Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the purpose and operation of FFA career development events.

The Basics:

Read and Study this material if your experience with FFA and 4-H is limited.

• Make certain that you are familiar with the Local Program Success Guide available to you on the National FFA organization web site.

The Main Lesson:

Read these articles

• The study guide for this week is this:
  • What is a cde?
  • How many different cde categories are there in North Carolina?
  • What do you suppose a cde superintendent does?
  • Where can I go for information on North Carolina cde's? (Use your own state for this if you are a DE student)
  • What is the educational value of cde's?
• The National FFA has a webpage dedicated to Career Development Events. It is a good source of information about CDE's. This portion of the National FFA Career Development events website has specific information about national events.
• The National FFA's State Guide to FFA Activities is a little-known document, but it may have some forms and information beneficial to an agriculture teacher (especially if you have lost that form sent to you by state or national FFA regarding the upcoming national FFA convention).
• Visit the North Carolina Chapter Guide to State FFA Activities for specific information on career development events. Make certain that you are familiar with the following:
  • CDE dress codes.
  • FFA policies related to CDE's
  • Procedures for revising a state FFA event.
  • The information one might expect to find on a North Carolina CDE rules page (such as forestry, floriculture).
• Take a look at this research paper by Barry Croom, Gary Moore and Jim Armbruster if you'd like to know why students participate in CDE's.

For Further Study:

This reading goes above and beyond the course requirements.

• There are no items for further study this week.

Weekly Assignment

Instructor's Notes for the Week