Post on 13-Jun-2020
LARRY GOSSEN
Central Region LPS Specialist lgossen@ffa.org 317-910-8607
COMMUNICATING OUR BRAND
Find the audio, visual, print, and video resources
you need to support your work in the classroom:
Brand Center: https://www.ffa.org/ffa-
brand-center
Emblem (and other downloads):
https://www.ffa.org/ffa-brand-
center/downloads
FFA promo video: https://www.ffa.org/ffa-
brand-center/the-ffa-brand-in-action
Classroom videos:
https://www.ffa.org/resources/educators/
classroom-videos
How-to videos for the new website:
https://www.ffa.org/resources/educators/f
fa-org-tutorials
Past CDE materials (free!):
https://www.ffa.org/resources/educators-
ffa
Official manual (free, downloadable, and
in both English and Spanish):
https://www.ffa.org/about/who-we-
are/official-manual
Opening ceremonies and chapter meeting
guides (downloadable and in English and
Spanish):
https://www.ffa.org/resources/chapter-
resources/chapter-meetings
DOWNLOADS
Login required for full access
FFA Emblem
Alumni Emblem
FFA Mission
Document Template
Envelope Template
Letterhead Template
Newsletter Template
Press Release Template
PowerPoint Template
Social Media Icons
Style Guide
Three Component (three circle model)
POSTERS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
Coming to your classroom late this summer
National FFA Posters:
Annual calendar
National events, programs, acronyms, and
activities
Graphic from USA Today promo
Brand Center information
Chapter support/dealer program info
NEW HORIZONS TEACHING GUIDE
Literacy and technology integration
Turn-key activities that align to: o AFNR o Common Core o Next Generation Science o 21st Century Skills
Download at:
http://ffanewhorizons.org/teaching-
guides/
Sign up for auto-delivery to your inbox at:
https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/sign
up/1758094/3358/?v=a
SAFETY IN AGRICULTURE FOR YOUTH
Find vetted and formal curriculum for
incorporating safety in ag education and SAE at:
http://www.extension.org/pages/70004/safety-
in-agriculture-for-youth#.VWzGWM9Viko
OSHA 10 hour course:
http://www.extension.org/pages/71895/say-
national-clearinghouse-formal-
curriculum#.VWzGcs9Viko
Injury Risk Assessment:
http://www.extension.org/pages/72614/injury-
risk-assessment-for-supervised-agricultural-
experiences#.VWzGhs9Viko
2015 Summer Update
2015 Summer Update
WASHINGTON LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Tour and out-of-hotel hours are up over 25%
since 2013 Immediate registration sell out is down
• Five of seven weeks were still open in
early June for summer attendance
Teacher companion guide online • Engage your students before and after
their WLC experience:
https://www.ffa.org/MyResourceDocumen
ts/wlc-teaching-guide.pdf
NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION
New concert start time • Start at 8:30, doors at 7:30 • Wednesday and Thursday options • Concerts announced this summer
Housing closes Sept. 9th • 24 states qualify for KY streamline tax
exemption • No tax exemption for Indiana
hotels • get tax form at:
https://www.ffa.org/events/conventionan
dexpo/planning/budgeting
Band/Choir/Talent applications now open • Closes July 10th
Registration opens mid-August • Closes on October 12 at 5pm EST • No change in registration fees
Educational standards will be posted again
Transition to Indianapolis • States will draw for new state block hotels
for 2016-2018 this year
Reserve chapter housing for Indy after
Louisville • Chapters can book directly with
Indianapolis housing starting in January of
2016
2016-2018 locked in with Indianapolis
2019-2024 in negotiation with Indianapolis
NATIONAL CONVENTION - CONTINUED
National CDEs
CDE information and handbooks • Login is required
Updates • Check website frequently
Resources • Free exams and study material available
online
September 15th Deadline • Prepared manuscript • Ag Comm portfolio • Marketing Plan documents • Job Interview packet • Ag Issues portfolio
Send questions at any time to cde@ffa.org
National Chapter • Optional online application can be used
this year • Advisor must certify online by July 15th • September 15th deadline for meal tickets,
shuttle, plaque, and spur • Best practices, tips, and recommendations
all available online
Agriscience • Optional online application can be used
this year • September 15 waivers due • APA style • State staff must sign – do not mail
straight to Indianapolis
Sign up for FFA Pulse
Information and announcements about
convention: • Concert acts • Registration opening
Find the sign up in your ffa.org profile
CLICK THE GRAPHIC TO SIGN UP FOR FFA PULSE
2015 Summer Update
DEGREE GENERATOR
Students can track and apply for Discovery,
Greenhand, and Chapter FFA Degrees all with
advisor approval. Get your students started in
ffa.org.
Find the generator in the student toolbox under
“other applications”
#SPEAKAG CHALLENGE
When? • September 1, 2015 to October 31, 2015
How? • Use #SpeakAg on all social media
platforms to share facts, stories,
infographics, videos, pictures, and audio
clips. • The National FFA Organization will
be watching for content on
Facebook and Twitter.
