Learning Objectives:

1. Become familiar with the process of training teams for regional/state/national competition.

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:
  • How do I train a team in a specific contest area?
  • Where do I gather information from?
  • Do CDEs differ on the state and national level?
  
  
• 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.

• Visit the North Carolina Chapter Guide to State FFA Activities for specific information on career development events.
  

• Look at these research papers by Rayfield, Fraze, Brashears, Davis and Lawver.
  
• "An Assessment of Recruitment and Training Practices Used in the National FFA Livestock Career Development Event."

• "Recruitment and Training Practices Utilized by FFA Advisors in the National FFA Livestock Career Development Event: A National Delphi Study."

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