#### Agricultural Leadership I Curriculum

CURRICULUM GUIDE

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP I

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SUMMER 2000


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
COURSE OUTLINE
CONTENT OUTLINE
TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND MATERIALS LIST
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS (ARM)
COURSE BLUEPRINT

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Appreciation is expressed to the following Agricultural Leadership I committee members and external review committee members for their help in identifying skills needed in agricultural leadership in North Carolina and in identifying competencies, curriculum materials, and questions to be used with the Agricultural Leadership I Curriculum.

Mr. Billy Ray Askew, Northside High School
Mr. Gerald Barlowe, Union High School
Mr. Fred Clarida, Harnett Central High School
Mr. Gary Collier, Bladenboro High School
Mr. William E. Fouts, Smoky Mountain High School
Ms. Julie G. Howard, Bandys High School
Ms. Becky Shaw, Clinton High School
Mr. Farley Strickland, Jr., Forest Hills High School
Mr. Denny Tart, Director of Workforce Development, Wayne County Schools
Mr. Don White, Gates County High School

Also, we express appreciation to Mrs. Kay Roberson for her efforts in typing and formatting all materials.

Dr. Richard Liles, Head
Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
North Carolina State University

Mr. Marshall Stewart
North Carolina Agricultural Education Coordinator
North Carolina State University

Mr. Benjie Forrest
Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Vernon G. James Research & Extension Center
Summer 2000

INTRODUCTION

Agricultural Leadership I is a year-long course designed for students in grades 9-12 in North Carolina public secondary schools. It is the primary course for students enrolled in the Leadership component of the Agricultural Education Curriculum. It is a technical course designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of leadership development. While the primary purpose in the development of this guide was to assist the teacher in teaching the course, it may be used in other ways.

Essential elements common to all workforce development courses, as well as the essential elements for this course and units and topics of instruction are listed. The textbook, Developing Leadership and Personal Skills, written by Sharon Hunter, Marshall Stewart, Brenda Scheil, Robert Terry, Jr., and Steven D. Fraze, and published by Interstate Publishers, Inc., Danville, Illinois, copyright 1997, has been adopted for the major content of this course. If all of the suggested curriculum materials listed in the outline under the heading Materials Needed are used, all essential element requirements of the course will be met.

A course blueprint is included. The blueprint provides a blank column for the teacher to use in determining the time of instruction needed for each unit title/competency and objective statement. Information indicating the percentage of cognitive and performance weight each objective statement has in relation to the course and the unit of instruction is also included. Type of outcome behavior is identified as either "cognitive 1,2,3"; "psychomotor"; or "affective" for each competency and objective statement. Each objective statement has also been analyzed and integrated skills for arts, communications, career development, information/computer skills, health/safety, math, science, and social studies have been identified for each. All the competency and objective statements listed on the course blueprint are considered core competencies and are written to satisfy 135 hours of instruction. If 180 hours of instruction are required, then 45 hours of local adaptation may be included as needed by increasing the number of suggested hours of instruction recommended in the blueprint and/or for allowing more time for such things as individualized instructional time needs, local situation needs, testing, etc.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

