The Center for Professional Personnel Development is one of three centers recognized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Bureau of Center and Technical Education (PDE/CBTE). At Penn State, the Center is housed in the College of Education and the College of Agricultural Science.
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Our objective is to meet the needs of vocational education personnel across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Vision
To develop digitally-literate, globally minded 21st century positive agents of change for agricultural education.
Mission
@TeachAgPSU develops agriscience teachers who are prepared to teach where learners are in need.
Core Values
The Penn State Agricultural Education Program cultivates and values agriscience teachers who are:
- Philosophically sound in career technical education principles and the three-component model of agricultural education including applied STEM classroom instruction, work-based learning (Supervised Agricultural Experience), and the leadership laboratory of youth organizations (FFA).
- Inclusive of ALL students and value diversity in their classrooms.
- Skilled in technical agricultural science content knowledge.
- Prepared to utilize effective pedagogical methods to successfully plan, implement, and assess agriscience instruction to impact student learning.
- Reflective practitioners that are devoted to lifelong learning.
- Servant leaders in the classroom, school, and community.
- Committed to the engagement of external stakeholders in a purposeful, systematic process for enhanced student, school, and community success.
- Committed, life-long members of a professional learning community prepared to integrate cross-curricular learning opportunities.
- Dedicated to academic proficiency while prioritizing the scholastic growth of all students.
- Digitally-literate, connected educators who are progressive in adopting appropriate technologies to advance professional growth and student learning.
