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PROFICIENCY APPLICATIONS

PROFICIENCY APPLICATIONS . PLACEMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP. NATIONAL DUE DATE. July 15 th - State should track mailing of applications to the national office. Check the deadline for submitting the completed application to the state office. Each state sets their own deadline

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PROFICIENCY APPLICATIONS

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  1. PROFICIENCY APPLICATIONS PLACEMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  2. NATIONAL DUE DATE • July 15th - State should track mailing of applications to the national office. • Check the deadline for submitting the completed application to the state office. • Each state sets their own deadline • If state contact info is needed, contact Rosalie Hunsinger or Michael Honeycutt

  3. HANDBOOK UPDATES

  4. 2006 and Beyond Changes • DON’T GET DISQUALIFIED Do not alter the application. If the application is altered in any way, it will be “DISQUALIFIED”. • This includes copying application into a word document • Altering the space given for responses for any question • Or changing the font size below 10 points. • For fairness, all applicants must respond to questions in the space provided.

  5. 2006 and Beyond Changes • Proficiency award category changes • NEW AWARD AREA • Agricultural Education ØFor students with SAE's related to education and extension, including, but not limited to: youth mentoring, ag ed departmental assistants, PALS mentors and student coordinators, students developing and conducting informational materials and presentations for civic organizations and school aged youth, and students who are involved in SAE;s surrounding educating the public about the broad topics of agriculture, agriculture education and the FFA

  6. 2006 and Beyond Changes • Proficiency award category changes • DESCRIPTION CHANGE • AGRICULTURAL SERVICES • Remove Agricultural Education from description. • New description: • Involves students who work in services offered through agricultural enterprises that deal with custom equipment operation and maintenance, agricultural management and finance, animal breeding, custom baling, crop scouting, horseshoeing, taxidermy, animal hospitals, custom and contract feeding or other appropriate services.

  7. Ag Communications Agricultural Education Ag Mech Design & Fabrication Ag Mech Energy Systems Ag Mech Repair & Maintenance* Ag Processing Ag Sales* Ag Service Aquaculture Beef Production* Dairy Production* Diversified Ag Production Diversified Crop Production* Diversified Horticulture* Diversified Livestock Production* Emerging Ag Technology Environmental Science & Nat. Resources Mgmt Equine Science* Fiber &/or Oil Crop Production Floriculture Food Science & Technology Forage Production Forest Management & Products Fruit Production Grain Production* Home &/or Community Dev. Landscape Management Nursery Operations Outdoor Recreation Proficiency Categories for 2006* indicates split area

  8. Poultry Production Sheep Production Small Animal Production & Care* Specialty Animal Production Specialty Crop Production Swine Production* Turf Grass Management* Vegetable Production Wildlife Production & Management* Proficiency Categories for 2006 2006 Award Areas Announced June, 2005

  9. NEW TOOL - Handout listing Alphabetical listing of SAE area with column showing which proficiency award area your student should apply in. This is not an ALL inclusive listing If questions, contact national center for clarification. ALPHABETICAL SAE LISTING

  10. Chapter Level recognition Certificate and Free Award Medal State Level recognition Effective 2006, the monetary award for state winners raised from $100 to$250 and a certificate in a black frame. AWARD RECOGNITION

  11. National Level 4 National Finalists per award area award amount raised from $250 to $500 and a plaque. National Winner per award area award amount raised from $250 to$500 and a plaque. AWARD RECOGNITION

  12. WHICH DO YOU HAVE? • An Entrepreneurship or Placement application • If student has both an Entrepreneurship and Placement SAE, decide which area they stronger in. Example: Work for a Turf Grass contractor as a placement but have started to add a few customers in entrepreneurship • Apply as a Placement area • Can include information on your goals, resume, personal page about your Entrepreneurship which will show progress in your career goal • Otherwise, it confuses judges when putting both areas on one application.

  13. 2006 and Beyond Updates AM I ELIGIBLE? • Can you apply in an placement award area if you’ve already applied in Entrepreneurship and won? For example: Beef Production is a split area. • An FFA member is eligible for a placement proficiency award if the student’s work experience is on the family farm, family corporation and/or other partnership. • In NO case shall a member be eligible for recognition in both categories in any area for the same SAE program and site.

  14. 2006 and Beyond Changes DUAL PARTICIPATION • See set specifications on what procedures must be done when the student is participating in more than one area at the national convention. • Member qualifies to participate in more than one award area during convention • Notify state staff within 5 working days after being selected or certified to participate • State staff will contact appropriate program coordinator/manager to determine if accommodations for dual participation can be arranged.

  15. 2006 and Beyond Changes DUAL PARTICIPATION (continued) • Under NO circumstances will the accommodation impact the published schedule, overall integrity of the event or other participants’ ability to be fairly evaluated. • In some cases due to published schedule no accommodations will be made. • In those cases the participant will need to choose which area to participate in and, where appropriate, the state staff may choose to certify a second place team or a replacement member. • This policy does not supersede existing event policies that restrict multiple participation.

  16. 2006 and Beyond Changes APPENDIX: • A listing of questions that were asked during the 2001-2005 process are listed in the Appendix of the Proficiency handbook. • Handout with listing available.