The elements in this subsection are common to all agricultural education courses unless otherwise indicated and shall be included in each course at the appropriate level. Every school offering agricultural education shall provide courses which include the following essential elements:
1. Leadership concepts and skills. The student shall be provided opportunities to:
  1. demonstrate skills, characteristics, and responsibilities of leaders and effective group members;
  2. demonstrate a knowledge of parliamentary procedure principles;
  3. plan and conduct leadership activities; and
  4. prepare for effective citizenship and participation in our democratic society.
2. Concepts and skills related to successful employment and/or post-secondary training. The student shall be provided the opportunities to:
  1. identify and observe employment opportunities and preparation requirements in a chosen field;
  2. identify and role play effective methods to secure and terminate employment;
  3. demonstrate effective communication skills both oral and written and follow through on assigned tasks;
  4. demonstrate dependability and punctuality;
  5. demonstrate productive work habits and attitudes;
  6. demonstrate the importance of taking pride in the quality of work performed;
  7. demonstrate the necessity and interconnectedness of work;
  8. develop and demonstrate skill in planning and organizing work;
  9. apply required methods and sequences when performing tasks;
  10. apply principles of time management and work simplification when performing assigned tasks;
  11. observe and apply ethical practices and responsibilities; and
  12. determine the application of organization policies and procedures.
3. Concepts and skills associated with entrepreneurship. The student shall be provided opportunities to:
  1. observe various entrepreneurial ventures and demonstrate opportunities for business ownership;
  2. apply the risk and profit motive factor;
  3. apply the elements and advantages of the free enterprise system; and
  4. explain with specific examples, the role of small business in the free enterprise system.
4. Concepts and skills related to safety and safe working conditions. The student shall be provided the opportunities to identify and apply safe working practices to all training situations.
5. Concepts and skills associated with human relations and personality development. The student shall be provided opportunities to:
  1. determine reasons for maintaining good health for effective job performance;
  2. analyze one's self and others;
  3. exercise self-control;
  4. accept and use criticism;
  5. demonstrate the application of basic human relationships as they relate to business success; and
  6. demonstrate characteristics for successful working relationships.
6. Concepts and skills related to personal and business management. The student shall be provided opportunities to:
  1. explain how management should assist in reaching personal and family goals;
  2. describe the management process;
  3. observe and describe the role of management in controlling stress;
  4. describe the process for maintaining personal checking accounts;
  5. explain the personal loan application processes;
  6. explain the role of different financial institutions;
  7. observe and explain the role and functions of business management;
  8. acknowledge reason for lines of authority; and
  9. identify effective supervisory techniques.
7. Concepts and skills related to supervised agricultural activities. The student shall be provided opportunities to plan, conduct/perform, and evaluate supervised agricultural activities.
Agricultural Education ####: Agricultural Leadership I (1 unit) shall be a classroom/laboratory-oriented course that includes the essential elements and the concepts and skills related to leadership development. The student shall be provided opportunities to:
1. Develop personal leadership qualities;
2. Develop interpersonal relationships;
3. Develop and demonstrate group leadership.

COURSE OUTLINE
AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP I
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Units and Topics of Instruction Recommended
Hours of
Instruction Essential Elements ++Materials Needed

A. Developing Personal Leadership Qualities 25 *

1. Determine who and what is leadership. 5 A-1(a,c,d),B-1 Chapter 1

2. Develop personal responsibility in leadership. 10 A-1(a,c,d) Chapter 2

3. Investigate ethics necessary for a good agricultural leader. 5 A-1(a,c,d),A-2(k),B-1 Chapter 3

4. Investigate social behavior necessary for a good agricultural leader. 5 A-1(a,c,d),A-5,B-1 Chapter 4

B. Growing Interpersonal Relationships 40*

1. Develop one-on-one communication skills for a leader. 10 A-1(a,c,d),A-2,5,B-2 Chapter 9

2. Develop non-verbal communication necessary for a leader. 9 A-1(a,c,d), A-2,5,B-2 Chapter 10

3. Develop people skills necessary for agricultural leadership. 9 A-1(a,c,d), A-2,5,B-2 Chapter 11

4. Practice keeping commitments necessary for agricultural leadership. 12 A-1(a,c,d),A-2,5,B-2 Chapter 12

C. Nurturing Group Leadership 70*

1. Develop agricultural leadership roles and behavior. 5 A-1(a,c,d),A-2,5,B-3 Chapter 17

2. Apply systems thinking to agricultural leadership development. 5 A-1(a,c,d),A-2,5,B-3 Chapter 18

3. Assess personal mastery principles as they relate to agricultural leadership. 5 A-1(a,c,d),A-2,3,4,5,B-3 Chapter 19

4. Determine perceptions necessary for agricultural leadership. 5 A-1(a,c,d), A-2,6, B-3 Chapter 20

5. Develop agricultural leadership by speaking in public. 10 A-1,2,3,4, A-5,6,7, B-3 Chapter 24/NC Chapter Guide To FFA Activities/FFA Advisor's Guide To The Student Handbook/FFA Student Handbook

6. Develop agricultural leadership through the leadership organization. 20 A-1,2,3,4, A-5,6,7, B-3 Appendix A/NC Chapter Guide To FFA Activities/FFA Advisor's Guide To The Student Handbook/FFA Student Handbook/ Agricultural Education Supervised AgriculturalExperience Program Record Book, Agricultural Education,NCSU/Official FFA Agricultural Tools Identification Manual.

