1. Recruiting and retaining students is
the lifeblood of an agriculture program. Without adequate enrollment, it
is hard to justify having an agriculture program. The FFA can serve as an
excellent tool for recruiting and retaining students. View this PowerPoint
presentation on the FFA.
It will give you some key points to use when recruiting students.
PowerPoint
Notes in pdf format.
Task: Think
about what you would say to a parent who called and said the they wouldn't
let their son/daughter take an agriculture class because their child
wasn't going to be a farmer.
2. There are many barriers to recruiting
and retaining quality students. National FFA has a handbook
on this issue. Read pages 30-53 of the handbook.
3. National FFA also has a web page with
recruitment ideas. Visit this web
site for some good ideas.
4. Advising and counseling students is
an important part of the job of an agriculture teacher. Being a caring
person is part of this. Read this article, "We
Can Care Enough!".
5. Read this article from the
Agricultural Education Magazine, "Responsibilities Associated with Advising"
by Dr. Jacquelyn Deeds.
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