National Chapter Award

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National Chapter Award

• Recognition for Your Success!

Revised May 2007 Leadership Revision Committee
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Purpose

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

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Awards

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

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Awards

• 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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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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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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Form II III

• Complete for State Recognition-Gold, Silver,
  Bronze
• 3 or a number equal to 10 of all chapters may be
  sent on for national competition. All sent on
  must be rated Gold.
• National Awards of 3 Star,2 Star, or 1 Star

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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, realistic and
  attainable goals.

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Which standard does it fit?

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

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Plan of Action

• Who, What, When, Where, Why How
• 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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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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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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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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General Tips

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

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Resources

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