7. Develop agricultural leadership through the history of the leadership organization. 20 A-1,2,3,4, A-5,6,7, B-3 FFA Advisor's Guide To The Student Handbook/FFA Student Handbook.

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+Total Hours of Instruction: 135*

+If 180 hours of instruction are required, then 45 hours of local adaptation may be included as needed by increasing the number of suggested items of instruction recommended in the blueprint and/or for allowing more time for such things as the accommodation of individualized instructional time needs, local situation needs, testing, etc.
++All chapters indicated under the column title Materials Needed are referenced from the textbook, Developing Leadership And Personal Skills, written by Sharon Hunter, Marshall Stewart, Brenda Scheil, Robert Terry, Jr., and Steven D. Fraze, and published by Interstate Publishers, Inc., 1997. Test item questions that are included in the Vocational Education Competency Achievement Tracking System (VoCATS) are derived from the materials listed in this column.

Units and Topics of Instruction	Recommended Hours of Instruction	Essential Elements	++Materials Needed
A. Developing Personal Leadership Qualities	25 *
1. Determine who and what is leadership.	5	A-1(a,c,d),B-1	Chapter 1
2. Develop personal responsibility in leadership.	10	A-1(a,c,d)	Chapter 2
3. Investigate ethics necessary for a good agricultural leader.	5	A-1(a,c,d),A-2(k),B-1	Chapter 3
4. Investigate social behavior necessary for a good agricultural leader.	5	A-1(a,c,d),A-5,B-1	Chapter 4
B. Growing Interpersonal Relationships	40*
1. Develop one-on-one communication skills for a leader.	10	A-1(a,c,d),A-2,5,B-2	Chapter 9
2. Develop non-verbal communication necessary for a leader.	9	A-1(a,c,d), A-2,5,B-2	Chapter 10
3. Develop people skills necessary for agricultural leadership.	9	A-1(a,c,d), A-2,5,B-2	Chapter 11
4. Practice keeping commitments necessary for agricultural leadership.	12	A-1(a,c,d),A-2,5,B-2	Chapter 12
C. Nurturing Group Leadership	70*
1. Develop agricultural leadership roles and behavior.	5	A-1(a,c,d),A-2,5,B-3	Chapter 17
2. Apply systems thinking to agricultural leadership development.	5	A-1(a,c,d),A-2,5,B-3	Chapter 18
3. Assess personal mastery principles as they relate to agricultural leadership.	5	A-1(a,c,d),A-2,3,4,5,B-3	Chapter 19
4. Determine perceptions necessary for agricultural leadership.	5	A-1(a,c,d), A-2,6, B-3	Chapter 20
5. Develop agricultural leadership by speaking in public.	10	A-1,2,3,4, A-5,6,7, B-3	Chapter 24/NC Chapter Guide To FFA Activities/FFA Advisor's Guide To The Student Handbook/FFA Student Handbook
6. Develop agricultural leadership through the leadership organization.	20	A-1,2,3,4, A-5,6,7, B-3	Appendix A/NC Chapter Guide To FFA Activities/FFA Advisor's Guide To The Student Handbook/FFA Student Handbook/ Agricultural Education Supervised AgriculturalExperience Program Record Book, Agricultural Education,NCSU/Official FFA Agricultural Tools Identification Manual.
7. Develop agricultural leadership through the history of the leadership organization.	20	A-1,2,3,4, A-5,6,7, B-3	FFA Advisor's Guide To The Student Handbook/FFA Student Handbook.
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+Total Hours of Instruction:	135*
+If 180 hours of instruction are required, then 45 hours of local adaptation may be included as needed by increasing the number of suggested items of instruction recommended in the blueprint and/or for allowing more time for such things as the accommodation of individualized instructional time needs, local situation needs, testing, etc. ++All chapters indicated under the column title Materials Needed are referenced from the textbook, Developing Leadership And Personal Skills, written by Sharon Hunter, Marshall Stewart, Brenda Scheil, Robert Terry, Jr., and Steven D. Fraze, and published by Interstate Publishers, Inc., 1997. Test item questions that are included in the Vocational Education Competency Achievement Tracking System (VoCATS) are derived from the materials listed in this column.

