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Core Standards of the Course
Standard 1
Students will develop an understanding of the role of FFA in Agricultural Education Programs
Objective 1
Students will explain FFA officer duties and responsibilities.
- Students will describe the duties and responsibilities of chapter FFA officers.
- Students will explain the proper dress and characteristics of a good FFA leader.
Objective 2
Students will plan and organize an FFA meeting.
- Students will explain how to plan a meeting and develop the order of business.
- Students will describe how to set up the meeting room.
- Students will explain the parliamentary procedure used in an FFA meeting.
Standard 2
Students understand the benefits of a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Program
Objective 1
Students will keep and use SAE records.
- Students will explain how SAE records are organized.
- Students will identify the procedures to making entries in the SAE records.
- Students will explain how to summarize and analyze the SAE records.
Objective 2
Students will make long range plans for expanding SAE Programs.
- Students will identify the factors that should be considered in expanding an SAE program.
- Students will explain how placement and ownership SAE programs may be expanded.
Standard 3
Students will understand the development and history of Agricultural Communication.
Objective 1
Students will define communication.
Objective 2
Students will list and describe types of communication.
Objective 3
Students will outline communication models.
Objective 4
Students will identify the role of agricultural communication in society.
Objective 5
Students will outline significant events in agriculture.
Objective 6
Students will prepare a graphic and edit photos for a news story.
Standard 4
Students will explore different careers and opportunities in News Writing.
Objective 1
Students will summarize agriculture print media.
Objective 2
Students will identify career opportunities.
Objective 3
Students will outline news writing basics.
Objective 4
Students will identify, label and use proofreader’s marks.
Objective 5
Students will identify, label and use punctuation marks.
Objective 6
Students will summarize AP style.
Objective 7
Students will explain how the Stylebook is formatted and should be used.
Objective 8
Students will write a news story.
Standard 5
Students will explore different careers and opportunities in Public Relations.
Objective 1
Students will define public relations.
Objective 2
Students will explore the nature of public relations.
Objective 3
Students will describe ethical values in public relations.
Objective 4
Students will list tips for public relations.
Objective 5
Students will explore careers in public relations.
Objective 6
Students will assess press releases.
Objective 7
Students will assess newsletters.
Objective 8
Students will assess brochures.
Objective 9
Students will list additional publications.
Objective 10
Students will write a press release.
Standard 6
Students will explore different careers and opportunities in Broadcast Journalism.
Objective 1
Students will describe the agricultural broadcast media.
Objective 2
Students will explore radio broadcasting.
Objective 3
Students will identify career opportunities in the agricultural broadcast industry.
Objective 4
Students will develop and carry out a broadcast.
Standard 7
Students will learn about Online Journalism techniques.
Objective 1
Students will determine content for online journalism.
Objective 2
Students will list design considerations.
Objective 3
Students will explore publishing to the Internet.
Objective 4
Students will explore tips for web design development.
Objective 5
Students will discuss the safe and ethical use of blogs, Facebook©, MySpace©, YouTube©, etc.
Standard 8
Students will acquire knowledge about the National FFA Agricultural Communications Career Development Event (CDE)
Objective 1
Students will describe the purpose of the Agricultural Communications CDE.
Objective 2
Students will explore the format of the Agricultural Communications CDE.
Objective 3
Students will summarize the team activities.
Objective 4
Students will summarize the individual activities.
Objective 5
Students will outline the scoring of the Agricultural Communications CDE.
Objective 6
Students will practice, compete, and evaluate their participation in the Agricultural Communications FFA CDE.
Standard 9
Students will appreciate the importance of leaders and leadership.
Objective 1
Students will define leadership.
Objective 2
Students will list and discuss styles of leadership.
Objective 3
Students will discuss assumptions behind human leadership.
Objective 4
Students will summarize skills shared by recognized leaders.
Objective 5
Students will defend the leadership component of an approved agricultural education program—FFA.
Standard 10
Students will study and utilize public speaking skills.
Objective 1
Students will list and describe types and formats of speeches.
Objective 2
Students will list and describe the parts of a speech.
Objective 3
Students will outline an effective representation.
Objective 4
Students will recognize “rules of thumb” for an effective presentation.
Objective 5
Students will summarize the FFA public speaking opportunities in FFA.
Objective 6
Students will write and prepare an FFA speech manuscript along APA guidelines.
Objective 7
Students will deliver a speech.
Standard 11
Students will learn and utilize parliamentary procedure.
Objective 1
Students will define parliamentary procedure (law).
Objective 2
Students will identify references to utilize in parliamentary procedure.
Objective 3
Students will summarize the purposes of parliamentary procedure.
Objective 4
Students will list principles of parliamentary procedure.
Objective 5
Students will describe the proper use of the gavel.
Objective 6
Students will outline a formal debate.
Objective 7
Students will demonstrate the ability to present motions.
Objective 8
Students will utilize a chart of the precedence and rules of motions.
Objective 9
Students will demonstrate proper parliamentary procedure in a public setting.
Standard 12
Students will explore employment skills.
Objective 1
Students will prepare for an interview.
Objective 2
Students will conduct an interview.
Objective 3
Students will follow-up an interview.
Objective 4
Students will discuss and write appropriate personal correspondences.
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