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Current Teachers

The UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication is proud to prepare students for careers as agriculture teachers, but we are also proud to support the teachers who are currently in the classroom. This page is a resource for any current teacher wanting to connect with others, find other resources to use with their students, and find professional development opportunities.

Statistic: 513 agriculture teachers in Florida

Statistic: 383 agriculture programs in Florida


Online Agricultural Education Resources

Are you looking for resources for your online learners? Have you been trying to find a lesson that works well for one of your units of instruction? Look no further! The UF/AEC Online Ag Ed Resources Page provides resources that support you in online learning, and that can be easily modified for traditional face-to-face learning. Be sure to check out our repository of resources for lesson relating to Animal Science, Food Science, Middle School Curriculum, SAE’s, the Ag Foundations course, and much more!


Agriscience Secondary Teacher Preparation Graduate Certificate

Are you an alternatively certified teacher who is looking for a pathway to your professional teaching certificate? Be sure to Agriscience Secondary Teacher Preparation Graduate Certificate, offered by UF/AEC, and approved by the Florida Department of Education as a route to certification. 


Florida Teacher Directory

Looking to connect with another agriculture teacher in Florida? Our current teacher directory can help! This page shows as much information we have for Florida's 500+ agriculture teachers. We know this information is constantly updating, so if you notice something needing changed, please send an email to Dr. Tre Easterly (tre.easterly@ufl.edu).


Teacher of Teachers

Huge thanks go to the 2022 Spring Cooperating Teachers! Our students could not have experienced the daily life of teaching ag without your support! 

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Lori Albritton
North Marion High School
28 years teaching
Intern: Rebecca Knox-Kenney
7th Intern

Shelby Ball
Avon Park High School
5 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Sally Kempfer
1st Intern

Florida agriculture teachers

Kyle Carlton
George Jenkins High School
32 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Amanda Neal
8th Intern

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Michelle Cesario
Strawberry Crest High School
21 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Julie Browning-Brass
4th Intern

Karly Cohenour, Agriculture Teacher

Karly Cohenour
Braden River High School
11 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Deanna Brock
2nd Intern

Kelly Goff
Tomlin Middle School
12 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Ashley Chisholm
1st Intern

Greg Lehman
Barrington Middle School
16 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Julianne Ream
2nd Intern

Chad Lyons
Lafayette High School
15 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Case Emerson
2nd Intern

Florida agriculture teachers

Michelle Parmer
Bartow Middle School
23 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Brooklyn Hall
2nd Intern

Florida agriculture teachers

Tanner Rosenbaum
Wilkinson Junior High
6 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Noah Wright
1st Intern

Florida agriculture teachers

Thomas Sturgis
Durant High School
30 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Lacee Richardson
8th Intern

Florida agriculture teachers

Stan Scurlock
Cottondale High School
 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Autumn Jackson
 Intern

Florida agriculture teachers

Jimmy Sweeney
George Jenkins High School
30 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Hayley Copeland
6th Intern

Kaitlin Van Heusen
Bradford
7 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Shyanne Bell
1st Intern

Florida agriculture teachers

Stacey Young
Branford High School
24 years teaching agriculture
Intern: Jared Thomas
1st Intern