National Chapter Award

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National Chapter Award

• Recognition for Your Success!

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National Chapter Award Purpose/Objectives

• Encourage the development and use of a Program of
  Activities (POA)
• Reward chapter accomplishments
• Recognition for chapter success

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National Chapter Program Awards

• Superior Chapter certificate
• Complete Form I, State level
• Gold, Silver, Bronze multi-year plaque
• Complete Forms I II, State level
• Three, Two, One Star multi-year plaque
• Chosen from Gold level applications submitted for
  national competition

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National Chapter Awards cont.

• Models of Innovation
• National Three Star rated chapters eligible to
  compete for this award
• Ten finalists in each of the three divisions
• Student, Chapter, Community
• One winner in each division is selected at
  convention through a presentation/interview
  process.

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National Chapter Award Form I

• Lists and briefly describes one activity for each
  of the fifteen quality standards.
• Student Development
• leadership, healthy lifestyles, SAEs,
  scholarship, agricultural career skills
• Chapter Development
• chapter recruitment, financial, public relations,
  leadership, support group

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National Chapter Award Form I - cont.

• Community Development
• economic, environmental, human resources,
  citizenship, agricultural awareness
• Transfer information directly from your completed
  Program of Activities.

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Quality Standard Examples
National Chapter Award Quality Standard Examples
Student Development

• Leadership
• Develop leadership workshops and practice team
  building skills.
• Healthy lifestyles
• Create a drunk driving reenactment accident to
  discourage drinking and driving.
• SAE
• Develop a land laboratory that serves as several
  students SAE projects.
• Scholarship
• Host an achievement banquet or create a program
  to serve as peer tutors.
• Career Skills
• Participate in a career shadow day where members
  learn about a specific career from an individual
  in that field.

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Quality Standard Examples Continued
National Chapter Award Quality Standard Examples
Chapter Development

• Recruitment
• Invite 7th and 8th graders to chapter meetings
  and encourage their involvement.
• Financial
• Start a pumpkin patch and market your crop to
  the community.
• Public Relations
• Participate in local radio broadcast to update
  your school and community about upcoming FFA
  events and student achievements.
• Leadership
• Hold chapter officer workshops prior to new
  officer elections to instill leadership skills in
  other members.
• Support Group
• Begin FFA internships, were members work on
  various farms in the area to gain knowledge.

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Quality Standard Examples Continued
National Chapter Award Quality Standard Examples
Community Development

• Economic
• Host a rodeo or other event like Donkey
  Basketball that may serve as a money maker and
  fun activity not only for the chapter members but
  parents and community members.
• Environmental
• Participate in a neighborhood clean-up and
  beautification.
• Human resource
• Have chapter members sponsor a school clean-up
  program.
• Citizenship
• Visit with local senior citizens or host a
  senior dance or game tournament.
• Ag awareness
• Prepare agriculture lessons for elementary
  schools in your district.

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National Chapter Award Form II

• Complete for state recognition Gold, Silver,
  Bronze
• Top three or 10, whichever is greater, of all
  applications may be forwarded for national
  competition. All sent must be rated Gold.
• National awards of Three Star, Two Star, or One
  Star

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National Chapter Award Goals/Objectives

• What did you want to accomplish?
• Overall objective of the activity
• Purpose or reason for involvement
• Goals of activity
• Three or more specific, measurable, attainable,
  realistic and time-bound (SMART)

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Goals/Objectives Quality Standard Alignment

• When deciding which standard an activity best
  fits, consider the goals of the activity.
• What group was being encouraged to develop
  skills?
• Who was benefiting?

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National Chapter Award Plan of Action

• Who, What, When, Where, Why How for each
  goal/objective.
• Is the plan educational and will it meet the
  goals of the activity?
• What ideas were used in the planning process?
• Is the plan complete? (address each goal)

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National Chapter Award Results/Evaluation

• What was accomplished?
• Were the goals achieved? (address each goal)
• How did this activity benefit or impact the
  student, chapter, school or community?
• What was learned?
• Who participated?

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National Chapter Award Photo Caption

• A high quality picture, showing involvement in
  the activity.
• 50 word caption that is informative and
  interesting
• Do not repeat photos within the application.

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National Chapter Award General Tips

• Be sure to get all signatures
• Use only the space provided and do not attach
  additional materials to the application.
• Form I should have 15 different activities, Form
  II should have 9 different activities, which may
  come from Form I.

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National Chapter Award General Tips

• Use size 12 pica
• Protect application in some type of binder
• Print application on white paper
• Use upper and lower case letters
• Check grammar and spelling

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National Chapter Award Resources

• Chapter Planning and Recognition A Student
  Handbook
• Judges Tip Sheet (updated each August)
• Model Innovators booklet (sent free to all
  chapters each spring)
• National chapter application form

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Questions?

• Contact the National Chapter Award Program
  Coordinator at 317-802-4402 or email at
  nationalchapter_at_ffa.org
• Good Luck!