Educator Promotes LEAP
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become certified in agricultural
education.
LEAP, which began one year
ago, is delivered through North
Carolina University, but also
has courses by professors from
across the nation. The program
requires 24 semester hours in
specific courses.
At completion of the online
Maryland Holstein
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Maryland Outstanding Junior Holstein Breeders Gus and
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Outstanding Senior Hol
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coursework, the person receives
a teaching certificate from
North Carolina, which is recog
nized in 49 states (with the ex
ception of Louisiana).
Baker has been involved with
agricultural education for 20
years. She earned a bachelor’s
degree at Penn State, a master’s
degree at the University of Dela
ware, and a doctorate at Penn
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While enthusiastic about the
Greenwood High School Agri
culture Program and her stu
dents there, Baker is also very
enthusiastic about supervising
the first individual scheduled to
complete the LEAP program,
Diane Glock, during her student
teaching experience.
Glock, who lives in Mifflin
town, Juniata County, found
that the LEAP program fitted
her needs as a returning adult
student. Glock plans to com
plete the LEAP program this
summer and will be poised to
accept a position teaching agri
culture for the 2002-2003 school
year. Glock earned a bachelor’s
degree in dairy science from
Penn State.
Along with Glock, two other
Pennsylvania students are en
rolled in the LEAP program.
“What is unique about
LEAP,” Baker said, “is people
do not have to resign their jobs
to pursue certification. LEAP is
adult-friendly and flexible.”
Gary Moore, coordinator of
graduate programs in agricul
tural and extension education at
N.C. State, was instrumental in
developing LEAP, supported by
the American Distance Educa
tion Consortium and collabora
tion with the National FFA
Organization, the National As
sociation of Agricultural Educa
tors, and several universities.
To apply for the LEAP pro
gram, a person must possess a
baccalaureate degree in agricul
ture, natural resources, or a
closely related field from an ac-
credited institution in the U.S.
with a 2.S grade point average;
submit a detailed essay on why
he or she wants to be a teacher of
agriculture; and submit three
letters of recommendation re
garding the applicant’s charac
ter, work ethic, academic ability,
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pleted, as assessors who work
for America’s Clean Water Pro
gram check the farm. This
aspect of the program is wrap
ping up a 30-farm pilot phase in
Berks, Chester, and Lancaster
counties.
The fourth aspect, which is
still under development, is con
tinuing the participant’s educa
tion. Online information may be
one way to recertify PEACCE
members, said Kephart.
One of the strengths of the
PEACCE program is its thor
oughness, he said. “With this
program, you have a lot of
people on the farm making sure
things are done the way they
should,” he said.
Consequently “if■ u are ever
called into court, this is a wav
that you can say, “this is what
we’ve done,’” he said.
At the end of the meeting,
Gregory Martin, capitol region
poultry specialist, reminded the
audience about the drought
problems of the region. “It only
takes a day’s water loss to cause
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More information about the
LEAP program and its require
ments are available online at
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/
agexed/leap or by contacting
Baker at (717) 527-2050.
Ken Kaphart, professor
of animal science at Penn
State, spoke about the
PEACCE program during a
poultry seminar this week.
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ability to bring water in.”
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