FFA

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FFA
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Ag Ed Education Model
SAE
FFA
Instruction
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Officer Team

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Historian
• Reporter
• Sentinel
• Parlimentarian
• Advisor

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1. President

• Preside over meetings
• Coordinate the activities of the chapter

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2. Vice President

• Assume all duties of the president if necessary.
• Develop the Program of Activities

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3. Secretary

• Prepare and post the agenda
• Prepare and present the minutes of each chapter
  meeting.
• Maintain member attendance

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4. Treasurer

• Keep Financial Records
• Collect dues and special assessments.

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5. Historian

• Research and prepare items of significance of the
  chapter's history.

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6. Reporter

• Publish a chapter newsletter.
• Prepare and maintain a chapter scrapbook.
• Chapter photographer.

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7. Sentinel

• Assist the president in maintaining order.
• Welcome guests and visitors.

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8. Parlimentarian

• Understand parliamentary procedure.

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9. Advisor

• Supervise chapter activities year-round.
• Inform prospective students and parents about the
  FFA.

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Stations

• President by the rising sun
• Vice President by the plow
• Secretary by the ear of corn
• Treasurer by the emblem of Washington
• Reporter- by the Flag
• Sentinel by the door
• Advisor by the owl

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Program of Activities

• Helps in setting goals and developing plans and
  steps to reach those goals

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CDEs

• Career Development Events Speaking events,
  parliamentary procedure to learn how to
  participate in business meetings, skills events
  such as livestock, poultry, farm business
  management and livestock judging contests.

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Career Development Events (CDEs)

• CDEs demonstrate the meaningful connections
  between classroom instruction and real-life
  scenarios
• CDEs build on what is learned in agricultural
  classes and the FFA.

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Career Development Activities

• Competitive Events that progress from the local
  to the regional, state, and national level
• Students demonstrate their skills in a
  competitive setting.
• CDEs test the abilities of individuals and teams
  in 23 major areas of agricultural instruction

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Career Development Activities

• Examples
• Dairy Evaluation CDE
• Poultry Evaluation CDE
• Prepared Public Speaking
• Livestock Judging
• Horse Judging

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Proficiency Awards

• Proficiency Awards Enterpreneurship or
  placement individual awards growing out of a
  students SAE program

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Other FFA activities

• Banquets
• Conventions
• Conference
• Social Events
• Community Service
• Workshops
• Camp!
• Field Trips

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Ceremonies Traditions
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Mission

• The mission of the FFA is to develop premiere
  leadership, personal growth, and career success.

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FFA MottoLearning to DoDoing to LearnEarning
to LiveLiving to Serve
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Traditions

• Opening Closing Ceremonies are rituals that
  add dignity to a meeting and explain the meaning
  of certain traditional emblems
• There are many other traditions and ceremonies
  used in the FFA that can benefit students both
  while in high school as well as in jobs after
  graduation

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The FFA Jacket (front)

• Member Name
• Office Held
• Highest Degree
• Highest Award

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The FFA Jacket (back)

• State Association on top
• FFA emblem in middle
• Chapter Name on bottom

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Official dress

• Males
• Black pants
• White shirt
• FFA tie
• Black shoes
• FFA jacket zipped to the top

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Official dress

• Females
• Black skirt
• White blouse
• FFA scarf
• Black shoes
• FFA jacket zipped to the top

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4 Degrees

• Degrees recognize progress in leadership,
  agricultural education and your SAE
• Greenhand Degree
• Chapter FFA Degree
• State FFA Degree
• American FFA Degree

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The FFA Creed

• The creed was written by E. M. Tiffany, and
  adopted at the 3rd National Convention of the FFA
  
• Basic statement of beliefs that help members
  understand the importance of FFA

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The FFA Creed

• New members are required to learn the FFA Creed
  to earn the Greenhand Degree

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Today

• There are over 500,000 members in 7,210 chapters
  in the US.