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Cowley College’s Career and Technical Education department is seeking a full-time Agriculture Instructor/Program Coordinator to oversee the Agriculture Program and serve as the Judging Team Coordinator. This position will commence July 1, 2025.

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Job Summary:

The Agriculture Instructor/Program Coordinator is a full-time, 10-month position for Cowley College’s Career and Technical Education department.  This position is responsible for the oversight of the Agriculture program, recruit & manage Ag judging teams, and successfully teaching students within the program.

Position Duties:

• Recruit students for the Agriculture program, clubs, and judging teams.
• Assist in recruitment, hiring, and retaining talented and entrepreneurial full-time and adjunct faculty members, serving as Lead Instructor for Agriculture program.
• Plan and supervise Agriculture programs relevant to the Cowley College mission, manage departmental budgetary and financial matters.
• Creation of curriculum, instructional materials, and oversight of agriculture labs and equipment.
• Serve as the advisor for department students.
• Instruct students in competency-based program curriculum using current instructional strategies appropriate to the subject matter to assure highest quality classroom instruction.
• Effectively manage the classroom to create an optimal learning environment, maintaining an appropriate balance of classroom discipline.
• Maintain up-to-date records of student attendance, academic progress and grades as required by College policy and certification/regulatory agencies.
• Work in partnership with high school and higher education institutions for the purpose of articulation and transfer of program courses, certificates, and degrees.
• Develop and coordinate with program advisory boards, business, community, industry, and government partners.
• Keep posted office hours and serve on college and relevant industry committees.
• Maintain courteous, professional and effective working relationships with employees, vendors and/or any other representatives of external organization.
• Comply with all College policies and procedures.

Required Education Background:

• Master’s degree Agriculture, Agriculture science, Education with a specialization in Agriculture or other agricultural area in a discipline relevant to this position (e.g.: Animal Science, Agronomy, Plant Science, Soil Science, or other agriculture science).
• Agriculture teaching experience preferred.
• Agriculture judging team leadership experience preferred.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience teaching agriculture related courses in higher education.
• Experience coaching agriculture related judging teams.
• Experience working with high school and higher education institutions for the purpose of articulation and transfer of program courses, certificates, and degrees.
• High School, CEP, Adult Education teaching experience.
• Program Advisor experience.
• Agriculture industry experience other than education.
• Strong knowledge of professional clubs and organizations pertaining to agriculture (i.e.; FFA, 4-H, NACTA, National Coaches Association).
• Knowledge of precision agriculture.
• Requires a sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including co-enrolled high school students.

Zach Cooper – Director of Sumner Campus – Cowley College

2208 Davis-White Loop

Wellington, Kansas 67152

Office: 620-441-6556    Email: zach.cooper@cowley.edu