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2. All FFA Members Should Understand  FFA Motto  FFA Creed  FFA Membership Degrees

3. FFA Creed  Is a basic statement of beliefs and a common bond between members

4. E.M. Tiffany  Wrote the FFA Creed and it was adopted in 1930 at the 3 rd National FFA Convention at Kansas City Missouri  The FFA Creed was revised in 1965 and 1990

5. I Believe  Begins each paragraph of the FFA Creed

6. The FFA Creed:  Consists of five paragraphs and  Is a basic statement of beliefs that helps members understand the importance of the FFA

7. FFA Creed expresses a belief in  Work ethics,  Patriotism, and  Tradition that all members should share

8. The Four FFA Degree Levels  Greenhand FFA degree: For 1 st year students in the FFA  Chapter FFA degree: For 2 nd year students in the FFA  State FFA degree: For 3 rd year students in the FFA  American FFA degree: For 4 th year students in the FFA

9. The Greenhand Degree  Become a FFA member  New members are required to learn the creed,  Pass the agricultural education course, and  Plan for a supervised agricultural experience program to achieve this level of membership

10. FFA Creed Career Development Event (CDE)  Is a career development event that only first year freshmen or 9 th grade FFA members are eligible to participate in.

11. Career Development Events  Encourage agriscience students to develop technical agricultural skills and  Develop leadership skills

12. Career Development Events  Most career development events progress from the local (chapter) to the federation, regional, state, than national level

13. FFA Career Development Events (CDE)  Agricultural Mechanics (May)  Agricultural Sales (Nov)  Agricultural Tools and Materials (Feb)  The FFA Creed (Feb)  Dairy Judging (April)  Extemporaneous Public Speaking (Feb)  (see next slide)

14.  Farm Business Management  Floriculture (May)  Forestry (Oct)  Horse Judging (Spring)  Hunter Safety (March)  Introduction to Horticulture (April)  Land Judging (Nov)  Livestock Judging (April)  (see next slide)

15.  Marketing Plan  Nursery/Landscape (May)  Poultry Judging  Prepared Public Speaking (Feb)  Ritual & Parliamentary Procedure (Feb)  Tractor Driving (Oct)  Truck Driving (Oct)

16. The four levels of competition in the FFA  Local (chapter level) and federation  Regional  State  National

17. Plant I.D. Career Development Events Will require students to identify plants or trees and they include:  Floriculture  Forestry  Nursery/Landscape  Introduction to Horticulture

18. Extemporaneous Public Speaking CDE  Is a national career development event in which students are given 30 minutes to prepare a speech on an agricultural topic and then present the speech to a panel of judges

19. Floriculture CDE  Requires students to have a knowledge of the art and science of floral arrangement and horticulture

20. Forestry CDE  Requires students to identify trees

21. Wildlife Management  An activity not organized as a career development event

22. Dairy Judging CDE  Is an example of a career development event that requires students to grade and evaluate agriscience products such eggs, poultry, cattle, sheep and hogs

23. Dairy Evaluation CDE  Involves grading and evaluating dairy cattle

24. Poultry evaluation CDE  Involves grading and evaluating chickens and chicken products

25. Floriculture CDE  Requires students to have a knowledge of floral arrangements and horticulture

26. Examples of “Hands-on” Experiences includes:  A demonstration of parliamentary procedure to local clubs: this CDE develops the student’s confidence and skills in conducting a business meeting  Interning at a plant nursery through SAE: helps students learn and develop skills in plant identification  (see next slide)

27.  Doing prepared speeches: students often write, learn, and present speeches and make presentations that develop their poise, confidence, and leadership

28. Proficiency Award  An award that recognizes FFA members for their excellence in leadership and agriscience achievement as evidenced by their records

30. Agriscience Student of the Year Must:  Design an experiment  Record data  Solve a problem

32. American FFA Degree  Highest degree that can be earned by an active FFA member

33. The Purposes of Leadership Development in the FFA  Develop premier leadership, personal, and career success  Develop confidence, character, and citizenship  Build cooperative attitudes that help students work with others  Encourage the improvement of scholarship

34. Purpose: Have fun

35. Being in the FFA Promoting self over others is not a purpose the of the FFA

36. National Blue and Corn Gold  Official colors of the National FFA Organization

37. The FFA motto  Learning to do  Doing to learn  Earning to live  Living to serve

39. The FFA Emblem includes  The cross section of the ear of corn  The rising sun  Plow  Eagle  Owl  Agricultural Education and FFA

40. Owl  Represents knowledge and wisdom

41. Rising Sun  Represents the progressive nature of agriscience and the need for workers in agriscience to cooperate and work toward common goals

42. The cross section of the ear of corn  Provides the foundation of the emblem, just as corn historically served as the foundation crop of American agriculture

43. Plow  Symbolizes labor and tillage of the soil

44. Eagle  The symbol that signifies that the FFA is a national organization or national scope of the FFA  Serves as a reminder of our freedom and ability to explore new horizons in agriculture

45. “Agricultural Education” and “FFA”  Are emblazoned in the center to signify the the combination of learning and leadership necessary for progressive agriculture

46. State FFA Officers  Are responsible for conducting the State FFA Convention

47. Chapter FFA Officers  Are responsible for conducting the activities of the local FFA chapter

48. Chapter FFA Officers  Every FFA chapter should have a minimum of six officers

49. President  Must be prepared to preside over all meetings according to accepted rules of parliamentary procedure  The rising sun is president’s symbol

50. Vice President  Develops the Program of Activities and serves as an ex-officio member of all committees  Acts as president when the president is absent  The plow is the Vice president’s symbol

51. Vice-President  During the opening ceremony this officers says, “I shall call the role of officers, determine if they are at their stations, and report back to you Mr. President”

52. Secretary  Keeps an accurate record of a meetings  Prepares and presents the minutes of each previous chapter meeting  The ear of corn is the secretary’s symbol

53. Treasurer  Keeps a record of the finances of the group or chapter  Has the bust of George Washington on his/her officer pin  The Bust of Washington is the treasurer’s symbol

54. Reporter  Keeps the public informed of the chapter or group’s activities  Keeps a chapter scrapbook and submits articles to the newspaper and New Horizons magazine  The American flag is the Reporter’s symbol

55. Sentinel  Stationed by the door  The shield of friendship is the sentinel’s symbol

56. Sentinel  This officer responsible for the comfort of the meeting room, maintaining order, and the chapter paraphernalia  The shield of friendship is the symbol for the sentinel

57. FFA Advisor  The owl is the symbol for the FFA advisor

58. The Pledge Of Allegiance  Is the official salute of the FFA organization

59. FFA Homecoming Representative

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