Learning Objectives:

1. Describe effective methods for recruiting and retaining FFA members.

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

• Recruiting FFA members starts with recruiting agricultural education students. See this issue of FFA Advisors Making a Difference for ideas on how to do this.
• Can I use the FFA emblem on uniforms for Barbie Dolls? That was one of the questions Dr. Croom received during his tenure as the state FFA coordinator. To find out the answer to this and many other questions about the FFA brand, read the FFA Brand Manual.  Unfortunately, National FFA is having a problem with this online pdf and it cannot be read online at this time.  Just know that the FFA Brand Manual is available from National FFA.
  
• You have a lot of reading this week, but the reading is relatively easy. Your job is to read the FFA Guide to Recruitment and Retention. This is your one-stop shopping source for recruiting FFA members and keeping them in your FFA chapter. Eighty-one pages of fun and adventure!

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