Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the programs and services of the National FFA Organization.

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 located serves a dual purpose. It is your assignment as well. See the assignment for this week on Vista.
• Go to the National FFA Organization web site, and search for information on the following topics. Make certain that you have a basic understanding of each of the following, and could give a short answer description of each should you be asked to do so on the mid-term exam. (Yes, it would have been easier for me to link these up for you, but you need to learn how to surf the National FFA web pages.)
  • Food for America
  • NPK
  • FFA Scholarships
  • H.O. Sargent
  • EDGE
  • MFE
  • National FFA Week
  • ALD
  • WLC
  • The Core
  • LifeKnowledge
  • Seeds of Hope
  • Team AGED
  • PALS
  • Making a Difference
• Now that you have mastered the art of surfing National FFA, try finding these people and their corresponding job respnsibilities.
  • Kelly Horton
  • Dennis Sargent
  • Tony Small
  • Joshua Bledsoe (Former NC teacher and former FFA Exec. Sec. "extraordinare")
  • Frank Saldana
  • Jim Long (The longest serving FFA employee at the FFA Center. Jimmy knows everbody and everything!)
  • Anna Melodia
  • Mike Honeycutt (a former NC teacher "extraordinare")
  • Jeff Papke
  • Ellen Williams

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