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4.4 Qualifications of Members of the Teacher-Training Staff.

 4.41 Technical and Professional Preparation.

 4.41-1 Technical Preparation in Agriculture. Members
 of the teacher-training staff must have met all
 technical requirements in agriculture for a
 regular teaching position in vocational agricul-
 ture as required by the State Plan for Vocational
 Education. Preference will be given to those
 who have had additional work.

 4.41-2 Agricultural Education. A member of the teacher-
 training staff must have completed one year of
 graduate work in agriculture or education--pre-
 ferably a combination of both--and hold a master's
 degree.

 4.42 Professional Experience.

 4.42-1 Teaching, Supervisory, or Administrative Experience
 in Approved Programs of Agricultural Education.
 The individual must have had at least three years of
 successful teaching experience in an approved agri-
 culture department.

4.5 Conditions for Approval of State Institutions to Train Teachers
 of Vocational Agriculture.

 4.51 Standards Regarding Facilities and Staff. The institution
 will provide facilities and a technical staff which will furnish
 adequate training for prospective teachers of vocational
 agriculture.

 4.51-1 Faculty. The institutions shall employ staff
 members for teaching who have degrees in tech-
 nical agriculture and who are qualified by training
 and experience for teaching and research in the
 specific area to which they are assigned. Some
 provision should be made to insure the professional
 growth of the faculty.

 Each member of the technical agriculture staff
 shall have a master's or higher degree with a
 graduate major in the specific area of his teach-
 ing and research assignment or shall have a
 bachelor's degree in that area and be working