Program of Activities (POA) 2018-2019
LDE’s, Speaking Events, CDE’s
Monthly Update of SAE’s
County Fair, FWSSR, SASR, HLSR, etc., etc.
Monthly Meetings
Area, State, National Convention
Officer Elections (Greenhand, and Senior)
FFA End of the Year Banquet
Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE)
The Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program involves practical agricultural activities
performed by students outside of scheduled classroom and laboratory time. SAEs provide a method in
agricultural education for students to receive real-world career experiences in an area of agriculture that
they are most interested in. Supervised Agricultural Experiences are an important component of
agricultural education and are required element of all Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR)
courses as explained by the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 130, Subchapter A.
(More details on https://www.texasffa.org/sae)
Placement/Internship
Ownership/Entrepreneurship
Research: Experimental, Analysis, or Invention
School-Based Enterprise
Service Learning
Leadership Development Event’s LDE’s
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.
Agricultural Advocacy
Agricultural Issues Forum
Agricultural Skill Demonstration
Chapter Conducting
Chapter Agricultural Quiz
Creed Speaking
FFA Broadcasting
Greenhand FFA Quiz
Job Interview
Public Relations
Speaking Events
Speaking Development Events are designed to develop the ability of all FFA members to express
themselves on a given subject. Students are encouraged to develop their communication skills and learn to
formulate their remarks for presentation in a variety of situations. The state finals of the speaking
development events are held in conjunction with the Texas FFA Convention in July.
Extemporaneous Public Speaking
Senior Prepared Public Speaking
Junior Prepared Public Speaking
Soil Stewardship Prepared Public Speaking
Career Develop Event’s CDE’s
Career Development Events build on what is learned in agricultural classes and encourage members to
put their knowledge into practice. These events are designed to help a member prepare for a career in
agriculture by testing and challenging the student's technical, leadership, interpersonal and teamwork
skills as well as their knowledge of the subject matter. CDEs answer the question, "When will I use this
knowledge in the real world?"
Ag Communications
Agricultural Technology & Mechanical Systems
Ag Sales
Agronomy
Cotton
Dairy Cattle
Entomology
Environmental & Natural Resources
Farm Business Management
Floriculture
Food Science
Forage
Forestry
Homesite Evaluation
Horse
Land
Livestock
Marketing Plan
Meats
Milk Quality
Nursery/Landscape
Plant ID
Poultry
Range
Tractor Technician
Veterinary Science
Wildlife
Wool