Agriscience, Unit 4: Explore Leadership Development Opportunities related to pursing a career in agriculture

All FFA Members Should Understand  FFA Motto  FFA Creed  FFA Membership Degrees

FFA Creed  Is a basic statement of beliefs and a common bond between members

E.M. Tiffany  Wrote the FFA Creed and it was adopted in 1930 at the 3 rd National FFA Convention at Kansas City Missouri  The FFA Creed was revised in 1965 and 1990

I Believe  Begins each paragraph of the FFA Creed

The FFA Creed:  Consists of five paragraphs and  Is a basic statement of beliefs that helps members understand the importance of the FFA

FFA Creed expresses a belief in  Work ethics,  Patriotism, and  Tradition that all members should share

The Four FFA Degree Levels  Greenhand FFA degree: For 1 st year students in the FFA  Chapter FFA degree: For 2 nd year students in the FFA  State FFA degree: For 3 rd year students in the FFA  American FFA degree: For 4 th year students in the FFA

The Greenhand Degree  Become a FFA member  New members are required to learn the creed,  Pass the agricultural education course, and  Plan for a supervised agricultural experience program to achieve this level of membership

FFA Creed Career Development Event (CDE)  Is a career development event that only first year freshmen or 9 th grade FFA members are eligible to participate in.

Career Development Events  Encourage agriscience students to develop technical agricultural skills and  Develop leadership skills

Career Development Events  Most career development events progress from the local (chapter) to the federation, regional, state, than national level

FFA Career Development Events (CDE)  Agricultural Mechanics (May)  Agricultural Sales (Nov)  Agricultural Tools and Materials (Feb)  The FFA Creed (Feb)  Dairy Judging (April)  Extemporaneous Public Speaking (Feb)  (see next slide)

 Farm Business Management  Floriculture (May)  Forestry (Oct)  Horse Judging (Spring)  Hunter Safety (March)  Introduction to Horticulture (April)  Land Judging (Nov)  Livestock Judging (April)  (see next slide)

 Marketing Plan  Nursery/Landscape (May)  Poultry Judging  Prepared Public Speaking (Feb)  Ritual & Parliamentary Procedure (Feb)  Tractor Driving (Oct)  Truck Driving (Oct)

The four levels of competition in the FFA  Local (chapter level) and federation  Regional  State  National

Plant I.D. Career Development Events Will require students to identify plants or trees and they include:  Floriculture  Forestry  Nursery/Landscape  Introduction to Horticulture

Extemporaneous Public Speaking CDE  Is a national career development event in which students are given 30 minutes to prepare a speech on an agricultural topic and then present the speech to a panel of judges

Floriculture CDE  Requires students to have a knowledge of the art and science of floral arrangement and horticulture

Forestry CDE  Requires students to identify trees

Wildlife Management  An activity not organized as a career development event

Dairy Judging CDE  Is an example of a career development event that requires students to grade and evaluate agriscience products such eggs, poultry, cattle, sheep and hogs

Dairy Evaluation CDE  Involves grading and evaluating dairy cattle

Poultry evaluation CDE  Involves grading and evaluating chickens and chicken products

Floriculture CDE  Requires students to have a knowledge of floral arrangements and horticulture

Examples of “Hands-on” Experiences includes:  A demonstration of parliamentary procedure to local clubs: this CDE develops the student’s confidence and skills in conducting a business meeting  Interning at a plant nursery through SAE: helps students learn and develop skills in plant identification  (see next slide)

 Doing prepared speeches: students often write, learn, and present speeches and make presentations that develop their poise, confidence, and leadership

Proficiency Award  An award that recognizes FFA members for their excellence in leadership and agriscience achievement as evidenced by their records

Agriscience Student of the Year Must:  Design an experiment  Record data  Solve a problem

American FFA Degree  Highest degree that can be earned by an active FFA member

The Purposes of Leadership Development in the FFA  Develop premier leadership, personal, and career success  Develop confidence, character, and citizenship  Build cooperative attitudes that help students work with others  Encourage the improvement of scholarship

Purpose: Have fun

Being in the FFA Promoting self over others is not a purpose the of the FFA

National Blue and Corn Gold  Official colors of the National FFA Organization

The FFA motto  Learning to do  Doing to learn  Earning to live  Living to serve

The FFA Emblem includes  The cross section of the ear of corn  The rising sun  Plow  Eagle  Owl  Agricultural Education and FFA

Owl  Represents knowledge and wisdom

Rising Sun  Represents the progressive nature of agriscience and the need for workers in agriscience to cooperate and work toward common goals

The cross section of the ear of corn  Provides the foundation of the emblem, just as corn historically served as the foundation crop of American agriculture

Plow  Symbolizes labor and tillage of the soil

Eagle  The symbol that signifies that the FFA is a national organization or national scope of the FFA  Serves as a reminder of our freedom and ability to explore new horizons in agriculture

“Agricultural Education” and “FFA”  Are emblazoned in the center to signify the the combination of learning and leadership necessary for progressive agriculture

State FFA Officers  Are responsible for conducting the State FFA Convention

Chapter FFA Officers  Are responsible for conducting the activities of the local FFA chapter

Chapter FFA Officers  Every FFA chapter should have a minimum of six officers

President  Must be prepared to preside over all meetings according to accepted rules of parliamentary procedure  The rising sun is president’s symbol

Vice President  Develops the Program of Activities and serves as an ex-officio member of all committees  Acts as president when the president is absent  The plow is the Vice president’s symbol

Vice-President  During the opening ceremony this officers says, “I shall call the role of officers, determine if they are at their stations, and report back to you Mr. President”

Secretary  Keeps an accurate record of a meetings  Prepares and presents the minutes of each previous chapter meeting  The ear of corn is the secretary’s symbol

Treasurer  Keeps a record of the finances of the group or chapter  Has the bust of George Washington on his/her officer pin  The Bust of Washington is the treasurer’s symbol

Reporter  Keeps the public informed of the chapter or group’s activities  Keeps a chapter scrapbook and submits articles to the newspaper and New Horizons magazine  The American flag is the Reporter’s symbol

Sentinel  Stationed by the door  The shield of friendship is the sentinel’s symbol

Sentinel  This officer responsible for the comfort of the meeting room, maintaining order, and the chapter paraphernalia  The shield of friendship is the symbol for the sentinel

FFA Advisor  The owl is the symbol for the FFA advisor

The Pledge Of Allegiance  Is the official salute of the FFA organization

FFA Homecoming Representative

Explore Leadership development Opportunities related to pursing a career in agriculture