1. Program of Activities National Chapter Award Mr. Zane Sheehan Leadership Development Coordinator California FFA Association December 9, 2014 1 hr 15 min Program of Activities National Chapter Award Mr. Zane Sheehan Leadership Development Coordinator California FFA Association December 9, 2014 1 hr 15 min

2. Program Overview Program of Activities (POA) –Roadmap of events and goals for the year Superior and National Chapter Awards (NCA) –Form 1: Superior, Form 2: NCA –Ranks quality programs based on innovation and excellence –Top 10% advance to national competition

3. POA Program of Activities

4. POA Student –Leadership –Healthy Lifestyles –Career Success –Scholarship –Personal Growth Chapter –Cooperation –Recruitment –Financial –Public Relations –Support Group Community –Economic –Environmental –Human Resources –Citizenship –Ag Awareness

5. POA Challenge POA Brain Dump –Write down as many events that your chapter does as you can in the next two minutes within each of the fifteen areas –At least one for each areas –Use pages 2 and 3 of the packet

6. POA – Exec. Cmte Student – Secretary –Leadership, Healthy Lifestyles, Career Success, Scholarship, Personal Growth Chapter –Cooperation/ Support Group – President –Recruitment – Sentinel –Financial – Treasurer –Public Relations – Reporter Community – Vice President –Economic, Environmental, Human Resources, Citizenship, Ag Awareness

7. Program of Activities Overview –Description –Goals Timeline –What to do, by when, who will do it and how it will get done Review –Accomplishments –Recommendations

8. Program of Activities Formats –No Correct Format, simply what works best for you and your chapter Tools –TheAET.com

9. Award Programs Superior and National Chapter Awards

10. Sup. / Natl. Chapters Superior Chapter Award –Form One of the application –Asks for one event within each of the fifteen areas in the three categories –Asks 11 questions about general information on your program: banquet, retreat, alumni, etc. involvement above local level access to FFA

11. Sup. / Natl. Chapters National Chapter Award –Form Two of the application –Highlights three events within each area (student, chapter, comm); 9 total –Scores on POA (goals, steps, review) Top 10% of programs in nation No limit on three stars, all based on how well you fill out the application –Recognizes innovative ideas (MOI) and exemplary programs (MOE)

12. EXAMPLE Chapter Banquet

13. Activity Description Simple 1 or 2 sentence description Clearly explains purpose and reason for activity AREA – Chapter Development DIVISION – Public Relations To promote a positive image of the FFA chapter by recognizing member achievements, highlighting a year in review and installing the new officer team

14. Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-stamped Well written and must have all 5 components Must have 4 SMART Goals SMART Goals Invite a minimum of 400 people to the Annual Chapter Banquet via a formal written invitation to be mailed by Friday, March 15

15. Road map to achieving goals Must have plan for each goal –Who, What, When, Where, How Should be so easy you could duplicate the activity based solely on the steps Timeline/ Steps

16. 2 Options for Timeline –By Goal –By Date Timeline/ Steps 2/15 – Sentinel will finish draft of invite 2/25 – President will meet with Advisors to determine special guests 3/1 – Secretary will finish guest list 3/10 – Officers will print and package invitations 3/15 – Reporter will mail invites with district office

17. Benefit –Purpose and how it benefited the student, chapter or community Impact –Who the activity impacted - #s Educational –What was the education value –What was learned from the activity Results/ Evaluation

18. Related to quality standard –Activity and benefits relate directly to the selected quality standard –Some activities could fit into more than one Just as long as it fits in the one marked Outcome evaluated/ reported Results/ Evaluation

19. The Havens FFA chapter held its annual banquet on May 1. The event achieved its purpose by showcasing 16 CDE teams, 47 degree winners and recognizing outstanding community supporters, as well as installing the new officer team and was educational as it promoted a positive image of the program. 489 people were impacted by attending the banquet. Goal 1 – (MET) Invitations were sent on March 10 by the chapter Reporter

20. High quality picture, showing involvement in the activity Be interesting and informative Do not repeat photos within the application Students grow their own bedding plants from plugs as an FFA fundraiser using 3 greenhouses. They are responsible for mixing the growing medium, transplanting, mixing the fertilizers, and manipulating the greenhouse environment. They based this on each crop’s light, moisture, and temperature needs at specific stages of growth. Photo/ Caption

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