OUTSTANDING NEBRASKA FFA ALUMNI AFFILIATE
AWARD GUIDELINES
PURPOSE:To recognize Nebraska FFA Alumni Local Affiliates for outstanding accomplishments and to encourage other Affiliates to further achievements.
ELIGIBILITY:All chartered and active Nebraska FFA Alumni Affiliates are eligible. To apply, an FFA Alumni Affiliate must submit application or the “FFA Alumni Outstanding Affiliate Award application. The “Nebraska FFA Alumni Superior Affiliate Award (Short Form) is no longer available
SELECTION:The Nebraska FFA Alumni Awards Committee shall select the outstanding affiliates.
AWARD PRESENTATION:The FFA Alumni Affiliate awards shall be presented at the Nebraska Annual FFA Alumni Conference. The awards committee will recognize eligible applicants as superior, bronze, silver, or gold.
The Nebraska FFA Alumni Association may submit for national consideration the application(s) of at least 1 affiliate or no more than 20 percent of all superior, bronze, silver, and gold rated affiliates, which ever is greater. In order for an affiliate to be considered for national competition, the affiliate must submit the “FFA Alumni Outstanding Affiliate Award (long form) application“. Those affiliates qualifying for national competition will be recognized as the OUTSTANDING NEBRASKA FFA ALUMNI AFFILIATES and will be announced in alphabetical order (i.e., no ranking).
The Outstanding Nebraska FFA Alumni Affiliates are eligible to forward their respective application to the National FFA Alumni Office for national recognition consideration by July 1.
APPLICATION DUE DATE: December 30, 2016
SEND TO: Jeffrey Hornung, Awards Chair
Nebraska FFA Alumni Association
1014 W. 7th
Hastings, NE 68901
Email:
National Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award Application
Please Note:
- Local and Collegiate Chapters: Submit to your state office in accordance with state deadlines
- State Associations: Submit to the National FFA Alumni Association
- Applications should be emailed to or mailed to:
- National FFA Alumni Association
6060 FFA Drive
P.O. Box 68960
Indianapolis, IN 46268-0960
- Applications must be submitted/postmarked by July 1
- No additional pages may be added
- An activity may be listed only once
- All applications become the property of the National FFA Alumni Association
- Keep a copy for your records, Applications will not be returned
- Applications submitted without applicable signatures will be disqualified
- Questions? Email
Name of Alumni Chapter:
Alumni Chapter Number :
Mailing Address:
City: / State: / Zip:
Phone: / Ext: / Fax:
Contact Person:
Phone/Email:
Report for the year beginning (09/01/yy) / and ending (08/31/yy)
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FFA Alumni PresidentState FFA Alumni President or Executive Director
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FFA Advisor Date Submitted
Division 1 (12points)
Instructional (activities alumni physically perform that educate students within agricultural education or specific SAE areas.) List one activity per line.
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Division 2 (12points)
Cooperation (activities that alumni physically perform with their respective FFA Chapter)
List one activity per line.
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Division 3 (12points)
Financial (all activities that alumni finance) This is the only section that finances should be entered. List one activity per line.
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Division 4 (10points)
Non-Local (any activity physically performed above the local level that has not already been listed previously.) List one activity per line.
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Division 5 (10points)
Social (any activity that alumni physically performs/hosts that is purely designed to strengthen relationships among alumni members and/or FFA members) List one activity per line.
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Division 6 (12points)
Recruitment (any activity that alumni physically performs that is intended to recruit new alumni members.) List one activity per line.
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Results:
Division 7 (12points)
Advocacy (any activity that alumni performs that tells our story) List one activity per line.
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Division 8 (20points)
Choose one activity from four of the seven divisions and complete the following detailed analysis sheets. Include supporting photos and/or newspaper articles on back of each page. All photos and newspaper articles must be dated.
Activity Analysis 1:
Select which division you are featuring with this activity:
Instructional ActivitiesCooperation ActivitiesFinancial Activities
Non-Local ActivitiesSocial ActivitiesRecruitment Activities
Advocacy Activities
Name of Activity:
Goals/Objectives: (What did you want to accomplish?)
