of 1.6 FTEs loss of 6.5 FTEs 9 positions filled by Community Expert, Variance, Long Term Sub 3 positions unfilled (Minnewaska, Nicollet, Royalton)

School size - Programs

140 Male – 75 Female Teachers (Fall 2012) 9 teachers are teaching on license not related to agriculture education (teaching out of assigned field) 16 FFA Chapters have a FFA Advisor from the community serving as an assistant or lead advisor. Minnesota AFNR Programs

Program Size

AFNR Enrollment – – – 2012 Carl Perkins AFNR Enrollment Data 32,924 5,932* 27,942 10,045* 20,875 8,808* 21,022 7,917* * Concentrators = students completing 240 hours of CTE course work

Perkins AFNR Concentrators Minnesota Enrollment = 21,022 Student Enrollment Average = Concentrators have completed 240 hours of instruction in the AFNR program. Female -2, % Male - 5, % Total -7, graduation rate for CTE concentrators = % (NCLB Grad Rate) MCA GRAD Reading 10 score = 78.24% (state average = 80.4%) (72.52% in 2011) MCA GRAD Math 11 score = 56.49% (state average = 57.7 %) (37.02% in 2011)

AFNR Concentrators There were 7,917 AFNR students identified as CTE Concentrators 90.9 % White, Non-Hispanic (7,200) 37.8 % Economically Disadvantaged (2,997) 28.4 % Non Traditional Enrollee (2,256) 19.2 % Individual with a Disability (1,521)

Career Pathways AFNR PathwayCP Data 2011 CP Data 2012 Power, Structure & Technical7,9868,120 Animal Systems5,8255,582 Plant Systems4,3404,349 Natural Resource & Environmental Systems 5,3084,986 Agri Business Systems5,8254,259 Food Products & Processing (including Biotechnology)

AFNR Pathway Enrollment FY 12

Career Pathways

Academic Credit Science Science Credit School Year YesNo % 47 schools 43 % 36 schools % 70 schools 30% 30 schools % 77 Schools 27% 28 schools % 37 schools 33% 18 schools

Grade Levels AFNR Education

Agri Science Credit Agricultural Science 493 Animal Science 1,322 Biotechnology 403 Plant Science 702 Natural Resource Science 973 Total 3,893 C Perkins data Table C = 4,248

Agri Science Credit

Academic Credit in AFNR

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Minnesota Agricultural Education Data Joel M. Larsen Program Specialist Agricultural Education