FFA By: Alyson Wilson Learning to Do Doing to Learn Earning to Live Living to Serve What is FFA? •Student Organization •Agriculture Benefits of FFA Earn $$$$ Leadership New Friends Teamwork Travel FUN!!! Benefits of FFA • • • • • World as a Classroom Serve Community Positive Choices Career Success WINNER!!! FFA Emblem • • • • • • Cross-section of Ear of Corn Rising Sun Plow Eagle Owl Words FFA Mission FFA makes a Positive Difference in the Lives of Students, using AG Education, by Developing their Potential for: – Premier Leadership – Personal Growth – Career Success Aims and Purposes Development and Encouragement of: – competent, aggressive AG Leadership – love for Agricultural life – confidence – occupational choices Aims and Purposes Development and Encouragement of: – SAE programs – Home Improvement – AG Industry Improvement – Good Character and Citizenship Aims and Purposes Development and Encouragement of: – Penny Pinching – Cooperation – Scholarship – Play Well with Others FFA as an Experience • Applied Classroom Learning • Leadership Development • Personal Development • Opportunities • Hands on Applying Skills • Parliamentary Procedure • Chapter Meetings • Committee Work • Public Speaking • Contests TOTAL PROGRAM Instruction SAE FFA