Why? • To promote agriculture advocacy as part
of personal growth and interaction with
classmates, community members, and
decision makers
More Information and Promotion • State Officers will receive initial
information in late July. • More information and guidelines will be
released to teachers and advisors in early
August in preparation for the September 1
start date.
GIVE THE GIFT OF BLUE
Free FFA Jacket with tie or scarf (shipping
included) • Simple application with one essay
question • Must be approved by advisor to receive
jacket • Not a competitive program
Get your students started. Have them login to
their ffa.org account and look for this in their
dashboard:
2015 Summer Update
MY JOURNEY
In the new content set within My Journey you’ll
receive turnkey resources to help you in your
everyday classroom planning. Check out all of the
tools, tips, and lesson plans that are ready for
immediate implementation.
Need a great literacy activity to accompany a
current event while getting students to
collaborate, or a career activity to guide
students through Career Cruising? Then look
for these lessons and more on the Explore page!
What about tips and guidelines to help students
develop a plan for fighting community hunger
while being recognized or an interactive
activity to help students become more punctual?
Then take a look at all these activities on the
Build page!
How about an activity where you direct students’
attention to the growing opportunities within
agriculture and then showcase what they are
doing to become career ready? Check out all of
these opportunities on the Connect page!
MY JOURNEY - CONTINUED
Did you have a chance to check out the resources
made available in this past spring? If not, go to
our Archive pages! All of these resources are
available for free within My Journey, so log in
today and ease up your planning stresses.
My Journey provides personalized resources that allow advisors to offer a complete, dynamic agricultural education program.•Advisors can Explore, Build, and Connect resources for their classroom, FFA chapter, and supervised agricultural
experience program.•These resources will help bring the FFA mission to life for students.
Explore features helpful tools for the classroom, FFA chapter and SAE program.•Lesson plans are available to maximize the
benefits of My Journey in the classroom and while students are at home.
•Resources that encompass the three components of agricultural education.
Build offers resoucres that strengthen an advisor's classroom instruction, FFA chapter and SAE program.•Templates help advisors incorporate literacy,
math, character education and agricultural advocacy into already existing lesson plans.
•These resources guide students through resume development with the new resume generator.
Connect assists advisors in developing partnerships to support the classroom, FFA and SAE program.•Share outstanding lesson plans, chapter activities and SAEs through showcases.•Learn from others in a collaborative effort toward premier leadership, personal growth and career success.
2015 Summer Update
ALUMNI
Alumni Development Conference (ADC)
• July 8-11
• Raleigh, NC
• Registration closes June 21st
• $300
Regional Alumni Development Conference (RADC)
• July 25 or November 14 (Saturday)
• Twin Cities, MN or Kansas City, MO
• Watch for registration announcement
• FREE – NO COST $0
Affiliate Membership
Help your program by helping your seniors
advance to FFA alumni membership
Now easier than ever!
Five years of FREE associate membership
INVITATION CODES
Required for 1st time
student access to
ffa.org.
Current discussions
are to have chapter-
wide, advisor
generated codes.
PURCHASE ORDER BILLING Effective August 1st, orders from the
merchandising center at FFA charged to a
purchase order
• Will be invoiced and billed for each
shipment/transaction
• For example:
• A combined order of FFA jackets and
award plaques will have two invoices
• One from the origination point of the
jackets
• One from our merchandising
warehouse with the plaques
• All bills will still be paid to National FFA
ROSTER Students can reset their own password
• Email address is critical – serves as
unique identifier
Teachers can reset passwords with
• Execute a function before
changing pages
• The system only acts upon the information
that is showing on screen
• Your students can access all of ffa.org as
soon as you put them on your roster and
they create their account
• Waiting to pay dues or state/national
approval is not needed
FFA.ORG PROFILE
• Teachers and students can update their
own email
• Access account anytime from the
dashboard
• Ask students
to review their
information
2015 Summer Update
FFA HUNGER HEROES
Log hunger relief related efforts at
www.ffa.org/heroes
State with highest percentage of chapter
participation will win a truckload of protein from
Tyson
Activities from last school year through
September 30th
Chapters that log activities also qualify for
monthly drawings
COLLEGIATE FFA
Membership is important and valuable • The majority of ag businesses interested in
hiring want our collegiate demographic • Membership helps keep students in the
pipeline
Outstanding
student
engagement
activities tailored
to young adults • New Century
Farmer • National
Collegiate
Agricultural
Ambassador
Program
2015 Summer Update
SAE RENEWAL INITIATIVE
• Developed by the National Council for
Agricultural Education • New philosophy statement regarding SAE • Six types of SAE
o Exploratory o Placement/Internship o Ownership/Entrepreneurship o Research – Experimental,
Analytical, or Invention o School-Based Enterprise o Service Learning
• Series of belief statements to clarify and
explain a high quality SAE
NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION