Mr. Zane Sheehan
Leadership Development Coordinator
California FFA Association
December 9, 2014
1 hr 15 min

• 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

Program of Activities

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

• 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

• 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

• Overview
– Description
– Goals
• Timeline
– What to do, by when, who will do it and how it will get done
• Review
– Accomplishments
– Recommendations

• Formats
– No Correct Format, simply what works best for you and your chapter
• Tools
– TheAET.com

Superior and National
Chapter Awards

• 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

• 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)

• Chapter Banquet

• 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

• S pecific, M easurable, A ttainable,
R ealistic, T ime-stamped
• Well written and must have all 5 components
• Must have 4 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

• 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

• 2 Options for Timeline
– By Goal
– By Date
• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• High quality picture, showing involvement in the activity
• Be interesting and
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.
informative
• Do not repeat photos within the application

• Work time for your own project.