Valley View-MVCTC FFA Attends State Greenhand Conference
On Saturday September 20, 2014, members of the Valley View - MVCTC FFA Chapter attended the 20th Annual State Greenhand Conference at Versailles High School. The conference is designed to help motivate and encourage first-year members to take advantage of opportunities. The theme for the conference was “First Down and Life to Go”.
The conference offered workshops to members to give them insight into what they will experience during their first year of FFA membership such as leadership opportunities in FFA, teamwork, goal setting, and communication. Another workshop focused on Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) exploration by Jason Wetzel, Western Region National FFA Vice President. Members also rotated through sessions to learn more about FFA contests, known as Career Development Events (CDEs), including Job Interview, Ag Communications, Public Speaking, Ag Sales, Ag Power Diagnostics, Rural and Urban Soils, Ag Issues, Wildlife Management, Food Science and Technology, Milk Quality and Products, Greenhand Quiz, Parliamentary Procedure, General Livestock, Dairy Judging, Equine Judging, and Poultry Judging.
Over 480 members from across the state of Ohio attended the event. Presenters of the conference also included State FFA President, Sydney Snider, and other state officers and district presidents. Chapter members that attended include Mike Boyle, Chris Boyle, Anna Warnick, Grace Sorrell, Peyton Henderson, Jacob Smith, and Josh Tays.
The National FFA Organization (formerly known as Future Farmers of America) provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education. Today, there are 579,678 FFA members in grades seven through 12 who belong to one of 7,570 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
For more information about MVCTC, please visit www.mvctc.com.
For over 40-years, MVCTC has been providing career technical education for 27 partner school districts encompassing five counties in Southwest Ohio. MVCTC is dedicated to providing in-demand workforce training for youth, adults, and organizations in the Miami Valley.
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