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Title: FFA Proficiency Awards


1
FFA Proficiency Awards Degrees
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Four FFA Degrees
  • American Degree
  • State Degree
  • Chapter Degree
  • Greenhand Degree

Supervised Experience
3
The Greenhand
  • The first FFA degree is the Greenhand
  • Greenhands receive a pin in the shape of the FFA
    emblem made of bronze
  • Many FFA chapters recognize an Outstanding
    Greenhand at the end of the school year.

4
Greenhand Degree Requirements
  • Be enrolled in Agricultural Education
  • Have satisfactory plans for a SAE
  • Explain the FFA creed, motto, salute, and mission
    statement
  • Describe the FFA emblem and colors
  • Have a knowledge of the Code of Ethics and proper
    use of the jacket
  • Have a knowledge of the FFA

5
Greenhand Degree Requirements...
  • Own or have access to a FFA Manual and FFA
    Student Handbook
  • Submit a written application for the Greenhand
    Degree

6
Greenhand Trivia
  • A book titled The Greenhand was written in the
    1930s and was later made into a movie.
  • The movie was made in Georgia and involved actual
    FFA members and officials
  • The story is about a FFA Greenhand.

7
Chapter Degree
  • The second degree, which is given at the local
    level, is the chapter degree.
  • Chapter degree recipients receive a pin in the
    shape of the FFA emblem made of silver.

8
Chapter Degree Requirements
  • Have the Greenhand Degree
  • Completed 180 hours (or equivalent) of
    agricultural education
  • Have in operation an approved SAE program
  • Earned 150 from the SAE or worked 45 hours or a
    combination thereof
  • Have plans for continued SAE growth

9
Chapter Degree Requirements....
  • Help conduct 3 official chapter functions found
    in the Program of Activities
  • Lead a group discussion for 15 minutes
  • Demonstrate 5 parliamentary procedures
  • Submit a written application for the degree
  • Show progress in the FFA individual achievement
    awards program
  • Have a satisfactory scholarship record

10
Chapter Degree Trivia
  • Originally the chapter degree was called the
    Future Farmer degree but this proved to be
    confusing. After about 10 years the name was
    changed.

11
State Degree
  • The third degree, given at the state convention,
    is the State degree.
  • State degree recipients receive a pin in the
    shape of the FFA emblem made of gold.

12
State Degree Requirements
  • Have received the Chapter FFA Degree
  • Have been an active FFA member for 2 years
  • Completed 360 hours (or equivalent) of
    agricultural education
  • Earned and invested 1000 or worked at least 300
    hours or combination thereof

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State Degree Requirements ...
  • Demonstrate leadership ability by
  • (a) Performing 10 procedures of parliamentary
    law
  • (b) Giving 6 min. speech on agriculture or FFA
  • (c) Serving as an officer, committee
    chairperson, or member of chapter committee

14
State Degree Requirements...
  • Have participated in planning and completion of
    chapter Program of Activities
  • Have participated in 5 FFA activities above
    chapter level
  • Have a satisfactory scholarship record

15
State Degree Trivia
  • Originally, the chapter, state and American FFA
    degrees had the word Farmer as part of their
    official name. This word Farmer was dropped in
    1988.

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American Degree
  • The fourth degree, given at the national
    convention, is the American degree.
  • American degree recipients receive a pin in the
    shape of the FFA emblem made of gold. It is
    bigger than the state degree and has a special
    vertical bar attached.

American
17
American Degree Requirements
  • Have received the State FFA Degree
  • Have been an active FFA member for the past 3
    years
  • Have record of satisfactory participation
  • Completed 540 hours (or equivalent) of
    agricultural education
  • Have graduated from high school

18
American Degree Requirements..
  • Have in operation an approved SAE program
  • Earned 7,500 from the SAE or earned and invested
    1,500 and worked 2,250 hours
  • Have record of outstanding leadership abilities
    and community involvement
  • Achieved a scholastic record of C or better

19
American Degree Trivia
  • During the first 10 years of the FFA the only
    degree pin with the American eagle on the top was
    the American degree. The Greenhand, Chapter, and
    State degrees did not have the eagle. If you ever
    see a FFA pin without the eagle, it was made
    during the 1930s.

20
FFA Proficiency Awards
21
What is a Proficiency Award?
  • An award presented by the National FFA to
    recognize excellence in a SAE program.
  • There are over 40 areas of agriculture for which
    awards are available.

22
Proficiency Awards
  • Proficiency award winners are recognized at the
  • local level
  • district, federation and/or area level
  • state level
  • national level

23
Proficiency Awards!
  • There are 40 categories of proficiency awards
  • Placement and entreprenuership SAE programs are
    recognized in each category

Entrepreneurship
Beef Production
Placement
24
Proficiency Award Categories
  • At the national level, the top four individuals
    in placement and in entrepreneurship are
    recognized in each category (a total of eight).
    If adequate sponsorship is not available both
    placement and entrepreneurship are grouped
    together for judging and the top four are
    recognized.

25
Proficiency Award Categories
  • Number of categories vary from year to year
    depending upon sponsorship.
  • The slides that follow show the typical categories

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Agricultural Communications
27
Agricultural Mechanical Technical Systems
28
Agricultural Processing
29
Agricultural Sales and/or Service
30
Beef Production
31
Cereal Grain Production
32
Dairy Production
33
Diversified Crop Production
34
Diversified Livestock Production
35
Emerging Agricultural Technology
36
Environmental Science
37
Equine Science
38
Feed Grain Production
39
Fiber Crop Production
40
Floriculture
41
Food Science and Technology
42
Forage Production
43
Forest Management
44
Fruit and/or Vegetable Production
45
Home and/or Community Development
46
Horticulture
47
Landscape Management
48
Nursery Operations
49
Oil Crop Production
50
Outdoor Recreation
51
Poultry Production
52
Sheep Production
53
Small Animal Care
54
Soil and Water Management
55
Specialty Animal Production
56
Specialty Crop Production
57
Swine Production
58
Turf Grass Management
59
Wildlife Management
60
Proficiency Award Tips
  • Dont wait until the junior or senior year to
    look at the application. Look at the application
    early and start working on it.

61
Proficiency Award Tips
  • Look at past applications from the chapter.

62
Proficiency Award Tips
  • Take pictures throughout the year

63
Proficiency Award Tips
  • On pictures in the application
  • Dont Say This is a picture of.. The judges
    know it is a picture.
  • Change shirts/caps
  • Make captions action oriented Suckering tomatoes
    has been shown to
  • Dont show unsafe practices in your pictures
    (such as no safety glasses while working on
    machinery)

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Proficiency Award Tips
  • Neatness makes a big impression

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Proficiency Award Tips
  • Visit the FFA Proficiency Award page on the World
    Wide Web. The URL is http//www.ffa.org/activities
    /index.html
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