FFA UpdateFall Ag Education

Professional Development Conference

September 30, 2011

Erin NobleState FFA Specialist

Flooding You with Information…

2011-2012 State Officers

Alec McAlarnenState President

Jimmie FergusonState Vice President

Stephanie TarloweState Secretary

Anna LubasState Treasurer

Ernie AriansState Reporter

Samuel RubinsteinState Sentinel

Gillian ArmstrongState Parliamentarian

“Unlock the Possibilities”

LEAD

Leadership Experience And Development is October 7-8, 2011 in Port Murray, NJ

• Chapter Officer Leadership Training (COLT)• State Greenhand Conference (SGC)

New leadership curriculum from National FFA being used - 360° Conference: Influence

CSX Transportation sponsored curriculum, training, and one free registration for COLT and SGC

National FFA Convention

12 chapters 10 American FFA Degree recipients 4 Honorary American FFA Degree recipients 1 Three Star National Chapters 3 Two Star National Chapters 1 National Band 1 National Talent 1 Agriscience Student of the Year Finalist

Ag Ed Website

State Activity Guide Ag Ed Bulletin Board (online directory and

current announcements/registrations) NJ FFA Association (minutes/agenda) Calendar of Events National FFA Organization ag.ed.registration@ag.state.nj.us

Application/Registration Policies Reminder

Member of the Month due dates Mail applications to:

– Office of Agricultural Education

New Jersey Department of Agriculture

369 South Warren Street

P.O. Box 330

Trenton, NJ 08625-0330

Chapter Charter Requirements

Chapter Officer List – October 1 Program of Activities – December 1 Affiliation Contracts – September 30;

Membership Rosters (ACN) – December 1 Participate in at least 5 State/National

Level Events Send 2 Delegates to the State FFA

Convention

Membership Rosters

Membership Rosters will be submitted through Ag Career Network (ACN)

ACN is projected to launch after National FFA Convention

With affiliation, all students enrolled in your agriculture program must be entered into the roster system.

Program Affiliation

Program Affiliation

National FFA News

American Degree and Proficiency Applications 2012-2013 (online)

Agriscience Student of the Year is the new Agriscience Research Proficiency Area

National FFA NewsNational Chapter

National Chapter Application – New for 2011-12• Change of quality standards

• Student• Leadership• Healthy Lifestyle• Career Success• Scholarship• Personal Growth

• Chapter• Chapter Recruitment• Financial• Public Relations• Cooperation• Support Group

• Community• Economic Development• Environmental• Human Resources• Citizenship• Agriculture Promotion

National Chapter: Major Changes

• POA will be on ACN next spring• Form III has moved to Form I

• All chapters are required to fill out• Condensed to yes/no questions

and percentages• Quality Chapter Indicators are aligned with

National Quality Program Standards• Standard 3-Leadership Development

• Form I is not scored

• Evaluation of Form II• Number of goals increased from 3 to 4• Score sheet has been modified

• Easier to follow• Added clarification for 25 point

deduction

• Evaluation of Form II• Number of goals increased from 3 to 4• Score sheet has been modified

• Easier to follow• Added clarification for 25 point

deduction

National Chapter: Major Changes

National Chapter: Major Changes

• No word limit on captions• Text must fit in box and be Arial 14• Maximum of 8 lines

• Photo pages moved• Integrated with Form II

• Rubric is redesigned• Matches up with the score sheet

• Resources included in handbook• LifeKnowledge lessons on how to write

SMART goals• Example application pages

National Chapter: Major Changes

Model of Excellence– Top 10 Chapters

Outstanding Middle School– Top 5 Chapters

Recognition of chapters– The MOI, MOE, and OMS chapters

will be recognized on main stage– 3,2 and 1 star chapters will be

recognized at the banquet

National FFA NewsAgriscience Fair

Agriscience Fair– New Categories

• Animal Systems (AS)• Environmental Services/Natural Resource Systems

(ENR)• Food Products and Processing (FPP)• Plant Systems (PS)• Power, Structural and Technical Systems (PST)• Social Systems (SS)

CDE Revisions

CDE Changes – State & National

Degree Changes - 2015

Will take affect with 2015 applications American FFA Degree (Article VI. Section F, Item 5)

A student after entering agricultural education must have:1) Earned at least $10,000 and productively invested at least

$7,500; or2) Earned and productively invested $2,000.00 and worked 2,250

hours in excess of scheduled class time. Any combination of hours, times a factor of 3.56, plus actual dollars earned and productively invested must be equal to or greater than the number 10,000. Hours used for the purpose of producing earnings reported as productively invested income shall not be duplicated as hours of credit to meet the minimum requirements for the degree.

Degree Changes - 2015

Will take affect with 2015 applications State FFA Degree (Article VI. Section E, Item 4)

A student after entering agricultural educationmust have: 1) earned and productively invested at least

$1000; or 2) worked at least 300 hours in excess of scheduled class time; or 3) a combination thereof, in a supervised agricultural experience program.

Chapter FFA Degree (Article VI. Section D, Item 4)A student after entering agricultural education must

have: 1) earned and productively invested at least $150 by the member’s own efforts; or 2) worked at least 45 hours in excess of scheduled class time; or 3) a combination there of, and have developed plans for continued growth and improvement in a supervised agricultural experience program.

NJ FFA Staying Connected

Check out NJ FFA on Facebook– www.facebook.com/NJFFA– Linked to a Twitter Account

CONNECT! Past. Present. Future.– www.connectffa.org