Individual Individual Awards and Awards and

OpportunitiesOpportunities

Proficiency AwardsProficiency Awards

Based on SAE ProgramBased on SAE Program

Three categoriesThree categories– AgriScience- Doing an AgriScience Fair ProjectAgriScience- Doing an AgriScience Fair Project– Placement - Employed by someonePlacement - Employed by someone

FarmhandFarmhand

Work in a restaurantWork in a restaurant

– Entrepeneurship - Own businessEntrepeneurship - Own businessRaise LivestockRaise Livestock

Lawn Mowing ServiceLawn Mowing Service

Proficiency AreasProficiency Areas

Agricultural EducationAgricultural Education

Agricultural CommunicationsAgricultural Communications

Agricultural Mechanics/Technical SystemsAgricultural Mechanics/Technical Systems

Agricultural ProcessingAgricultural Processing

Agricultural Sales and/or ServiceAgricultural Sales and/or Service

Beef ProductionBeef Production

Cereal Grain ProductionCereal Grain Production

Dairy ProductionDairy Production

Proficiency AreasProficiency Areas

Diversified Livestock ProductionDiversified Livestock Production

Emerging Agricultural TechnologyEmerging Agricultural Technology

Environmental ScienceEnvironmental Science

Equine ScienceEquine Science

Feed Grain ProductionFeed Grain Production

Fiber Crop ProductionFiber Crop Production

FloricultureFloriculture

Proficiency AreasProficiency Areas

Food Science and TechnologyFood Science and Technology

Forage ProductionForage Production

Forest ManagementForest Management

Fruit and/or Vegetable ProductionFruit and/or Vegetable Production

Home and/or Community DevelopmentHome and/or Community Development

HorticultureHorticulture

Landscape ManagementLandscape Management

Nursery OperationsNursery Operations

FFA Members, why FFA Members, why are we here? (tap, are we here? (tap,

tap, tap)tap, tap)

Proficiency AreasProficiency Areas

Oil Crop ProductionOil Crop Production

Outdoor RecreationOutdoor Recreation

Poultry ProductionPoultry Production

Sheep ProductionSheep Production

Small Animal CareSmall Animal Care

Soil and Water ManagementSoil and Water Management

Specialty Animal ProductionSpecialty Animal Production

Proficiency AreasProficiency Areas

Specialty Crop ProductionSpecialty Crop Production

Swine ProductionSwine Production

Turf Grass ManagementTurf Grass Management

Veterinary ScienceVeterinary Science

Wildlife ManagementWildlife Management

How Do I Start my SAE Project?How Do I Start my SAE Project?

PlanPlan– what is your situation now?what is your situation now?– what are your goals?what are your goals?– what do you want to achieve?what do you want to achieve?

LearnLearn– talk to people with similar projectstalk to people with similar projects– read magazines etc.read magazines etc.– Talk to your Ag TeacherTalk to your Ag Teacher

How Do I Start my SAE Project?How Do I Start my SAE Project?

PerformPerform– One year at a timeOne year at a time– Build your program slowlyBuild your program slowly

Keep accurate recordsKeep accurate records– Most important part of an SAEMost important part of an SAE– Awards based on recordsAwards based on records

Complete Proficiency ApplicationComplete Proficiency Application– Winners receive cash and tripsWinners receive cash and trips

FFA ScholarshipsFFA Scholarships

National FFA sponsors $2+ million in National FFA sponsors $2+ million in scholarships per yearscholarships per year

Arizona Nursery AssociationArizona Nursery Association

WLC stipend scholarshipWLC stipend scholarship

Arizona FFA AssociationArizona FFA Association

ACTE (Career and Tech Ed)ACTE (Career and Tech Ed)

ACAP (Arizona Crop Protection ACAP (Arizona Crop Protection Association)Association)

