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What is FFA?. FFA Is…. A dynamic youth organization within agricultural education FFA prepares students for Premier Leadership Personal Growth Career Success. What do the letters FFA stand for???. Future Farmers of America
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FFA Is… • A dynamic youth organization within agricultural education • FFA prepares students for • Premier Leadership • Personal Growth • Career Success
What do the letters FFA stand for??? • Future Farmers of America • However in 1988 the name was changed to the National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity in agricultural education. • This the name that FFA is known by and does business under.
FFA Organizational Structure • 3 levels • Local • State • National
National FFA • Lead by a board of directors and 6 student national officers • Officers represent the members and actively guide the course of the organization during their year of service. • Officers are • President • Secretary • 4 regional Vice Presidents
State FFA • Lead by 6 student officers in SD • Function within the constitution of the national organization • Chapters are chartered through their state association
SD State Officers • President: Maria Rausch • Vice President: Brittany Gassman • Secretary: Kiley Kaufman • Tresurer: Spencer Chase • Reporter: Danielle Busselman • Sentinel: Hannah Johnson • Advisor: Mrs. Tiffany Sanderson
Local Chapter • Heart of the organization • FFA chapters may be chartered in any public school with an agricultural education program. • Leadership comes from student officers and the agricultural teacher who serves as an advisor to guide the chapter
Menno FFA Officers • Pres- Ellie Wintersteen • VP- Emily Schnabel • Secretary- MaryJo Mettler • Treasurer- David Schelske • Reporter-Courtney Schaeffer • Sentinel- Jay Edleman • Student Advisor-Robert Schoenfish
FFA Program as a Whole • FFA is part of a larger program called AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION • Ag Ed works to prepare students for future careers in agriculture through three integral components: • Classroom/Lab • FFA • Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE)