“…Numerous studies have been conducted within agricultural education to specifically identify the needs of beginning teachers, with some of those conducted as needs assessments (Edwards & Briers, 1999;Garton & Chung, 1996;Joerger, 2002;Layfield & Dobbins, 2002), others being direct assessments (Birkenholz & Harbstreit, 1987;Claycomb & Petty, 1983;Kahler, 1974;Miller & Scheid, 1982), Delphi panels (Mundt & Connors, 1999;Myers et al, 2005) or qualitative studies (Boone & Boone, 2007;Mundt, 1991;Talbert, Camp, & Heath-Camp, 1994).…”