Farm BureauFarm Bureau

Much moreMuch more

Career Development EventsCareer Development EventsMid WinterMid Winter

Agriculture SalesAgriculture Sales

FloricultureFloriculture

Food Science and Technology Food Science and Technology

Marketing Plan Marketing Plan

Agricultural SalesAgricultural Sales

Participants complete a fifty-question test Participants complete a fifty-question test and make a sales presentation of an and make a sales presentation of an agricultural product including a project agricultural product including a project summary. The participants also complete summary. The participants also complete one of four practicum's. The topics include one of four practicum's. The topics include customer relations, advertising and customer relations, advertising and promotion, Telephone order promotion, Telephone order taking/customer service, and prospecting taking/customer service, and prospecting for new customers. Team members then for new customers. Team members then participate in a team sales situation, participate in a team sales situation, working together to demonstrate group working together to demonstrate group dynamics, problem solving, data analysis, dynamics, problem solving, data analysis, decision making, and oral and written decision making, and oral and written communication skills. communication skills.

FloricultureFloriculture

Members demonstrate proficiency in Members demonstrate proficiency in plant identification, judgment of flora plant identification, judgment of flora and foliage arrangements, problem and foliage arrangements, problem solving and skills that include flower solving and skills that include flower arranging, propagation, preparation arranging, propagation, preparation of floral and foliage products for sale, of floral and foliage products for sale, plant disorders, merchandising and plant disorders, merchandising and job interview.job interview.

Food Science and TechnologyFood Science and Technology

Members will compete in areas of Members will compete in areas of product development and product development and presentation, food safety issues and presentation, food safety issues and identification, as well as, using identification, as well as, using sensory skills for evaluating and sensory skills for evaluating and problem solving. Students will problem solving. Students will develop a good working perspective develop a good working perspective for utilizing sound principles in a for utilizing sound principles in a decision-making process.decision-making process.

Marketing PlanMarketing Plan

Members develop marketing skills Members develop marketing skills through the development and through the development and presentation of a plan that promotes presentation of a plan that promotes a current or proposed product, a current or proposed product, supply or service.supply or service.

Career Development EventsCareer Development EventsSpringSpring

AgronomyAgronomy

ForestryForestry

Horse EvaluationHorse Evaluation

Job InterviewJob Interview

Livestock EvaluationLivestock Evaluation

Nursery and LandscapeNursery and Landscape

Wildlife ManagementWildlife Management

AgronomyAgronomy

Member's explore agronomic Member's explore agronomic sciences through several levels of sciences through several levels of competition including developing competition including developing solutions for problematic scenarios, solutions for problematic scenarios, identification of seeds, insects, soil identification of seeds, insects, soil and crops, as well as various other and crops, as well as various other management practices. management practices.

ForestryForestry

Members demonstrate knowledge Members demonstrate knowledge through a written exam of basic through a written exam of basic forestry principles; tree and forestry principles; tree and equipment identification; and equipment identification; and demonstration of practical forestry demonstration of practical forestry skills, such as forest disorders, forest skills, such as forest disorders, forest management, inventory, and management, inventory, and approved silviculture practices. approved silviculture practices.

Horse EvaluationHorse Evaluation

Members evaluate horses on breed Members evaluate horses on breed characteristics, conformation and characteristics, conformation and performance. Members cooperatively performance. Members cooperatively complete a series of problems over complete a series of problems over equine selection, management, equine selection, management, nutrition and production. Members nutrition and production. Members present oral reasons on placement present oral reasons on placement classes.classes.

Job InterviewJob InterviewThis event will emphasize developing, This event will emphasize developing, practicing and demonstrating skills practicing and demonstrating skills needed when seeking employment in needed when seeking employment in the agricultural industry. Participants the agricultural industry. Participants will provide a resume, complete a job will provide a resume, complete a job application and will interviewed via application and will interviewed via telephone, one-on-one and panel telephone, one-on-one and panel style. This is an excellent event for style. This is an excellent event for students regardless of their future students regardless of their future career path choice.career path choice.

Livestock EvaluationLivestock Evaluation

Members evaluate beef cattle, sheep Members evaluate beef cattle, sheep and swine on physical characteristics and swine on physical characteristics and records for market and breeding and records for market and breeding usage. Collectively team members usage. Collectively team members work on keep/cull classes and are work on keep/cull classes and are challenged individually with a written challenged individually with a written exam. Members give oral reasons exam. Members give oral reasons explaining their placing of certain explaining their placing of certain classes.classes.