Plan of Action: (Who, What, When, Where, How?)
Results/Evaluation: (What was accomplished?)
Activity Analysis 2:
Select which division you are featuring with this activity:
Instructional ActivitiesCooperation ActivitiesFinancial Activities
Non-Local ActivitiesSocial ActivitiesRecruitment Activities
Advocacy Activities
Name of Activity:
Goals/Objectives: (What did you want to accomplish?)
Plan of Action: (Who, What, When, Where, How?)
Results/Evaluation: (What was accomplished?)
Activity Analysis 3:
Select which division you are featuring with this activity:
Instructional ActivitiesCooperation ActivitiesFinancial Activities
Non-Local ActivitiesSocial ActivitiesRecruitment Activities
Advocacy Activities
Name of Activity:
Goals/Objectives: (What did you want to accomplish?)
Plan of Action: (Who, What, When, Where, How?)
Results/Evaluation: (What was accomplished?)
Activity Analysis 4:
Select which division you are featuring with this activity:
Instructional ActivitiesCooperation ActivitiesFinancial Activities
Non-Local ActivitiesSocial ActivitiesRecruitment Activities
Advocacy Activities
Name of Activity:
Goals/Objectives: (What did you want to accomplish?)
Plan of Action: (Who, What, When, Where, How?)
Results/Evaluation: (What was accomplished?)
Division 1 / Total Points / Total Points Possible / Exceptional (9-12) / Satisfactory (5-8) / Poor (0-4)Instructional Activities / 12 / Wide diversity of projects, exceptional percentage of members participating, high percentage of FFA member participation, and impressive amount of money earned/hours invested. All activities relate to assistance in the classroom or with students supervised agricultural experience programs. / Moderate range in diversity of projects, moderate membership participation, participation by FFA members, and little earned with few hours invested. Most activities relate to assistance in the classroom or with students supervised agricultural experience programs. / Little range in diversity of projects, minimal membership participation, no participation by FFA members, and minimal earning with few hours invested. No activities relate to assistance in the classroom or with students supervised agricultural education programs.
Division 2 / Total Points / Total Points Possible / Exceptional (9-12) / Satisfactory (5-8) / Poor (0-4)
Cooperation Activities / 12 / Wide diversity of projects, exceptional percentage of members participating, high percentage of FFA member participation, and impressive amount of money earned/hours invested. All activities relate to cooperation with FFA chapter. / Moderate range in diversity of projects, moderate membership participation, participation by FFA members, and little earned with few hours invested. Most activities relate to cooperation with FFA chapter. / Little range in diversity of projects, minimal membership participation, no participation by FFA members, and minimal earning with few hours invested. No activities relate to cooperation with FFA chapter.
Division 3 / Total Points / Total Points Possible / Exceptional (9-12) / Satisfactory (5-8) / Poor (0-4)
Financial Activities / 12 / Wide diversity of projects, exceptional percentage of members participating, high percentage of FFA member participation, and impressive amount of money earned/hours invested. All activities relate to financial support of the FFA chapter. / Moderate range in diversity of projects, moderate membership participation, participation by FFA members, and little earned with few hours invested. Most activities relate to financial support of the FFA chapter. / Little range in diversity of projects, minimal membership participation, no participation by FFA members, and minimal earning with few hours invested. No activities relate to financial support of the FFA chapter.
Division 4 / Total Points / Total Points Possible / Exceptional (8-10) / Satisfactory (4-7) / Poor (0-3)
Non-Local Activities / 10 / Wide diversity of projects, exceptional percentage of members participating, high percentage of FFA member participation, and impressive amount of money earned/hours invested. All activities are functions of the district, state or national associations. / Moderate range in diversity of projects, moderate membership participation, participation by FFA members, and little earned with few hours invested. Most activities are functions of the district, state or national associations. / Little range in diversity of projects, minimal membership participation, no participation by FFA members, and minimal earning with few hours invested. No activities are functions of the district, state or national associations.
