Advocacy- National Association of Agricultural Educators

Are you new to the agricultural education program or would just like to discover more information about what agricultural education means? The National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) website is just the place for you! The NAAE is devoted to visionary leadership, advocacy, and service across the nation. According to the NAAE website, there are over 7,800 members across the United States who are devoted to promoting agricultural education. This website goes well with the Ag Blast’s theme of spreading agricultural information as well as how to get agricultural educators connected and involved.

http://www.naae.org/teachag/teachag_day.cfm

The NAAE website provides a clear description of what the organization is about, why agricultural education is important, and how agricultural supporters can get involved in raising agricultural education awareness. In addition, the NAAE website holds a link to the Teach Ag Campaign. Through the link agricultural supporters can find information about their region and why the lack of agricultural teachers is a problem. For example, according to the Teach Ag Campaign website, North Dakota is in Region III of the United States and there are currently 97 agricultural education positions that need to be filled and 20 new positions that have recently been started. This website can be helpful when trying to find an agricultural education job in your area.

The NAAE website has a very organized look to it. The website provides tabs to view each of its main topics followed by bullet points and photographs to illustrate the important information. There are also headlines along the side of the webpages with updates about agriculture and new information being posted on other NAAE social media outlets. The color scheme of the NAAE website is two different shades of blue which makes for a very neat look. However, if I were to change anything, I would have the links or other important information in a different color so that they would stand out and be easier to see. Overall, the website has a nice, clean look to it. It is easy to navigate to the articles and the articles are easy to read and understand. Please check out the National Association of Agriculture Educators to see how you can get more involved in agriculture!