Nursery and LandscapeNursery and Landscape

Members complete a written exam; Members complete a written exam; identify plant materials and identify plant materials and landscape plans; demonstrate landscape plans; demonstrate practical nursery/landscaping skills, practical nursery/landscaping skills, such as landscaping, control, such as landscaping, control, merchandising, plant material merchandising, plant material measurement, and interpersonal measurement, and interpersonal relations and salesmanship. relations and salesmanship.

Wildlife ManagementWildlife Management

Members identify native animals and Members identify native animals and habitat by identification of pelt, scat, habitat by identification of pelt, scat, skull, bones, tracks, and real life skull, bones, tracks, and real life specimens. Members participate in specimens. Members participate in practicums relating to wildlife practicums relating to wildlife management.management.

State Leadership ConferenceState Leadership ConferenceSummerSummer

(District competitions in January to (District competitions in January to qualify for state)qualify for state)

Agricultural Issues ForumAgricultural Issues Forum

Extemporaneous Public SpeakingExtemporaneous Public Speaking

AgriScience FairAgriScience Fair

InternetInternet

Chapter ReporterChapter Reporter

Agricultural Issues ForumAgricultural Issues ForumParticipation begins by developing Participation begins by developing presentation at the local level. From presentation at the local level. From the grassroots start, the team is then the grassroots start, the team is then challenged to develop a portfolio and challenged to develop a portfolio and deliver a presentation that stresses deliver a presentation that stresses both pros and cons of the issue. both pros and cons of the issue. Utilizing verbal skills as well as Utilizing verbal skills as well as presentation abilities, the group is presentation abilities, the group is asked to defend their findings asked to defend their findings through a series of questions. through a series of questions.

Extemporaneous Public SpeakingExtemporaneous Public Speaking

Members are required to deliver a Members are required to deliver a speech on one of three agricultural speech on one of three agricultural topics, after they are given 30 topics, after they are given 30 minutes to prepare. At the conclusion minutes to prepare. At the conclusion of the speech, the judges may ask of the speech, the judges may ask the participant question's related to the participant question's related to their speech. their speech.

Prepared Public SpeakingPrepared Public Speaking

The prepared public speaking event The prepared public speaking event requires participants to write and requires participants to write and deliver a six-to-eight minute speech deliver a six-to-eight minute speech in front of a panel of judges. Scoring in front of a panel of judges. Scoring is based on the written manuscript, is based on the written manuscript, the delivery of the speech and the the delivery of the speech and the answers to the questions. answers to the questions.

AgriScience FairAgriScience Fair

Members complete a research based Members complete a research based project and write a written report to project and write a written report to document their research. Students document their research. Students also create a display and explain to also create a display and explain to judges their findings. judges their findings.

Internet Internet

A State-Only CDE in which the A State-Only CDE in which the member who maintains the chapter member who maintains the chapter website will compete. The website website will compete. The website needs to conform to certain needs to conform to certain requirements of quality. requirements of quality.

Chapter ReporterChapter Reporter

A State-Only CDE in which the A State-Only CDE in which the Reporter is to create a portfolio of Reporter is to create a portfolio of press releases, news clippings, and press releases, news clippings, and other media that document the work other media that document the work of good reporting. of good reporting.

Other CompetitionsOther Competitions

Arizona Envirothon:Arizona Envirothon:

Students work as a team to answer Students work as a team to answer questions and determine solutions in questions and determine solutions in the areas of Forestry, Soil Resources, the areas of Forestry, Soil Resources, Water Ecology, Wildlife, Waste Water Ecology, Wildlife, Waste management, and Renewable management, and Renewable Energy. Energy.

Setting GoalsSetting Goals

My career goal is:My career goal is:

While in High School I will:While in High School I will:– Freshman:Freshman:– Sophomore:Sophomore:– Junior:Junior:– Senior:Senior:

After High School I will:After High School I will:– College:College: