National FFA 2012 Revision Inservice

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)

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 2009 - 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

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

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

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

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.

What’s Next? Summer 2011: Trainers present state inservice with support of FFA Staff August 2011: Revised handbooks released to general population School year 2011-12: Revised rules, formats and applications used by states to select national winners National FFA Convention 2012: All events delivered using revised rules and formats.

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