Relationships Between Levels Of Job Satisfaction Expressed By North Carolina Vocational Agriculture Teachers And Their Perceptions Toward The Agricultural Education Teaching Program

Abstract

For a number of years, one of the concerns confronting vocational agriculture on the national level has been a shortage of qualified teachers. Mattox (1974) stated that effective programs of vocational agriculture arc dependent upon an adequate supply of qualified teachers and that teacher educators for many years have been trying to solve the teacher shortage problem with little success. He also reported that a large percentage of prospective teachers, once trained, enter other professions or leave teaching after a short period of time.