FFA Chapter Officer Quiz

FFA Information

Mission statement:

FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.


Motto:

Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve


Terms to know:

Emblem - the symbol of the FFA    —-------------------------------------------------->

SAE - Supervised Agricultural Experience

POA - Program of Activities

COLT - Chapter Officer Leadership Training

FFA - Future Farmers of America (our name is really “The National FFA Organization”)

NFA - New Farmers of America

FFA Foundation - an organization that raises money to fund the National FFA Organization

Public Law 740 - granted a federal charter to FFA (basically the U.S. government recognizes us as an organization)

FFA Alumni - an organization of past FFA members and FFA supporters

CDE - career development event

LDE - leadership development event


General Information:

National Colors - national blue and corn gold (NOT blue and yellow!!)

FFA Creed - 5 paragraphs; written by E.M. Tiffany

Salute = pledge of allegiance

Meeting room arrangement and officer symbols at the very end!

Official dress

  • Official FFA Jacket zipped to the top

  • Black socks/pantyhose

  • White collared shirt

  • Official FFA scarf/tie

  • Black dress shoes/heels

Kinds of Membership

  • Active - middle/high school member

  • Collegiate - college-age member

  • Honorary - someone who has contributed a lot to FFA

  • Alumni - former FFA member or supporter

Degrees (lowest to highest)

  • DiscoveryGreenhand

  • Chapter 

  • State

  • American


Member Part of Opening Ceremony:

To practice brotherhood, honor agricultural opportunities and responsibilities, and develop those qualities of leadership which an FFA member should possess.


Emblem Information:

Made up of five parts

  • Cross section ear of corn - unity (corn is grown in every state)

  • Rising sun - progress

  • Plow - labor and tillage of the soil

  • Eagle - freedom

  • Owl - wisdom


SAE Information:

  • Six types (foundational, ownership/entrepreneurship, placement, research, school-based, and service-learning)

  • Types of awards:

    • Grants, proficiency, and star awards


Basic Parliamentary Procedure:

  • Gavel use:

    • 1 tap - adjourn the meeting or a business item; signal for members to be seated

    • 2 taps - call the meeting to order

    • 3 taps - members should stand on third tap

    • Series of taps - restore order


POA Information:

  • A plan that defines chapter goals and activities for the year

  • Developed at COLT each year

  • Divided into 3 divisions that are each divided further:

    • Growing Leaders

    • Building Communities

    • Strengthening Agriculture

  • Growing Leaders:

    • Leadership

    • Healthy lifestyles

    • Scholarship

    • Personal growth

    • Career success

  • Building Communities:

    • Environmental

    • Human resources

    • Citizenship 

    • Stakeholder engagement

    • Economic development

  • Strengthening Agriculture:

    • Support group

    • Chapter Recruitment

    • Safety 

    • Agricultural advocacy

    • Agricultural literacy


Important People

Current

  • Clay Lawrence - 2026-2027 State President

  • Remiyah Stephens- 2025-2026 State President 

  • Claire Whidden - 2025-26 Area 6 Treasurer

  • Jack Lingenfelter - National Southern Region Vice President

  • Trey Meyers - National President

  • Dr. Travis Park - National Advisor

  • Kaitlyn Marchant (Billy Hughes retired last year, but advisors still may have his name on test) - State Advisor

  • Ben Lastly - State Executive Secretary/Treasurer

  • Tyler Harper - Georgia Agriculture Commissioner

Past

  • E.M. (Erwin Milton) Tiffany - Author of the FFA Creed

  • Dudley Hughes and Hoke Smith - legislators behind the Smith-Hughes Act

  • Henry Groseclose - Father of the FFA

  • Leslie Applegate - 1st National President

  • Jan Eberly - 1st Female National President

  • Corey Flournoy - 1st African American National President

  • Fred McClure - 1st African American elected to national office

  • Julie Smiley - 1st female elected to national office


Important Dates

  • 1917 - Smith-Hughes Act establishes funding for agricultural/vocational education

  • 1928 - FFA is established

  • 1929 - Georgia FFA is established; Berrien High FFA is also established; national colors are adopted

  • 1930 - FFA Creed is adopted; first official dress is adopted

  • 1933 - Official dress is revised; Corduroy jacket is adopted 

  • 1935 - NFA is founded

  • 1944 - FFA Foundation is established

  • 1950 - Public Law 740 is passed 

  • 1965 - NFA and FFA merge into one unified organization

  • 1969 - FFA allows females to join

  • 1971 - FFA Alumni is established

  • 1988 - Future Farmers of America changes its name to the National FFA Organization (to reflect growing diversity in agriculture)