Program of Activities National Chapter Award

Mr. Zane SheehanLeadership Development Coordinator

California FFA Association

December 9, 20141 hr 15 min

Program Overview

• Program of Activities (POA) – Roadmap of events and goals for the

year

• Superior and National Chapter Awards (NCA)– Form 1: Superior, Form 2: NCA– Ranks quality programs based on

innovation and excellence– Top 10% advance to national

competition

POAProgram of Activities

POA• Student

– Leadership– Healthy Lifestyles– Career Success

– Scholarship– Personal Growth

• Chapter– Cooperation– Recruitment– Financial

– Public Relations– Support Group

• Community– Economic– Environmental– Human Resources

– Citizenship– Ag Awareness

POA Challenge• POA Brain Dump

– Write down as many events that your chapter does as you can in the next two minutes within each of the fifteen areas

– At least one for each areas– Use pages 2 and 3 of the packet

POA – Exec. Cmte• Student – Secretary

– Leadership, Healthy Lifestyles, Career Success, Scholarship, Personal Growth

• Chapter– Cooperation/ Support Group – President– Recruitment – Sentinel– Financial – Treasurer– Public Relations – Reporter

• Community – Vice President– Economic, Environmental, Human

Resources, Citizenship, Ag Awareness

Program of Activities

• Overview– Description– Goals

• Timeline– What to do, by when, who will do it

and how it will get done• Review

– Accomplishments – Recommendations

Program of Activities

• Formats– No Correct Format, simply what works

best for you and your chapter• Tools

– TheAET.com

Award ProgramsSuperior and National

Chapter Awards

Sup. / Natl. Chapters

• Superior Chapter Award– Form One of the application– Asks for one event within each of the

fifteen areas in the three categories– Asks 11 questions about general

information on your program:• banquet, retreat, alumni, etc.• involvement above local level• access to FFA

Sup. / Natl. Chapters

• National Chapter Award– Form Two of the application– Highlights three events within each

area (student, chapter, comm); 9 total– Scores on POA (goals, steps, review)

• Top 10% of programs in nation• No limit on three stars, all based on how

well you fill out the application

– Recognizes innovative ideas (MOI) and exemplary programs (MOE)

EXAMPLE

• Chapter Banquet

Activity Description

• Simple 1 or 2 sentence description• Clearly explains purpose and

reason for activity

AREA – Chapter DevelopmentDIVISION – Public Relations

To promote a positive image of the FFA chapter by recognizing member achievements, highlighting a year in review and installing the new officer team

• Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-stamped

• Well written and must have all 5 components

• Must have 4 SMART Goals

SMART Goals

Invite a minimum of 400 people to the Annual Chapter Banquet via a formal written invitation to be mailed by Friday, March 15

• Road map to achieving goals• Must have plan for each goal

– Who, What, When, Where, How

• Should be so easy you could duplicate the activity based solely on the steps

Timeline/ Steps

• 2 Options for Timeline– By Goal– By Date

Timeline/ Steps

• 2/15 – Sentinel will finish draft of invite• 2/25 – President will meet with Advisors to

determine special guests• 3/1 – Secretary will finish guest list• 3/10 – Officers will print and package

invitations• 3/15 – Reporter will mail invites with district

office

• Benefit– Purpose and how it benefited the

student, chapter or community• Impact

– Who the activity impacted - #s• Educational

– What was the education value– What was learned from the activity

Results/ Evaluation

• Related to quality standard– Activity and benefits relate directly

to the selected quality standard– Some activities could fit into more

than one• Just as long as it fits in the one marked

• Outcome evaluated/ reported

Results/ Evaluation

Results/ EvaluationThe Havens FFA chapter held its annual banquet on May 1. The event achieved its purpose by showcasing 16 CDE teams, 47 degree winners and recognizing outstanding community supporters, as well as installing the new officer team and was educational as it promoted a positive image of the program. 489 people were impacted by attending the banquet.

Goal 1 – (MET) Invitations were sent on March 10 by the chapter Reporter

• High quality picture, showing involvement in the activity

• Be interesting and

informative

• Do not repeat photos

within the application

Students grow their own bedding plants from plugs as an FFA

fundraiser using 3 greenhouses. They are responsible for mixing the

growing medium, transplanting, mixing the fertilizers, and

manipulating the greenhouse environment. They based this on each crop’s light, moisture, and temperature needs at specific

stages of growth.

Example

Photo/ Caption

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