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SMALL ANIMAL. Unit A: Leadership Development. Leadership Qualities. Objective 1.01: Discuss leadership qualities desired by the small animal industry. Leadership Qualities. Integrity Honesty Courage Willing to go forward under difficult circumstances Management
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SMALL ANIMAL Unit A: Leadership Development
Leadership Qualities Objective 1.01: Discuss leadership qualities desired by the small animal industry
Leadership Qualities • Integrity • Honesty • Courage • Willing to go forward under difficult circumstances • Management • Using people, resources, process to reach a goal
Leadership Qualities • Unselfishness • Placing the desires and welfare of others above yourself • Loyalty • Reliable support for an individual, group or cause • Enthusiasm • Energy to do a job and the inspiration to encourage others
Leadership Qualities • Plan • Able to think through, determine procedures • Knowledge • Awareness, understanding • Tact • Enjoying and doing the right thing without offending
Leadership Defined Leadership is influence- the ability to obtain followers. - John C. Maxwell
B. Program Components Objective 1.01:
Components of the Program • 1-Supervised Agricultural Experience • explore interest • gain work experience What will we be doing with the SAE? GLAD YOU ASKED! LETS FIND OUT!
Supervised Agricultural Experience • You will be required to complete an SAE project this semester for my class. • It will count as 50% of your grade • Weekly we will write down events you have done. • You will complete the project for a grade
What do I do now? • What can I do for my SAE? • Run my own Business (Entrepreneurship) • Mowing Yards or landscaping • Pet sitting/ cleaning • Cutting Trees, etc • Re building motors, servicing vehicles
What else? • Work for money or volunteer (placement) • Ingles, Bi-lo ( needs to be in produce, dairy, deli, bakery or meat department) • Vet or animal shelter • Data entry • Newspaper • US forest service • Any job or volunteer that can be ag related
Other options • You can do a research project • Amount of fertilizer needed to grow 20 tomatoes per month off of 1 plant • * you can do a market analysis
So you have done this already? • Even if you completed a project last semester, you must do one this semester. • It can be the same topic, you just add more hours or you can pick a new topic!
Forms! • I will pass out information relating to your SAE • Timeline • Parent Letter- needs to be signed • Journal paper • These papers will stay in your folder!
Wednesday Weekly Update! • Every Wednesday will be the day designated to work on SAE journals in class!
B- Components of instructional Program 2- Classroom Instruction • Studying and learning subject matter in the classroom. 3-Laboratory Instruction • Learn by demonstration
4- FFA Student Organization • Club or Student Organization • Develops Citizenship & Leadership • Communication • Developed through CDE • public speaking • creed (freshmen only) • agriculture sales • poultry, dairy and livestock oral reasons • parliamentary procedures
5- Cooperative Extension Service • Educational agency of USDA and part of the university system • NC State and NC A& T in North Carolina • Sponsors 4-H clubs • used to enhance personal development and provide skill development • Much like a Community AG Group/ FFA
FFA Student Organization This class develops Leadership, so what is Leadership?
What is Leadership? • Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead. - Ross Perot • Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. - Jesse Jackson
What is Leadership? • The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. - Henry Kissinger • Where there is no vision, the people perish. - Proverbs 29:18 • Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln
Assignment 1- Use a clean sheet of paper • Use markers and make it large enough to fit the paper • Develop your own Leadership quote! 2- On the opposite side write as many qualities of good leadership as possible
Myths About Leaders and LeadershipTRUE OR FALSEon your paper write True or False for the correct answer.
Myth 1: There is little knowledge about leadership. • Myth 2: All leaders are born with unique qualities. • Myth 3: Leaders make all the group=s decisions. • Myth 4: All leaders are popular, charismatic individuals. • Myth 5: To lead requires election or appointment. • Myth 6: It is a rare skill. • Myth 7: Leaders control, direct and produce. • Myth 8: Leadership exists only at the top