Transcript FFA Proficiency Awards - Louisiana Association of FFA

FFA Proficiency Awards
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What is a Proficiency
Award?
• Presented by National FFA to
recognize excellence in SAE.
• Awards available in over 40
areas.
• Placement or Entrepreneurship
categories
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Agricultural Communications - Placement
Agricultural Mechanics Energy Systems Placement
Agricultural Mechanics Repair and
Maintenance – Placement/Entrepreneurship
Agricultural Processing - Entrepreneurship
Agricultural Sales –
Placement/Entrepreneurship
Agricultural Services –
Placement/Entrepreneurship
Aquaculture - Placement
Beef Production - Entrepreneurship
Dairy Production - Entrepreneurship
Diversified Ag Production –
Placement/Entrepreneurship
Diversified Crop Production - Placement
Diversified Horticulture –
Placement/Entrepreneurship
Diversified Livestock Production –
Placement/Entrepreneurship
Emerging Agricultural Technology Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science and Natural Resources Placement
Equine Science – Placement/Entrepreneurship
Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production Entrepreneurship
Floriculture - Placement
Food Science and Technology - Placement
Forest Management & Products - Placement
Grain Production - Entrepreneurship
Home and/or Community Development Placement
Landscape Management - Placement
Nursery Operations - Placement
Outdoor Recreation –
Placement/Entrepreneurship
Sheep Production - Entrepreneurship
Small Animal Production & Care - Placement
Specialty Animal Production - Entrepreneurship
Specialty Crop Production - Entrepreneurship
Swine Production - Placement
Turf Grass Management - Entrepreneurship
Wildlife Production and Management –
Placement/Entrepreneurship
Proficiency Award
Categories
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Proficiency Awards
• Proficiency award winners are
recognized at the:
–local level
–area level
–state level
–national level
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Categories
• National: top 4 individuals in placement
and in entrepreneurship are recognized
in each category (total of 8).
• If adequate sponsorship is not
available, placement &
entrepreneurship grouped together for
judging and the top 4 are recognized.
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Proficiency Award Tips
• Don’t wait until the junior or senior year
to look at the application. Review the
application form early and start working
on it.
• Look at past applications from the
chapter.
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Proficiency Award Tips
• Follow instructions
• Do not alter the application in any way,
it will be “DISQUALIFIED”
– e.g., copying application into Word
document, altering space given for
responses, changing font size below 10 pt
• Use latest revised application forms.
• Confirm LA application deadline
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Proficiency Award Tips
• Take photos throughout the
year
• Change shirts/caps
• When possible, use caps/jackets with
FFA logo
• Move closer to your subject when
possible – close-ups are better than
distant shots
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Proficiency Award Tips
• In the application:
– Don’t Say “This is a photo
of….”. The judges know it is a
photo.
– Use action oriented captions:
“Pruning shrubs will increase…”
– Do not show unsafe facilities or
practices in photos (e.g., not
wearing safety goggles while
repairing equipment)
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Proficiency Award Tips
• Neatness makes a big impression
• Check the application for spelling,
grammar, math errors
• Submit the application in an FFA award
binder
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Proficiency Award Tips
• The application is a series of questions
about the students and their SAE.
• Some questions are easy; others
require thoughtful consideration.
• Other sections ask for figures based on
SAE records.
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Proficiency Award Tips
• Review the information on National FFA
Proficiency Awards at
http://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_programs.Proficiency
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