EDGE 2015

Accountability / POA Checkpoint

Pre-Work

Session Title:
Session Length: 45 minutes

How large is my audience?

What age range is my
audience?
What does my audience really
care about?
How will I relate to them?
What is the room set up and
A/V requirements/availability?
What is the length of the
workshop?

Outlook

Participant Demography: All High School

Supplies:
Flip Charts
Technology to edit POAs on

Flip Charts:
Session Title and Objectives
Instructions to Edit Party Plan
S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Participants will know or be able to:

Objective1: Evaluate the goals set at the
beginning of the year.

What are the main points of

this workshop?

How can I draw a mental map

to let audience members know
where were headed?
How can I engage participants
in the overarching topic of this
workshop?

Engagement
Link
Approximately 1 minutes

Objective 2: Create an outline of 3-5 bullet points

of information for each event on the POA.
Objective 3: Set additional goals for the
remainder of the year.

The school year is underway and so are FFA

activities! It is important to revisit our chapter
activities periodically to make sure were on
track. Were going to take care of that today!

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Engagement
Preview
Approximately 10 minutes

Party of the Century

Many groups will have set unrealistic goals and
plans for events. This activity will help them
revise a plan so that it is realistic and still
eventful.
Take a few seconds to think of the BEST birthday
party you can imagine. There are probably
lights, a DJ, free pop, and massive stack of pizza
rolls!
When I say go, within your officer team, plan a
party. Take the next two songs to plan an amazing
birthday party for your advisor. Record every
detail in your workbook. Make sure it is the party
of the century! What questions are there? GO!
...
How did the planning process go?
Elicit student responses
Good, when I give you the go-ahead you will
examine the plan with your team. **reveal flip
chart with editing instructions**
-Any parts of the plan that will cost over $500,
circle.
-Any parts of the plan that will take up more than
an acre of land, underline.
-Finally, strikeout any plans that are not feasible.
-If you have any discrepancies, ask a facilitator
and we will decide.
What can I clarify? Take the time of the next song
to revise your plan.
Re-gain attention
Raise your hand if you think your groups party is
still the party of the century?
What differences do we see between our first
party plan, and our revised plan?
Elicit student responses **Process to at first it
was really neat, but it was not realistic. Now our

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plan is realistic and still pretty neat!

Transition
What will I say to help
participants move from the
Engagement into Wisdom 1 of
the workshop?

The same thing can happen to our chapter event

plans. No worries! We will be taking time to
examine our own plans for the chapter this year.
Soon enough, you will have fun, and manageable,
events planned for the members.

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Wisdom
Evidence 1
Approximately 1 minutes

What will I do and say to prove

the Main Point to be factual?

Outlook 1: Evaluate the goals set at the

beginning of the year.
Reveal Flip Chart with SMART goal description.
SMART Goal Review
Give a short lesson on SMART goals. Many of
these students have learned about SMART goals
before.

How will I illustrate the Main

Point for the participants?

How will I engage the

participants in learning the
information associated with the
Main Point?

Wisdom Main
Point 1
Approximately 1 minutes

Lets take out the goals we have set for our

chapter. We are going to take a look at them to
see what we can fix, or determine what should
be adjusted.

What is the Main Point?

Wisdom Action 1

Analyzing Goals

Approximately 15 minutes

Work with your teammates to break down

your goals. Make sure they are Specific,
Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely.
Focus on the realistic step to make sure our
goals are created within our boundaries! What
can I clarify? Excellent, make sure to find a
facilitator if you have questions!

How will I help students act on

the Wisdom 1 Main Point?

Transition
What will I say to help participants
move from Wisdom 1 to Wisdom
2?

The Husker football team sets goals before every

season. They have steps to reach this goal. How
can they help themselves to become successful?
Elicit student responses
**Process to they study a playbook

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Wisdom
Evidence 2

Outlook 2: Create an outline of 3-5 bullet points

of information for each event on the POA.

Approximately 1 minutes

Who knows what our playbook might be for our

FFA chapter?
Elicit student responses
**Process to Chapter POAs

What will I do and say to prove

Yes! Were going to dive in to our POA playbook

the Main Point to be factual?
to make a game plan for this year.
How will I illustrate the Main
Point for the participants?
How will I engage the
participants in learning the
information associated with the
Main Point?

Wisdom Main
Point 2
Approximately 3 minutes

What is the Main Point?

Wisdom Action 2
Approximately 20 minutes

Reveal Flip Chart with an example of a detailed

POA event.
Together with your teammates, we will work
through each chapter event to gather nuggets of
information to help make the event successful.
For example: Our chapter banquet could have
bullet points of:
1) Invitation/Thank You Committee, Meal
Committee, Award Committee
2) Reserve auditorium by Jan. 1st
3) Ask local grocery store to donate meal
The POA Playbook
For each event on your POA, create 3-5 bullet
points of information to remember at the time of
the event. This will help us make the planning
process nice and easy!

How will I help students act on

the Wisdom 2 Main Point?

I encourage you to make these edits to your

POA on a computer so this information will be
here next year.
Use your time wisely! Only spend a few minutes
on each event. We will take 15-20 minutes to
complete our POA edits.
Focus on upcoming events. If you have extra
time, go back to your past events and record for

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next year.
What questions are there? Find a facilitator for
help!

Transition
What will I say to help
participants move from Wisdom
1 to Wisdom 2?

Nice work ladies and gents! Weve been

working hard. I think its time for some
calisthenics! We dont want any sore muscles
tomorrow! Everybody jump up from your seat
and join along.

Wisdom
Evidence 3

Outlook: Set and/or adjust goals for the

remainder of the year.

Approximately 1 minutes

The school year is in full swing. Its time to

think to the future of how we can improve
right here and now.

What will I do and say to prove

the Main Point to be factual?

How will I illustrate the Main

Point for the participants?
How will I engage the
participants in learning the
information associated with
the Main Point?

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Wisdom Main
Point 3
Approximately 1 minutes

Remember what we learned about SMART

Goals? We are going to use what we know to
create 1-2 goals for the remainder of our
officer year.

What is the Main Point?

Wisdom Action 3
Approximately 1 minutes

How will I help students act

on the Wisdom 2 Main Point?

Transition
What will I say to help
participants move from Wisdom

Audible Call
As we make our mid-year goals, think about the
things we can improve on. Maybe our goals can
be revisions to previous goals that were
unattainable. If you have a chapter mission
statement, take a look at it to help create a goal
to align with that, for example. Put some
thought into this with your teammates and
remember to be SMART!
All the work we did today will help make the
rest of our school year a breeze! Its exciting to
know everything our chapters will be doing for
the members, school, and community.

1 to Wisdom 2?

Lets get a huge round of applause for

everything weve done!

Final Review

If your team wasnt able to complete and activity,

please take some time to finish up. It will be a
huge help to yourselves in the future.

Approximately 1 minutes

Remember, we took some time to evaluate our

chapter goals.
How will I re-phrase my key
Wisdom points at the end?
What closing thoughts will I
offer the participants?
What is the final call to action
for the participants?
What do I want the participants
to remember?

We made playbook for our POA so that future

planning is a piece of cake.
And a few minutes ago we made some new goals
to get on track to success for the rest of the year.

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Reflection

What worked? Why?

What didnt work? Why?
What feedback did you receive
from your audience?

What level of influence do you

believe the content/delivery
had?
How will you deliver this
workshop differently next time?