Transcript Chapter 5 Individual Awards and Opportunities

Chapter Overview
•FFA New Horizons
•State and National
Conventions
•State and National
Officers
•Camps and Leadership
Conferences
•FFA Leadership and
Personal Growth Series
•Band, Chorus, and Talent
•International Activities
•Going Places, Meeting
People, and Doing Things
Chapter Selection
C H A P T E R
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FFA New Horizons
The National FFA member
magazine provides a link between
all members. FFA New Horizons
features articles on outstanding
members, career spotlights,
national officers, and much more.
You could be featured in the magazine as
a star, spotlight on your chapter ,or send in
a joke. Find out how by looking in FFA
New Horizons.
You can also read recent magazine articles
online at http://www.ffa.org.
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State and National
Conventions
National FFA Convention
Every year your state FFA
Louisville, KY October 25-28,
2000
October 24-27, 2001
October 30-November 2, 2002
October 29-November 1, 2003
October 27-30, 2004
October 26-29, 2005
Becoming an FFA member
means you’re able to
participate in a wide range
of activities at the local level
and beyond!
This chapter will introduce
those activities that happen
at the state, national, and
international levels.
association hosts a convention.
FFA members and their advisors
from across the state travel to
the convention to participate in
leadership activities, compete in
FFA contests, and transact the
state association’s business.
Each chapter selects several
voting delegates to represent its
members.
C H A P T E R
One of the best parts
of any FFA
convention isn’t
listed on the program.
It’s all the new people
you meet as you
attend workshops,
sessions, and events.
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State and National
Conventions
At the National FFA
Convention each state is
represented by voting
delegates who conduct the
national organization’s
business. Along with
business sessions, the
convention offers top notch
speakers, tours, and
leadership conferences.
More than 49,000
members, parents and
guest gather each year in
Louisville, Kentucky for
the National FFA
Convention.
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The voting delegates at
each year’s state and
national conventions
select a slate of officers
to serve in the
upcoming year.
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State and National
Just as your chapter needs One of the requirements for
Officers
officers to work efficiently,
so does your state
association and the national
organization.
Each year delegates at both
state and national
conventions elect a slate of
officers to serve in the
coming year.
State officers travel around
their respective states
visiting chapters,
presenting leadership
workshops, and fulfilling
other duties.
becoming a state officer is
holding the State FFA Degree.
Contact your advisor, state
officer, or the state FFA office to
get more information about
running for a state office.
C H A P T E R
National FFA
officers receive a
sizable scholarship
and a set of
invaluable
experiences.
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State and National
Officers
National officers spend
more than 300 days of their
year long term traveling
across the United States and
abroad.
They represent the
organization to
governmental organizations.
They present leadership
conferences and represent
FFA members at meetings
of the National FFA Board
of Directors.
All national officer
candidates are required to
have their American FFA
Degree.
C H A P T E R
The Washington
Leadership Conference
is held throughout the
summer in Washington
D.C.
The Made For
Excellence program
focuses on personal
development and is held
in more than 30 states
each year.
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Camps and Leadership
A
long with conventions, FFA
Conferences
offers camps and leadership
conferences. These
conferences range in length
from a few days to a week.
Conferences focus on
developing personal leadership
and communications skills as
Ask your advisor for more
well as recreational activities.
details about Leadership
Four programs offered at the
Conferences available for
national level are:
you!
•Washington Leadership Conference
•Made For Excellence
•Experiencing Discovery, Growth and
Excellence
•Advanced Leadership Development
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FFA Leadership and Personal Growth Series
The National FFA Organization offers a series of four leadership and
personal growth conferences. You don’t have to be an officer to
participate.
The only requirement is a desire to grow, learn, and have fun.
Ask your advisor and state leaders how you might attend one of the
following four seminars:
Made For Excellence (MFE)
 The Made For Excellence Conference is a two day
conference designed primarily for high school freshman
and sophomores. The MFE curriculum focuses on the
personal growth of each individual.
Washington Leadership Conference (WLC)
 The Washington Leadership Conference is offered for
seven one week sessions during the summer in Washington,
D.C. and is conducted by former state and national FFA
leaders. This conferences focuses on skills in personal
development, motivation, leadership, teamwork, citizenship,
and goal setting.
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FFA Leadership and Personal Growth Series
The National FFA Organization offers a series of four leadership and
personal growth conferences. You don’t have to be an officer to
participate.
Experiencing Discovery, Growth and Excellence (EDGE)
Conference.
 Designed to help all middle school students better
understand the concept of themselves and where they are
going in life.
Advanced Leadership Development (ADL) Conference
This two day conference builds on the curriculum of both
EDGE and MFE and creates new experiences for high
school juniors and seniors.
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Band, Chorus, and Talent
At state and national
conventions, FFA members
provide much of the
entertainment. Many state
conventions host talent
contests and some have a
band and chorus.
Ask your advisor how you
can get involved with these
exciting opportunities.
Chances are good you’ll end
up basking in the spotlights
on an FFA stage.
C H A P T E R
Through FFA exchange
programs, you can travel
to more than 30 foreign
countries
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International Opportunities
Through FFA’s international exchange programs, you can
travel to more than 30 foreign countries.
World Experience in Agriculture (WEA) is an exchange
program that allows you to live and work with an
agricultural family in the country of your choice for three,
six, or 12 months.
Something Shorter? Check into one of the many travel
seminars or home-stay programs which generally range from
three to six weeks.
C H A P T E R
FFA
International
Exchange
Countries
•Australia
•Belgium
•Botswana
•Bulgaria
•Costa Rica
•Czech Republic
•Denmark •Latvia
•Estonia
•Lithuania
•Finland
•Luxembourg
•France
•Germany •The
Netherlands
•Greece
•New Zealand
•India
•Ireland
•Norway
•Jamaica
•Paraguay
•Japan
•Portugal
•Russia
•Sweden
•Switzerland
•Taiwan
•Ukraine
•United
Kingdom
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International Opportunities
Many of FFA’s award
winners receive expensepaid overseas travel
seminars in addition to
cash prizes.
The National Star
Farmers, Star in
Agribusiness finalists,
and 40 National
Proficiency Award
winners visit farms,
schools, and businesses
and meet with
governmental officials
during their European
tours. Ask your advisor
for more details.
C H A P T E R
Go Global
FFA
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With
Going Places, Meeting People,
Learn more about FFA
international programs in
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National FFA Online,
www.ffa.org/international FFA can take you anywhere you want to
.
go. But you’ll want to plan your itinerary
carefully and begin working toward your
goals early.
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