National Chapter Award

1. National Chapter Award Recognition for Your Success!

2. Purpose • Encourage the development and use of a Program of Activities (POA) • Reward chapter accomplishments • Recognition for chapter success

3. Benefits • Getting members involved • Develops an outline for the years activities • Have a younger member walk across the stage at State Conference and National Convention • Money and plaques • Bragging rights

4. Awards • Superior Chapter Certificate • Complete Form I, State level • Gold, Silver, Bronze multi-year plaque • Complete Forms I & II, State level • Three, Two, One Star multi-year plaque • Chosen from Gold level applications sent on for national competition

5. Awards • Models of Innovation • National Three Star rated chapters eligible to compete for this award • Ten finalists in each of the three divisions • Student, Chapter, Community • One winner in each division is selected at convention through a presentation/interview process.

6. Form I • Lists and briefly describes one activity for each of the fifteen quality standards. • Student Development • leadership, healthy lifestyles, SAE’s, scholarship, agricultural career skills • Chapter Development • chapter recruitment, financial, public relations, leadership, support group

7. Form I (cont.) • Community Development • economic, environmental, human resources, citizenship, agricultural awareness • Transfer information directly from your completed Program of Activities.

8. Form II • Complete for State Recognition-Gold, Silver, Bronze • 3 or a number equal to 10% of all chapters may be sent on for national competition. All sent on must be rated Gold. • National Awards of 3 Star,2 Star, or 1 Star

9. Photo & Caption • A high quality picture, showing involvement in the activity. • 50 word caption that is informative and interesting. Try to make it longer than a sentence. • Do not repeat photos within the application. • Use borders around the pictures • Use the special paste for pictures

10. General Tips • Be sure to get all signatures • Use only the space provided and do not attach additional materials to the application. • Form I should have 15 different activities, Form II should have 9 different activities, which may come from Form I. • Place application in the Official FFA Application Binder • Have someone proof read the entire application and make necessary changes.

11. General Tips • Use size 12 font • Protect application in some type of binder • Print application on white paper • Use upper and lower case letters • Take the State Judges comments and make changes before you send to Nationals

12. Easy as One, Two, Three! • Divide into groups by chapter • Select a part of Form 1 to complete. • Select an Activity that meets the requirements for that category. • Set Goals and Complete all parts of that section. • You have 20 minutes to complete this activity. • What Questions are there?

13. Time to Share!

14. Scoring: Judges look for… • Specific goals (measurable and realistic) • Did plan of action correspond with goals • Were the goals achieved • Did the students, chapter and community benefit • No spelling or grammatical errors • Was everyone involved (members and community) • Photo was of good quality and explained the activity

15. Resources • Chapter Planning and Recognition: A Student Handbook (yellow) • Judges Tip Sheet (updated each August) • Model Innovators booklet (sent free to all chapters each spring) • National chapter application form • hard copy or computer template

16. Questions? Please contact… • Your State Officers • Christy McDaniel at 317-802-4402 or email at CMcDaniel@ffa.org Good Luck!