CONTENT OUTLINE
AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP I
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Leadership Qualities
1. Determine Leadership
  1. Traits of good leaders
  2. Leadership misconceptions
2. Leadership responsibilities
  1. Assess personal responsibility
  2. Problems associated with irresponsibility
  3. Becoming responsible
3. Ethics
  1. Analyze ethics
  2. Relate the challenges of ethics
4. Social behavior
  1. Proper social behavior guidelines
  2. Proper social behavior traits
Interpersonal relationships
1. Communication skills
  1. Use feedback
  2. Reduce interference in communication
  3. Determine how to be a good listener
  4. Write a business letter and resume`
2. Non-verbal communication
  1. Investigate non-verbal communication
  2. Interpret non-verbal clues
3. People skills
  1. Determine the importance of people skills
  2. Personal conflict solutions
4. Keeping commitments
  1. Importance of keeping commitments
  2. Create a "to-do" list and planner
Group leadership
1. Roles and behavior
  1. Two types of leadership roles
  2. Four categories of leadership styles
2. Systems thinking
  1. Explain systems thinking
  2. Contrast models of organizational leadership
  3. Team building techniques
3. Personal mastery principles
  1. Recognize strengths and weaknesses
  2. Analyze Maslow's hierarchy of human needs
  3. Analyze motivation
4. Perceptions
  1. Compare perceptual limitations and generalizations
  2. Perceptions as they relate to group building
5. Speaking in public
  1. Characteristics of a good public speaker
  2. Present the creed
6. Leadership organization
  1. Opportunities
  2. Tools
7. Leadership organization history
  1. 1928 to present
  2. Mission, strategies, structure
  3. Membership
  4. Emblem, colors, motto
  5. Opening and closing ceremony

TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND MATERIALS LIST

(Note: These are the recommended tools, materials, and equipment necessary for Agricultural Leadership I).

Item Number

1. Agricultural Education Supervised Agricultural Experience Program Record Book, Ag. Ed., NCSU. 25

2. Banner, chapter (3'x6') 1

3. Banner, motto (3'x6') 1

4. Cabinet, file 4

5. Camcorder 1

6. Camera, digital 1

7. Camera, standard 1

8. Computer, desktop 20

9. Computer, laptop 1

10. Copier, portable 1

11. Data Transmission Network (DTN) system 1

12. Developing Leadership and Personal Skills (textbook) 20

13. Fax machine 1

14. FFA Advisor's Guide to the Student Handbook (textbook) 1

15. FFA Student Handbook (textbook) 20

16. Flag, FFA (3'x5' indoor) 1

17. Flag, US (3'x5' indoor) 1

18. Folder, award 100

19. Folder, portfolio 50

20. Gavel and block 1

21. Mirror (18"x60") 1

22. Notebook, officer's 20

23. Official dress, FFA 20

24. Official FFA Agricultural Tools Identification Manual* 25

25. Panel, CD 1

26. Phone service (for internet connection) 1

27. Printer, (for laptop) 1

28. Printer, laser 10

29. Projector, overhead 1

30. Projector, slide 1

31. Receipt book, treasurer 1

32. Record book, (for secretary's minutes) 1

33. Robert's Rules of Order, (latest edition) 20

34. Scanner 1

35. Stand, speaker's 1

36. Station, computer (work) 20

37. Symbols, officer (FFA) 1 (set)

38. TV/VCR 1

* It is highly recommended that each tool represented in this manual be provided for demonstration and use.

Item	Number
1. Agricultural Education Supervised Agricultural Experience Program Record Book, Ag. Ed., NCSU.	25
2. Banner, chapter (3'x6')	1
3. Banner, motto (3'x6')	1
4. Cabinet, file	4
5. Camcorder	1
6. Camera, digital	1
7. Camera, standard	1
8. Computer, desktop	20
9. Computer, laptop	1
10. Copier, portable	1
11. Data Transmission Network (DTN) system	1
12. Developing Leadership and Personal Skills (textbook)	20
13. Fax machine	1
14. FFA Advisor's Guide to the Student Handbook (textbook)	1
15. FFA Student Handbook (textbook)	20
16. Flag, FFA (3'x5' indoor)	1
17. Flag, US (3'x5' indoor)	1
18. Folder, award	100
19. Folder, portfolio	50
20. Gavel and block	1
21. Mirror (18"x60")	1
22. Notebook, officer's	20
23. Official dress, FFA	20
24. Official FFA Agricultural Tools Identification Manual*	25
25. Panel, CD	1
26. Phone service (for internet connection)	1
27. Printer, (for laptop)	1
28. Printer, laser	10
29. Projector, overhead	1
30. Projector, slide	1
31. Receipt book, treasurer	1
32. Record book, (for secretary's minutes)	1
33. Robert's Rules of Order, (latest edition)	20
34. Scanner	1
35. Stand, speaker's	1
36. Station, computer (work)	20
37. Symbols, officer (FFA)	1 (set)
38. TV/VCR	1
* It is highly recommended that each tool represented in this manual be provided for demonstration and use.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
(ARM)
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1. Interstate Publishers, Inc.
Agriscience, Technology and Environmental Catalog
PO Box 50
Danville IL 61834-0050
Tele: 1-800-843-4774
Fax: 217-446-9706
Email: info-ipp@IPPINC.com

