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Chapter
1
Agr icultural Leadership . . . . . .2
Leadership Characteristics . . . . . . . 4
Develop a Leadership Path . . . . . . . 5
Create a Vision and Set Goals . . . . . . 6
Become Self-Confident and
Healthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reduce Procrastination and Foster
Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Get Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Further Your Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Leadership Development . . . . . . . . . . 8
Agricultural Leadership
Organizations for Youth . . . . . . . . 9
4-H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
National Junior Horticulture
Association (NJHA) . . . . . . . . . . 10
National FFA Organization . . . . . . 11
History of the National FFA
Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
FFA Emblem and Motto . . . . . . . . . . 12
FFA Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Leadership Development in FFA . . . . 14
Career Connection:
Joshua Bledsoe,
National FFA Chief Operating Officer ....17
FFA Program of Activities . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter, State and National FFA
Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Supervised Agricultural
Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Agricultural Leadership
Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Agricultural Education Teachers . . . . 24
Cooperative Extension Service
Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Career Connection:
Jennifer Broadwell,
Agricultural Education Teacher .........25
Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter
2
Experiential Learning:
SAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
SAE and Agricultural
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SAE History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SAE Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Types of SAEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Entrepreneurship SAE . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Placement SAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Research and Experimentation
SAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Career Connection:
Beekeeping ............38
Exploratory SAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Improvement SAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Supplemental SAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
The SAE Program Process . . . . . . . 42
Investigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Coordinate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Keep Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SAE Awards and Recognitions . . . . 50
Agricultural Proficiency Awards . . . . . 50
Star Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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