1. National FFA
2012 Revision Inservice

2. January 2008 – National FFA Board of Directors Meeting
Board postponed revision process for 1 year
Approved Strategic Guidelines for Revision Process
Established Revision Steering Committee of nine individuals representing:
State Staff (2)
Teacher Educators (2)
Local Teacher (2)
Business and Industry Representative (1)
Career and Tech Education Director (1)
Award and Recognition Advisory Committee Rep (1)

3. Revision Steering Committee Meeting June 2008
Developed action steps to address Strategic Guidelines (see handout)
Appointed the National FFA Awards and Recognition Advisory Committee to oversee revision & provide third party review
Committee:
Board of Directors (2)
NAAE (2)
NASAE (2)
AAAE (2)
Award and Recognition Committee Superintendent Rep (1)
Action steps approved at August 2008 board meeting
January 2008 – Board of Directors approved strategic guidelines for revision process (handout)
June 2008 – Revision Steering Committee appointed by COO to develop recommendations on addressing each of the strategic points in the revision process. (See appendix January 2010 Advisory Committee report to Board of Directors).
January 2009 – Board strategic direction with steering committee input provided to event superintendents
January January 2010 – Event evaluation committee meetings to crosswalk event content to AFNR standards and event revisions committees meet to address recommendations from evaluation committees to develop initial revisions recommendations

4. January 2009 Awards and Recognition Advisory Committee Meeting
26 evaluation committees established; 1 for each award area
Individuals representing: NAAE (27), AAAE (33), NASAE, Business and Industry (26) General Education (2)
Selection of evaluation committee members based on input from FFA staff, event superintendents, business and industry and FFA Foundation
Each committee evaluated content, rules and formats
Evaluated alignment of current content to AFNR Standards
Developed recommendations impacting specific award or event revisions to be implemented by event committees

5. Evaluation Committee Recommendations
The specific AFNR standards for each area to address
Increase rigor and relevance based on current needs of business and industry
Use of level 2 and level 3 mastery measurements
Level 1 mastery attained and tested at local or state levels.
Addition of a Veterinary Science CDE
Reflective evaluation of skills - proficiency awards
Capture instructional time for each pathway – American Degree

6. Award and Recognition Advisory Board Action – January 2010
Approved Evaluation Committee’s recommendations
Recognized that participation in national events is one method of measuring technical skill attainment (TSA)
Recommended development of a mastery certificate for all participants in national career development events
Recognized state’s need to define how mastery certificate, American Degree or national proficiency recognition will be used to meet state requirements for TSA

7. January 2010 – August 2010
Event committees implemented Evaluation Committee’s recommendations and made formal revision recommendations to CEO
Individuals (144) representing NAAE (46), AAAE (53), NASAE (16) , Business and Industry (36), general education(3)
participated in 31 meetings
August 2010: CEO reviewed and approved revision reports from each committee.

8. What’s Next?
Summer 2011: Trainers present state inservice with support of FFA Staff
August 2011: Revised handbooks released to general population
School year : Revised rules, formats and applications used by states to select national winners
National FFA Convention 2012: All events delivered using revised rules and formats.

9. Thank you!