Division 5 / Total Points / Total Points Possible / Exceptional (8-10) / Satisfactory (4-7) / Poor (0-3)
Social Activities / 10 / Wide diversity of projects, exceptional percentage of members participating, high percentage of FFA member participation, and impressive amount of money earned/hours invested. All activities are social. / Moderate range in diversity of projects, moderate membership participation, participation by FFA members, and little earned with few hours invested. Most activities are social. / Little range in diversity of projects, minimal membership participation, no participation by FFA members, and minimal earning with few hours invested. No activities are of a social manner.
Division 6 / Total Points / Total Points Possible / Exceptional (9-12) / Satisfactory (5-8) / Poor (0-4)
Recruitment Activities / 12 / Wide diversity of projects, exceptional percentage of members participating, high percentage of FFA member participation, and impressive amount of money earned/hours invested. All activities were held for recruiting purposes. / Moderate range in diversity of projects, moderate membership participation, participation by FFA members, and little earned with few hours invested. Most activities were held for recruiting purposes. / Little range in diversity of projects, minimal membership participation, no participation by FFA members, and minimal earning with few hours invested. No activities were held for recruiting purposes.
Division 7 / Total Points / Total Points Possible / Exceptional (9-12) / Satisfactory (5-8) / Poor (0-4)
Advocacy Activities / 12 / Wide diversity of projects, exceptional percentage of members participating, high percentage of FFA member participation, and impressive amount of money earned/hours invested. All activities were of an advocacy nature promoting agriculture, agricultural education or FFA. / Moderate range in diversity of projects, moderate membership participation, participation by FFA members, and little earned with few hours invested. Most activities were of an advocacy nature promoting agriculture, agricultural education or FFA. / Little range in diversity of projects, minimal membership participation, no participation by FFA members, and minimal earning with few hours invested. No activities were of an advocacy nature promoting agriculture, agricultural education or FFA.
Division 8: Activity Analysis / Total Points / Total Points Possible / Exceptional (4) / Satisfactory (2-3) / Poor (0-1)
Activity Analysis 1 / 4 / Clear and specific goals set, thorough plan of action to follow, with expertly described results. Photos and articles included, clear and dated. Activity relates to this division. / Few goals set, acceptable plan of action, with satisfactory results. Fewer photos or news articles discussing the activity which are dated. / General goal set, incomplete plan of action and with few details about the results. No photos or articles included or they are not dated. Activity does not relate to division.
Activity Analysis 2 / 4 / Clear and specific goals set, thorough plan of action to follow, with expertly described results. Photos and articles included, clear and dated. Activity relates to this division. / Few goals set, acceptable plan of action, with satisfactory results. Fewer photos or news articles discussing the activity which are dated. / General goal set, incomplete plan of action and with few details about the results. No photos or articles included or they are not dated. Activity does not relate to division.
Activity Analysis 3 / 4 / Clear and specific goals set, thorough plan of action to follow, with expertly described results. Photos and articles included, clear and dated. Activity relates to this division. / Few goals set, acceptable plan of action, with satisfactory results. Fewer photos or news articles discussing the activity which are dated. / General goal set, incomplete plan of action and with few details about the results. No photos or articles included or they are not dated. Activity does not relate to division.
Activity Analysis 4 / 4 / Clear and specific goals set, thorough plan of action to follow, with expertly described results. Photos and articles included, clear and dated. Activity relates to this division. / Few goals set, acceptable plan of action, with satisfactory results. Fewer photos or news articles discussing the activity which are dated. / General goal set, incomplete plan of action and with few details about the results. No photos or articles included or they are not dated. Activity does not relate to division.
Presentation / 4 / Clear and specific goals set, thorough plan of action to follow, with expertly described results. Photos and articles included, clear and dated. Activity relates to this division. / Few goals set, acceptable plan of action, with satisfactory results. Fewer photos or news articles discussing the activity which are dated. / General goal set, incomplete plan of action and with few details about the results. No photos or articles included or they are not dated. Activity does not relate to division.
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TOTAL OF ALL QUALITIES / 0 / 100
Below 70 = Bronze, 70-85 = Silver, 86-100 = Gold