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