1. FFA District Leadership Development Events Training for District Hosts
Presented by:
Cheryl L. Zimmerman
Wisconsin FFA Executive Director

2. Introduction Thank You Not difficult but takes planning Start Early!
Website Materials to make your job easier
Please follow the instructions you are given
EVERY DISTRICT MUST FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURES

3. Leadership Development Events
Creed Speaking
Prepared Public Speaking
Extemporaneous Public Speaking
Discussion Meet
Quiz Bowl
Parliamentary Procedure
Employment Skills

4. Setting Up a District Event
Select a date and time frame
Mid-January (Jan. 20) to Mid-February (Feb. 20)
Dates selected by Sept. 1
Coordinate dates with UW-River Falls if planning to use their judges for parliamentary procedure

5. Contact Chapters
Dates will be published on the website and Weekly Updates
Send out Letters About Events before Holiday Break
Online Registration System

6. Remind chapters of important items
Number of participants allowed
Creed speaking can only compete once
Make sure students are listed as FFA members
Number of events a participant can be in
Official Dress Required
Manuscripts and Resumes due dates

7. Online Registration Specific site on Wisconsin FFA Website
Events > Leadership Development Events
All registration comes to Wisconsin FFA Center and then reports will be sent to the District Hosts.
Deadline for online registration - 2 weeks before contest. When the site is closed registration for that district event is closed.

8. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Select Judges
3 judges for each event
Select judges that have backgrounds in speaking, communications, understands agriculture and the FFA, etc.
Orientate Judges - Send rules before contest
Remember - Decision of the Judges is Final

9. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Manuscripts for Prepared Speeches
Must be postmarked two weeks before your contest
Send to judges to review - Include score sheets

10. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Resumes, Cover Letters and Job Descriptions
Must be postmarked two weeks before your event
Send to judges to review - Include score sheets
Have judges develop questions based off of resumes and job description

11. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
2 Timers needed for each event
Except Creed, Quiz Bowl and Employment Skills
Good job for reliable FFA members
Give them the information provided online

12. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Discussion Meet Moderator
1 individual needed for Discussion Meet
Introduces topic and keeps the discussion going if participants stop discussing
Outline will be provided online

13. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Door and Hall Monitors
Important next to event rooms
People cannot enter or leave rooms during contest
Hallways must be quiet during competition
Provide a fair environment for all contestants
Collect cell phones & electronic devices

14. Reminders for Audience in Competition Room
State adopted “Open Door” policy - However this means that you need a holding room for participants.
Districts can decide how to handle audience viewing of participants
All Cell Phones Must be Turned Off
If videotaping, they can only video tape their team because of privacy rules.
If anyone disrupts an event, they will be asked to leave and may be banned from viewing any events in the future.

15. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Holding Room
Required if you use the “Open Door” policy
NO Cell Phones allowed in Holding Room or while a student is in any portion of the competition
A continuing challenge
Should be monitored
Important for Creed, Extemp & Quiz Bowl
Discussion Meet if more than one Round 1 is conducted

16. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Extemporaneous Speaking Preparation Room
Use an advisor
Materials will need to be checked before contestants enter
Topic will need to be selected
Every competitor gets to select from the complete list of topics

17. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Refreshments
Milk, cookies and cheese
May decide to have more food depending on your resources and time since members and advisors are just arriving after school for the competition

18. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Registration Table
Contestants check in
Make sure all contestants are listed under their appropriate event.
Review correct spelling of names and identify correct chapter.
Review names of all team members for parliamentary procedure and quiz bowl

19. Registration Table Supplies
Extra 3 X 5 card and pins for parli pro teams
Programs for participants and advisors

20. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Draw for Order of Competition
Do before events
When done before events, advisors know when members are scheduled to participate.
Bracketing for Quiz Bowl. Teams from the same school do not have to compete against each other in the first bracket unless they are the only teams.

21. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Room Set-Ups
Creed, Prepared, Extemp - Have podium available
Discussion Meet - See Diagram
Parliamentary Procedure - See Diagram
Quiz Bowl - Each team seated at a table in front of judges
Employment Skills - Table in front of room with a chair in front

22. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Program
Select a central gathering place
Follow a sample agenda
Include a printed program with room numbers for events, judges’ names, other who helped, list of donors and volunteers, etc.

