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The study was carried out to investigate openness to experience trait of Agricultural Science Teachers as a correlate of their teaching effectiveness. Three research questions were posed for study and one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the correlation design. The sample of the study was 94 Agricultural Science teachers from a sample of eight Local Government Areas from three education zones. Two instruments were used for data collection which were the Agricultural Science Teachers Openness To Experience Scale (ASTOES) and Agricultural Science Teachers Teaching Effectiveness Scale (ASTTES). The two instruments were face validated by three experts. The internal consistencies of (ASTOES) and (ASTTES) were 0.74 and 0.83 respectively which were determined using the cronbach alpha. Data were collected through the administration of 94 copies of each of the research instruments to the respondents where 100% recovery was recorded. The mean, standard deviations and Simple Linear Regression were used to analyzed the data collected. Results revealed that Agricultural Science Teachers teaching effectiveness and openness to experience were high to an extent, as there was a moderate positive correlation which was significant. Based on the findings, the study recommended that Government and school administrators should continue to motivate the teachers to maintain high level of teaching effectiveness and openness to experience. Also Personality assessments especially in the aspect of openness to experience