2. Instructional Materials Service
Agricultural Science & Technology Catalog
Texas A&M University
F.E. Box 2588
College Station TX 77843-2588
Tele: 409-845-6601
Fax: 409-845-6608

3. Instructional Materials Laboratory
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of Practical Arts & Vocational Technical Education
2316 Industrial Drive
Columbia MO 65202
Tele: 573-882-2883
Fax: 573-882-1992

4. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Agriculture Agent
Local County

5. Visual Education Production
VEP Catalog
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo CA 93407

6. Ohio Agricultural Education
Curriculum Materials Service
254 Agricultural Administration Building
The Ohio State University
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus OH 43210-1067
Tele: 614-292-4848 Fax: (24 hours) 1-800-292-4919

7. Idaho Curriculum Dissemination Center
College of Education 209
University of Idaho
Moscow ID 83844-3083
Tele: 208-885-6556
Fax: 208-885-6869

8. Publications Distribution Center
College of Agricultural Science
Penn State University
112 Agricultural Administration Building
University Park PA 16802-2602
Tele: 814-865-6713
Fax: 814-863-5560

9. Modern Education Services
381 Park Avenue South, Suite 713
New York NY 10016
Tele: 212-696-5050 or 1-800-243-6877
Fax: 212-696-9065

10. For Delmar publications and materials, contact:
ITP Order Processing Center
7625 Empire Drive
Box 6094
Florence KY 41022-6904
Tele: 1-800-354-9706
For Desk Copy or Preview call: 1-800-824-5179

11. Vocational Agriculture Service
University of Illinois
1401 South Maryland Drive
Urbana IL 61801
Tele: 217-333-3871
Fax: 217-333-0005

12. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
1500 West 7th Avenue
Stillwater OK
Tele: 1-800-654-4502
Fax: 1-405-743-5154

13. Hobar Publications
3943 Meadowbrook Road
Minneapolis MN 55426
Tele: 612-938-9330
Fax: 612-938-7353

14. Midwest Agribusiness Services, Inc.
4565 Hwy 33 W
West Bend WI 53095
Tele: 1-800-523-3475
Fax: 414-629-9628

15. AAVIM
220 Smithonia Road
Winterville GA 30683
Tele: 1-800-228-4689 or 706-742-5355
Fax: 706-742-7005

16. VERNARD Films, Ltd.
Farm Film Foundation
Box 1332
Peoria IL 61654
Tele: 309-699-3911
Fax: 309-699-3937

17. National FFA Organization
Attn: Distribution Services
National FFA Center
PO Box 15160
Alexandria VA 22309-0160
Tele: 703-780-5600
Fax: 1-800-366-6556

18. Teaching Aids, Inc.
PO Box 1798
Costa Mesa CA 92628
Tele: 714-786-8794
Fax: 714-786-8794

19. Simon and Schuster
PO Box 2649
Columbus OH 43216-2649
Tele: 1-800-848-9500
Fax: 614-771-7361

20. Glenco/McGraw-Hill
PO Box 543
Blacklick OH 43004-0543
Tele: 1-800-334-7344
Fax: 614-860-1877

21. NC FFA Foundation
Official Agricultural Tools Identification Manual
PO Box 509
Whiteville NC 28472
Tele: 910-642-4176
FAX: 910-642-3222

#### Agricultural Leadership I Course Blueprint

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Last revised November 9, 2001.

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