Bell Quiz Take five minutes to write the key points about what you learned on the chart paper around the room.

Facilitating a Total Agricultural Education Program AGSC 405 Facilitating Complete Secondary Agricultural Science Programs

Class Goals Plan a complete agricultural science program Plan, supervise, and evaluate student SAE programs Plan, facilitate, and evaluate an FFA chapter

Today YWBAT… Recall lessons learned from the course Define agricultural education and its role in developing career skills Define SAE and identify opportunities for students Describe how the FFA provides opportunities for students Describe how all three components fit together to help develop well rounded students

Agricultural Education Diversity of students may include Students with NO agricultural background Students with SOME agricultural background Students who know WAY more than you As educators, We must find a way to develop and stimulate learning in our classrooms to involve each student

How can we involve every student in our agriculture program?

Classroom Collecting School and Community Data Selecting Courses/Program Planning Classroom Management The Future of Agricultural Education Experiential Learning

SAE What is an SAE? What are some traditional SAEs? What are some nontraditional SAEs? What will you do to get students involve in SAE’s?

SAE Records What are they? Why do we keep them? AET- Online record keeping

Awards from SAEs Proficiency Scholarships Star Entrepreneurship Placement Scholarships Star Degree areas (Greenhand, Chapter, State, American

FFA Mission and Motto To develop… Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Premier leadership Personal growth Career Success Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve

Degrees and Level of FFA Levels Greenhand Chapter State (Lonestar) American Chapter District Area State National

Advising an FFA Chapter Duties of an Advisor Planning activities (POA) Reporting chapter accomplishments/Awards LDEs & CDEs Officers Fundraising More…

Integrating Instruction The opportunity to introduce agriculture Teach about specific areas of the agriculture industry Help students form ideas about unique SAE & FFA opportunities FFA LDEs and CDEs help refine career skills and hands on knowledge from the classroom Competing in the Food Science CDE SAE SAEs make it practical and applicable outside of school Using it on the job or in college!

Final Thoughts… Agricultural Science Teacher= Strive for Balance Most Challenging + Most Rewarding Strive for Balance Be open to Learn and ready to Work Build Relationships- School & Community