  17. APPLICATIONS * CHANGES AND UPDATES

  18. 2006 and Beyond Changes • SOFTWARE • Microsoft Office Excel 2000 • Microsoft is no longer supporting earlier versions (i.e. Microsoft Office Excel 5.0) • Microsoft Works IS NOT Microsoft Office Excel • Excel templates will not work for Microsoft Works

  19. 2006 and Beyond Changes • SOFTWARE • Adobe Acrobat • Examples available in PDF format • Free Adobe reader available at www.adobe.com

  20. 2006 and Beyond Changes • SPELLCHECK • Spellcheck is still not available on the Excel templates • Multiple calculations • Due to calculations the template is protected

  21. COVER PAGE Same for both Placement & Entrepreneurship • Member # (from roster or New Horizons magazine) • NEW FEATURE: Warning if 9 digits are not entered for Member ID

  22. Same in 2006 and Beyond • SPONSOR LABEL • Unlike the American Degree application whose sponsors are consistently the same every year, you will still have to order your sponsor labels with your award medals. • NOTE: National does not penalize anyone for not having a sponsor label. However, you should check with your state association to make sure there is no penalty at that level.

  23. Same in 2006 and Beyond • NAME ON CHAPTER ROSTER • An additional line for the name as it appears on the chapter roster has been added to the application. • Many times membership is a nickname rather than the legal name. This will assist us in checking membership.

  24. Same in 2006 and Beyond • DATE OF BIRTH • NEW FEATURE • New drop down listing for you to designate • Month • Date • Year

  25. Same for 2006 and Beyond • GENDER • Some Male/Female students have the same name (i.e., Shannon). In order to make sure gender is correct we need this information. • Previously there was a student with a beard walking across the stage and the announcer stated she this and she that. We don’t want that to happen again.

  26. Same in 2006 and Beyond • SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER • Applications received without a social security number will NOT be disqualified from competition, however, a social security number must be provided before receipt of any national award checks. • This number is required for audit purposes only.

  27. Same in 2006 and Beyond • CHAPTER NAME • Many times the chapter name is different than the high school name. • This will help in printing certificates with the correct recognition.

  28. Same in 2006 and Beyond • SCHOOL ADDRESS: • Please provide correct address for the chapter. • A mailing is sent to advisor(s) of national finalists. • If more than 1 advisor, please share

  29. Same in 2006 and Beyond • STATE AND NATIONAL DUES PAID? • NEW FEATURE • Yes/No drop down box.

  30. Same in 2006 and Beyond • SIGNATURES • Applicant Signature • Parent or Guardian Signature • Chapter Advisor Signature • Superintendent or Principal Signature • Placement Application - Employer Signature • State Supervisor Signature

  31. 2006 and Beyond Changes • Other items of interest NEW FEATURE • If you enter an accidental space or decimal point in number cells, you will receive an error message to enter WHOLE numbers.’ • Enhanced to prevent corruption of calculations in checklist.

  32. 2006 and Beyond Changes • DIGITAL PICTURES: • Digital Photos • An instruction page has been inserted on how to make copies of the unprotected photo page and how to insert digital pictures

  33. 2006 and Beyond Changes GIFTS AND INHERITANCES • What should and should not be listed • Gifts and Inheritances represents the cash value of all items of unearned income that were received: • Interest on savings accounts • Dividend on stocks and bonds • Gifts • Inheritances • Such as artwork, jewelry or other items that are not related to the SAE • Other forms of unearned income

  34. 2006 and Beyond Changes PERSONAL EXPENDITURES Screen 1 • Car, including gas for your car • Personal expenditures comes from your own personal spending records • There is no other place in this application where it is reported • Include money you have spent for personal use, including items such as food and meals bought • Personal Supplies for use by you and your family • School tuition, books, fees • Income taxes (local, state and federal income taxes and FICA

  35. 2006 and Beyond Changes PERSONAL EXPENDITURES Screen 2 (continued) • Recreation • Gifts to others • Any other money you spent for personal items not associated with your business enterprises NOTE: Any applicant who shows income sufficient to pay taxes who does not show any expenses will receive a deduction from their score on these pages equal to one half the allotment for that section.

  36. 2006 and Beyond Changes • EMPLOYER/ADVISOR STATEMENT: • NOTE: The employer or advisor statement can be no more than one page in length. • If both want to write a documentation, combine them on one page.

  37. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION SAME • Resume • Employer or Instructor’s Statement (1 page only) • Supporting Pictures [Instructions Included for Duplicating Unprotected Photo Page for Digital Pictures]. • Personal Page- may include one 8 1/2” X 11” page of additional information of student’s choice- newspaper clippings, additional statements, copies of web site pages, production reports, additional inventory • NO- CD ROMs, videos, disks, etc.

  38. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION SAME • PERSONAL PAGE (additional information) • Personal page is 1 page only but can have any information you want on it. Must be limited to one 8 ½” x 11” page.’ • Have a lot of trophies you have won in your award area? • IDEA: How about having a personal page with a photo of all of your awards.

  39. EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS • POSTED ON WEBSITE Located at: http://www.ffa.org/programs/proficiency/index.html • 20 Examples posted on website in PDF format • Will add examples each year to eventually incorporate all award areas.

  40. Easy Way To Get Around Website • www.ffa.org • Site Index • P in alphabetical listing • Proficiency Award Program • Examples listed at bottom of page

  41. Resources • Handbook with appendices • On-line, CD-ROM, Excel templates • National Staff Technical Assistance • Rosalie Hunsinger (317) 802-4255 rhunsinger@ffa.org • Mike Honeycutt (317) 802-4262 mhoneycutt@ffa.org • LPS Team: (Seth Derner, Ernie Gill, Larry Gossen, Kevin Keith, Jeff Papke,Tony Small)

  42. Computer Support • Still Available • All info downloadable from FFA website • If you are unable to unzip the files on the FFA website, contact rhunsinger@ffa.org • Additional Microsoft Powerpoint presentations for classroom use

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