Dr. Jay Solomonson
Spring: Tuesday and Thursday 10 am- 12 pm
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Biography
Dr. Solomonson grew up on a 1000-acre family farm in rural, Coal Valley, Illinois. After high school, he attended Black Hawk College- East then transferred to Western Illinois University where he received his B.S. degree in Agriculture- Teacher Certification. He began his career at Orion High School where he taught agricultural education classes and was the FFA advisor for 17 years. He also served as the Director of Career and Technical Education for six of those years. During that time he earned his M.S. degree in Agricultural Education from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Education from Iowa State University. In 2019, he accepted a position as the District 1 Program Advisor for the Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education (FCAE)- a project of the Illinois State Board of Education. He was in that position for a year prior to joining the faculty at Illinois State University in 2020. Dr. Solomonson teaches courses in Agricultural Education, Agricultural Leadership & Communications, and Agricultural Mechanization.
Current Courses
491.001Foundations of Agricultural Education
287.014Independent Study
400.004Independent Study
130.001Introduction To Agricultural Engineering Technology
130.002Introduction To Agricultural Engineering Technology
130.003Introduction To Agricultural Engineering Technology
231.001Managing & Teaching In Agricultural & Technology Laboratories
231.002Managing & Teaching In Agricultural & Technology Laboratories
291.015Undergraduate Teaching Experiences In Agriculture
499.017Independent Research For The Masters Thesis
287.017Independent Study
400.001Independent Study
400.002Independent Study
190.001Introduction To Agricultural Education
191.001Introduction To Agricultural Education Teacher Licensure
130.001Introduction To Agricultural Engineering Technology
130.002Introduction To Agricultural Engineering Technology
130.003Introduction To Agricultural Engineering Technology
390.001Program Planning and Evaluation in Agricultural Education
291.017Undergraduate Teaching Experiences In Agriculture
Teaching Interests & Areas
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Leadership and Communications
- Agricultural Mechanization
Research Interests & Areas
- Agriculture Teacher Recruitment and Retention
- Experiential Learning and Supervised Agricultural Experiences
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning