Leadership Development Events focus on creating situations for members to demonstrate their abilities

 in public speaking, decision making, communication and their knowledge of agriculture and the FFA

organization.  Team and individual events are used to reinforce what is taught in agricultural science

classrooms. 

All LDE events have elimination rounds at the district and area before the state level competition.  Please refer to your district and area calendars for competition dates. 

 

 

Chapter Conducting - There are both Greenhand and senior levels for this event.

Teams conduct a mock chapter meeting to demonstrate knowledge of basic parliamentary law and the use of correct parliamentary procedures.  At the conclusion of the meeting, team members are asked questions regarding parliamentary law.

 

 

 

Creed Speaking - ?There are both Greenhand and senior levels for this event.

A member presents the FFA Creed from memory and answers questions about its meaning and purpose.  This event is just one way to boost self-confidence, earn recognition, and develop powerful, organized and professional communication skills.

 

 

 

Greenhand FFA Quiz

An exam testing knowledge of the Grays Guide to Parliamentary Procedure for FFA and FFA knowledge including history, facts, business structure, leadership and programs is given to individuals.  Quiz teams can be made of 3 or 4 members.

 

Senior FFA Quiz

An exam testing team members’ understanding of the FFA, agricultural education, current agricultural events and parliamentary procedure is given.  Teams can be made of 3 or 4 members.

 

FFA Radio

A team of 3 members presents an informative radio program covering one or more agricultural subjects that is current in nature and local in content.  The contest assumes that the chapter has a regularly scheduled non-commercial radio program once each month over a local station. 

 

Job Interview

At the competition, each member submits their resume, completes a job application for an agricultural position on site and participates in an interview via telephone, in person one-on-one and with a panel of possible employers.  CLICK HERE FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW APPLICATION.

***State winning individual advances to National competition that is held during the National FFA Convention the end of October

Public Relations

A team of between two and four FFA members develops and presents a 5-8 minute program to inform a specified target audience regarding the Texas FFA and what it represents. The presentation is developed assuming that the target audience has no knowledge of the FFA.  Team members are asked questions in response to their program following the presentation.

 

Skills Demonstration

A team of 3-5 members performs an actual demonstration of an agricultural skill including anything in the Agricultural Science and Technology curriculum using effective public speaking and communication methods.

 

There are both Greenhand and senior levels for this event.