National Chapter Award

1. National Chapter Award Recognition for Your Success!

2. National Chapter Award Purpose/Objectives • Encourage the development and use of a Program of Activities (POA) • Reward chapter accomplishments • Recognition for chapter success

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. National Chapter Award Form I - cont. • Community Development • economic, environmental, human resources, citizenship, agricultural awareness • Transfer information directly from your completed Program of Activities.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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?

13. 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)

14. 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?

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

19. Questions? • Contact the National Chapter Award Program Coordinator at 317-802-4402 or email at nationalchapter@ffa.org Good Luck!