2022-2023 District Officer Candidate Study Guide to the Texas FFA Association and Texas Agricultural Education

Agricultural education prepares students for ____________________?

Successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in global agriculture, food and natural resources systems.

Career Cluster

A grouping of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities.

How many Career Clusters are offered in Texas?

Fourteen

What do Career Clusters provide?

An organizing tool for schools, small learning communities, academies and magnet schools.

____________________ utilizes each of the fourteen clusters?

CTE in Texas.

State level instructional oversight is provided by ____________________?

The CTE staff at the Texas Education Agency

The AFNR cluster has been subdivided into ____________________ statewide programs of study?

Six

What are the six AFNR programs of study?

Agribusiness, Animal Science, Applied Agricultural Engineering, Environmental and Natural Resources, Food Science And Technology, and Plant Science.

How many campuses across the state offer instruction in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources?

Over 1,000

There are how many AFNR courses which provide rigorous and challenging opportunities?

31

AFNR courses provide rigorous and challenging opportunities for more than how many young Texans?

222,894

AFNR courses are found in what types of school districts?

Rural, suburban and urban school districts

AFNR classrooms and laboratories reflect a diverse and balanced ____________________ and ____________________ population.

gender and ethnic

The agricultural education delivery model contains how many primary components?

Three

The agricultural education delivery model provides students with a ____________________ and ____________________.

Wellrounded educational experience and skills

The agricultural education delivery model provides students with a well-rounded educational experience and skills which will easily transfer into a wide variety of what?

employment opportunities in the industry.

The instructional component includes the ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ provided through the state-approved curriculum.

classroom instruction, laboratory experiences (classroom/laboratory), and work-based learning opportunities (SAE)

Another component of the agricultural education model is what?

FFA

FFA

The Career and Technical Student Organization for AFNR students.

FFA is recognized by who?

The Texas Legislature

FFA is recognized by the Texas Legislature as an ____________________.

Integral part of the AFNR instructional program

FFA activities support classroom instruction, through ____________________, ____________________ through ____________________, and provide ____________________ and ____________________ through the student-led organization.

competitive events which assess learning, foster excellent SAEs through awards and degrees and provide hands-on leadership and personal skill development

SAE

Supervised Agricultural Experience

In 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature established what?

The new Foundation High School Program as the default graduation program for all students entering high school beginning in 2014-15.

The Foundation High School Program provides students with what?

a flexible approach to pursuing their interest and insuring readiness for college or a career

At the base of the Foundation High School Program is what?

A 22-credit core that provides the minimum requirements to earn a Texas high school diploma.

In addition, the Foundation High School Program provides opportunities for students to earn what?

one or more of the five available endorsements (26-credit option).

Along the way, students may also qualify for the ____________________ and/or ____________________.

Distinguished Level of Achievement and/or Performance Acknowledgments.

As mentioned, Texas students now have the opportunity to customize their high school education by doing what?

selecting one of five endorsements.

Students must select one of the endorsements by the time they enter the ____________________.

ninth grade

All five endorsements ____________________.

may not be offered at every high school

Students earn an endorsement by ____________________, including ____________________.

completing the curriculum requirements for the endorsement, including 4th credit of math and science and two additional elective credits

Students enrolled in a coherent sequence of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources courses will normally meet the requirements to earn the ____________________ endorsement.

Business and Industry

AFNR can oftentimes also lead to the ____________________ endorsement.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Details for Texas graduation plans are found in the what?

Texas Administrative Code.

The five Texas High School Foundation Program Endorsements are what?

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), Business and Industry, Public Services, Arts and Humanities, and Multidisciplinary Studies

Most of the very best jobs available now and in the future require what?

education and training beyond a high school diploma.

Whether you intend to pursue a high-demand, industry workforce credential from a community or technical college or a traditional four-year degree from a university, the ____________________ will determine your future options.

choices made in high school

To best prepare yourself now for the transition to post-high school education or quality workforce training, ____________________ is essential.

choosing and taking the right classes

The Distinguished Level of Achievement will ensure what?

the best preparation for your future

The Distinguished Level of Achievement opens a world of ____________________ for you beyond high school.

educational and employment opportunities

The Distinguished Level of Achievement will allow you to compete for what?

Top 10% automatic admissions eligibility at any Texas public university

The Distinguished Level of Achievement will position you among who?

those first in line for a TEXAS Grant to help pay for university tuition and fees

The Distinguished Level of Achievement will ensure what?

you are a more competitive applicant at the most selective colleges and universities.

