Sessions of 2025 Summer Conference: Richard McPherson
Dr. McPherson, Richard, Ed.D.
Teacher
Richard McPherson received a Bachelor of Science and a Master in Agriculture Education from the University of Arizona, a Doctor of Education from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, and is currently teaching Agriscience at Rio Rico High School in Arizona. A strong advocate for career technical education, he involves his students in personalized, differentiated, project-based instruction, work-based learning, and premier leadership through participation in FFA. McPherson’s professional interests focus on preparing students for traditional, new, and emerging agricultural careers, and his current projects include Food for All, Nutrients for Life, School-Based Enterprises, Precision Agriculture, and Agricultural Literacy. He has collaborated on curriculum design for Drone Operations Recreation and Commercial Licensing, Design & Engineering, Coding & Programming, Commercial Operations, and Entrepreneurship. He likes to say that he is preparing today’s students for their dream lives of tomorrow.
Sessions:
Sale Barn Auction Inside Your Classroom!
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Westin La Paloma
- Agriculture
- Business and Marketing Education
Bring your students to a sale barn auction inside your classroom! Whether the sale barn is in your town or two hours away, this lesson can help students think like cattle feeders, using math to determine how and when to bid on cattle at the sale barn. Extending learning opportunities can turn this lesson into valuable Agricultural Business and Economic lessons covering several of the Arizona Department of Education's Technical Standards for Agriscience.
