"Ag Ed Lesson Plans in PowerPoint Format"

One of the most common philosophies in agricultural education is, “Don’t recreate the wheel. Take ideas and expand on them. Change them to meet your needs.” John Jones, agriculture teacher at Glen Rose High School in Malvern, Arkansas, agrees fully. Jones came up with a way to network all of the agricultural educators in the country. How? Just visit the Glen Rose FFA Chapter website. Here he has posted a page with over 400 lesson plans from 17 states. This includes lessons from college students, agriculture teachers, and student teachers. This idea hit home with the ag ed professors at Texas A&M University, who require students in teaching methods courses to prepare a lesson and e-mail it to Jones to be posted on the website.

These resources were posted originally on the Fouke FFA Chapter website; however, since Jones is now teaching at the Glen Rose High School, the resources have been move to that school’s website.

For more information about John Jones’ award winning teaching idea, contact him by calling (501) 332-3964, sending e-mail to jcjones@gr1.dsc.k12.ar.us, or visiting the website at http://www.glenroseffa.org. For more information about the NAAE Ideas Unlimited award program, contact the NAAE Office by calling (800) 772-0939 or sending e-mail to naae@teamaged.org. John Jones, agriculture teacher at Glen Rose High School in Arkansas, was the 2002 NAAE Ideas Unlimited award winner for Region II.

John Jones, left, received the
NAAE Region II Ideas
Unlimited award from Zina
Lawrence, Delmar Thomson
Learning.