A Performance Acknowledgement can add ____________________ to your high school experience

additional value

Performance Acknowledgements are earned by successfully completing ____________________, demonstration of ____________________, meeting ____________________, successful completion of ____________________, or by earning ____________________.

a dual credit course, demonstration of bilingualism and biliteracy, meeting established performance levels on PSAT, ACT's Plan, SAT or ACT, successful completion of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams or by earning a nationally or internationally recognized business or industry certification or license.

Involvement in ____________________ and participation in ____________________ can make meeting the requirements of the Foundation High School Program much easier.

FFA and participation in FFA activities

FFA provides opportunities that will enhance a student's ability to earn ____________________, receive the ____________________, and be recognized for earning ____________________.

earn endorsements, receive the Distinguished Level of Achievement and be recognized for earning Performance Acknowledgements.

Supervised Agricultural Experience program

a major component of agricultural education.

While working on an SAE project, students learn to apply ____________________.

the concepts and principles taught in their agriculture classes to real-world problems and scenarios

As a part of each AFNR course you take, you will develop a ____________________

foundational SAE aligned to your career interest.

Many activities related to a foundational SAE ____________________ and ____________________.

may take place during your AFNR class and may change based on work you have accomplished.

Every Foundational SAE will provide experiences in how many components as a graded part of each of your agricultural education courses.

five

The components every Foundational SAE provides are:

Career Exploration and Planning, Employability Skills for College and Career Readiness, Personal Financial Management and Planning, Workplace Safety, Agricultural Literacy

Career Exploration and Planning: In this component, students will research and explore ____________________ within the AFNR industry. They will complete ____________________ and identify a ____________________. Ultimately, students will be able to describe ____________________ and the path to achieving ____________________.

career opportunities; interest inventories; career goal; AFNR career opportunities; those opportunities

Employability Skills for College and Career Readiness: In this component, students will develop the skills needed to succeed in both ____________________. These skills include ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

college and a career; responsibility, communication, innovation, critical thinking and collaboration

Personal Financial Management and Planning: ____________________ is the focus of this component. Students need to understand how ____________________ like ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ lead to ____________________.

Crafting a personal financial management plan; personal financial practices; budgeting, saving, and appropriate use of credit; financial independence

Workplace Safety: Where many of the ANFR career pathways contain ____________________, it is critical that all students have a strong base of instruction and experience with ____________________. In this component, students will examine and summarize the ____________________ of ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ in the AFNR workplace.

hazardous occupations; workplace safety; importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems

Agricultural Literacy: All students also need a base understanding of the ____________________ and ____________________ of the agricultural industry. This component will require students to research and analyze how ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ impact AFNR systems. They will also evaluate the ____________________ and ____________________ in society and the economy.

width and breadth; issues, trends, technologies, and public policies; nature and role of agriculture

____________________ SAEs provide a way to build upon your Foundational SAE.

Immersion

Immersion SAEs provide a way to ____________________ in your selected career path that colleges and employers will value when reviewing your application for entry or employment.

gain direct experience

The outcome of this progression from a Foundational to an Immersion SAE is an authentic path to ____________________.

college and career readiness.

Even though Immersion SAEs are an extension of the ____________________ component of the Foundational SAE, they will contribute to a student's growth in ____________________ of the Foundational components in an authentic, contextualized manner.

Agricultural Literacy; all

As students move beyond agricultural literacy to develop knowledge, skills, and expertise within a specific AFNR pathway through an Immersion SAE, there will be more opportunities for ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ for college and career readiness.

recognition, awards, and rapid development of employable skills

The types of Immersion SAEs are ____________________/____________________, ____________________/____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

Placement/Internship, Ownership/Entrepreneurship, Research, School-Based Learning Enterprise, and Service Learning.

The selection of Immersion SAEs should align with and support your career interest defined in your ____________________.

Career Plan

Immersion SAEs are designed to help you transition from ____________________ to ____________________.

career exploration to career preparation

Participation in an Immersion SAE will give you hands-on experience with ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

critical thinking, communication and leadership skills.

____________________ is a required component of all AFNR courses in Texas

SAE

SAE includes the skills necessary to ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ the experiential learning activity.

plan, propose, conduct and evaluate

The Texas FFA Association has identified how many strategic priorities for the organization?

six

The Texas FFA Association has identified six strategic priorities for the organization. What are they?