23. Setting Up District Leadership Development Events
Role of State FFA Officer
To help where needed…
Registration, greetings, escorting, monitor, moderator, etc.
Do not use as a judge
Assist in presenting awards

24. Official Contest Rules and Materials
Rules for each event included in your handbook
Make copies as needed
Provide to judges ahead of event

25. Official Event Rules and Materials
Confidential Information
Provided one week before your event
For judges to open only - Everything will be included
Confidential information includes…
Creed Questions, Extemp Topics, Parli Pro items of business and questions, Discussion Meet topics and Quiz Bowl Questions

26. Creed Speaking LDE Each chapter can have 2 participants
Only for members in 7, 8 & 9th grades
Members can only compete once
Recite the official FFA creed without lengthy opening or closing comments.
Three questions will be asked following creed presentation.
Questions provided by Wisconsin FFA Center

27. Prepared Public Speaking LDE
Each chapter may have 2 participants
Speeches between 6-8 minutes
Manuscripts must be submitted to host 2 weeks before contest
Biblography must accompany manuscript
Documentation of sources - we follow National FFA’s documentation sources
Five minutes of questions asked after speech

28. Extemporaneous Public Speaking LDE
Each chapter can have 2 participants
Speeches between minutes
Five minutes of questions asked after speech
Topics provided by Wisconsin FFA Center

29. Extemporaneous Public Speaking LDE
Topics not provided before event
Topic areas include 6 areas:
Agricultural literacy and advocacy
Current agricultural issues
Advancing agriculture through agriculture science
Current technology uses and applications in agriculture
Agrimarketing and international agriculture
Food and fiber systems

30. Extemporaneous Public Speaking LDE
Preparation Room
30 minutes to prepare
Draw three topics from the envelope of topics - select one
All topics should be back in the envelope for the next draw
Limited amount of materials to be used by contestant

31. Discussion Meet LDE Each chapter can have 2 participants
Topics posted on Wisconsin FFA website in November
Number of Rounds determined by number of participants
More than 7 participants divide into two groups
Use the same topic for all Round 1 competitions

32. Quiz Bowl LDE Each chapter can have 2 teams
Three people needed to conduct contest
Reader
Scorekeeper
Timekeeper

33. Quiz Bowl LDE
Each Bracket divided into…
Round 1, 2, 3 and tie breaker

34. Quiz Bowl LDE Round 1 No talking amongst team members
1 question per team member - 5 questions each team

35. Quiz Bowl LDE Round 2 Talking amongst team members allowed
1 question per team
If one team fails to answer a question, other team can steal
Questions worth 1 point each

36. Quiz Bowl LDE Round 3 Talking amongst team members allowed
1 question per team
If one team fails to answer a question, other team can steal
Questions worth 2 points each

37. Parliamentary Procedure LDE
NEW RULES FOR 2018
1 team per chapter allowed
Must have 6 members on a team
Judges available from UW-River Falls - also from UW-Platteville
REVIEW NEW NATIONAL and STATE FFA’s RULES.

38. Employment Skills LDE Each chapter may have 2 participants
Contestants must submit four copies of resume, cover letter and job description two weeks before contest
Contestants must provide a job description
Contestants complete a job application on site
Provided by Wisconsin FFA Center
Judges conduct interview - 10 minutes

39. Employment Skills LDE Procedures
This can be a long event…to avoid delays…
Have all students complete the job application at one time in a designated classroom.
Have a separate set of judges review the job applications and then provide the scores to the interview judges

40. Employment Skills LDE Points to Remember…
Contestants can bring in a padfolio into the interview. No portfolios allowed.
Resumes need to be current information about the contestant
Have judges develop general job interview type questions
Don’t get caught up in the career area selected or technical questions about the career area

41. Score Sheets Provided in online under Host Materials
Make copies as needed for each contestant/team
Send score sheets with prepare manuscripts and job interview resumes
Decision of the judges to share score sheets
Final placing made by Sum of the Rank

42. Comment Cards A master comment card is provided online
Make copies for judges so that contestants can receive feedback
This has been really emphasized by FFA advisors so members get feedback
Give comment cards to contestant or their advisor when announcing placings

43. Results Decision of the Judges is Final
Official result sheets provided online under host materials.
Make sure ALL participants are listed for each contest
Make sure at least top 5 students or more are placed and no ties.
Clearly print names and chapters
All judges must sign official results sheets for their contest.

44. Results Handing Out Awards Wisconsin FFA Foundation provides plaques
Gather in a central location
Make sure all participants of the event are present unless they had to leave
Wisconsin FFA Foundation provides plaques
1st and 2nd place plaques provided for individual or team
Both 1st and 2nd places advance to the Sectional Contest
Give comment cards to contestant/advisor

45. Immediately After Event
Send the following information to the Wisconsin FFA Center
Official Results Sheet – FOUND ONLINE!!!
All contestant and team member names
ALL confidential information
Final scores of quiz bowl events

46. Immediately After Event
Send thank you letters to judges and other individuals who assisted with your event.

47. Advice from Past Hosts Start Early
Copy off the materials from the website and put in a three ring binder.
Have a few extra judges available if someone cancels at the last minute
Make judges packets
Assign advisors in the district specific responsibilities
Use volunteers and members to assist. This is a team effort.

48. Thank you