Ensuring A Sound Financial Future, Effective Communications, Agricultural Achievement and Career/Professional Development, Leadership and Personal Skill Development, Diversity, and Academic Excellence.

Ensuring A Sound Financial Future: Ensure a financially sound future for the Texas FFA and its programs as a partner with the ____________________.

Texas FFA Foundation.

Effective Communications: Develop proactive, external communications strategies which ____________________ of agricultural education and FFA, and highly effective internal communications networks which reach ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ and ____________________.

promote positive public perception; students, teachers, volunteers and other stakeholders and supporters

Agricultural Achievement and Career/Professional Development: Develop and support programs that encourage ____________________ and ____________________ in supervised agricultural experience programs, competitive activities which are ____________________, have a clear tie to the ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ instructional program, and activities that are ____________________ and demonstrate the ____________________ of agricultural education.

excellence and diversity; industry-relevant, Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, cross-curricular, interdisciplinary nature

Leadership and Personal Skill Development: Encourage excellence in leadership through programs that support the development of effective ____________________, instill leadership values consistent with the ____________________ and develop skills for a life of ____________________ and ____________________ success, and leadership in ____________________ and ____________________ roles.

local programs of activities; principles of the FFA, career and personal success, industry and government

Diversity: Support strategies to stimulate diversity in the ranks of ____________________ and ____________________.

students and professional educators.

Academic Excellence: Stimulate academic excellence by the development and support of programs that stimulate intellectual development by broadening ____________________ for students who seek to pursue post-secondary education.

scholarship opportunities

For agricultural education, the most influential public policy piece was the ____________________ which provided federal funds for vocational agriculture to be taught in public secondary schools.

Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917

Mr. B. Youngblood of Henderson introduced an elementary agriculture course in ____________________ in the public schools of that east Texas community.

1903

In ____________________, the Texas Legislature mandated that, with the exception of schools with an academic population of more than 300, all schools in the state would be required to offer the elementary agriculture class.

1907

Beginning in ____________________, teacher training in agriculture was mandated at designated Texas colleges.

1909

President Woodrow Wilson signed the Smith-Hughes Act into law on February 23, 1917, but the act required ____________________ by each state.

legislative acceptance

Governor James Ferguson made the acceptance of the Smith-Hughes Act an item for the first of three called special sessions of the ____________________ in 1917.

35th Legislature

State Senator Claude B. Hudspeth of El Paso filed ____________________, which became law on June 15, 1917, to take effect 90 days later.

Senate Bill 54

____________________ new vocational agriculture departments were approved that fall by the ____________________ which was formed pursuant to Smith-Hughes.

Five; State Board for Vocational Education

Three of the new programs, Corsicana State Orphans Home, Penelope, and Yancey, were approved to begin on ____________________.

December 1

The Hillsboro and Tuleta programs were approved to begin on ____________________ and ____________________.

January 1, and February 1, respectively.

In all, ____________________ schools were approved to teach vocational agriculture in the 1917-18 school year.

32

____________________ Future Farmers of America was issued the first local chapter charter in ____________________.

Winters; 1930

Vocational agriculture departments were established throughout the nation and subsequently many states began forming ____________________ and ____________________ future farmer organizations.

regional and state

____________________ established the Future Farmers of ____________________, which became a model for other states and ultimately for the formation of a national organization.

Virginia

The first Future Farmers of Texas chapter was organized at Winters in ____________________.

1928

The first annual meeting of the FFT was held in ____________________ on ____________________.

College Station; April 22, 1929

____________________ of New Waverly was elected president of the organization, but resigned his office a few months later, allowing ____________________ of Dublin to serve as acting president until the state association met again in Dallas in October of the same year.

Arthur Ellis, E. J. Hughes

At that meeting, ____________________ was elected president of the FFT, and seven days later, a ____________________ for a Texas FFA Association was issued by the National Future Farmers of America.

Howard Strother, state charter

First president of the Texas FFA.

Howard Strother

Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (Texas A&M University) teacher educator ____________________ is credited as being the father of the Texas Future Farmer movement and served as the organization's first advisor until 1931.

E. R. Alexander

On ____________________, the Winters chapter was the first of ____________________ chapters from the Texas Association to be officially chartered by the National Future Farmers of America.

April 10, 1930; more than 13

In our nation's era of segregation, it was deemed legal and appropriate for African-American students to be relegated to ____________________, a practice affirmed by an 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision, ____________________ that upheld state segregation laws.

"separate but equal schools"; Plessy v. Ferguson