AET Record Books & Lone Star Degrees
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Beginning your first year of taking agricultural science courses you should complete a record book using theaet.com. Ask Mr. Dalrymple to create you an AET account. Enter all classes, FFA activities, and information regarding livestock projects.
FFA Lone Star Degree
The FFA Lone Star Degree is the highest degree you can earn at the state FFA level! You must be a junior or senior when applying for your Lone Star Degree, but should begin entering the information your freshman year of high school so that you don’t have to try to remember it later. To begin, tell Mr. Dalrymple you need an AET account and he will make you one.
Here are the requirements…
- Be a FFA Officer or committee chair for a FFA committee
- Exhibit livestock or be involved in other SAE opportunities
- Keep records of everything you’ve bought and sold for your SAE or livestock projects
- Taken at least 2 years of ag classes while in high school
- Have earned and productively invested at least $1000 and worked at least 300 hours in excess of scheduled class time, in a supervised agricultural experience program. The combination of hours and earnings multiplied by a factor of 3.56 must be equal to or greater than the number 1,000
- As of April 1, have completed ten activities above the chapter level in at least three of six different categories: leadership development events, career development events, conventions and meetings, project shows, and student awards and service
- Complete at least 25 hours of community service in a minimum of two different activities
To begin… go to theaet.com and click student.
Chapter – TX0812
Username – first initial then last name (for example: bdalrymple)
Password – ffa
- Add all of your ag classes that you have ever taken under the profile tab.
- Enter your FFA offices and/or committee chair positions under the profile tab.
- Click the journal tab and add all of your FFA activities, community service, and livestock shows.
- Then click experience manager (SAE) under the profile tab. Click add new and add each of your livestock projects or SAEs individually/separately. Be detailed with your descriptions.
- Click on the pencil next to each of your SAE projects. Each one must have a detailed SAE plan.
- Add all transactions to each of your SAE projects (feed, equipment, buying of the animal, etc) under the finances tab. This should be very detailed and include EVERY aspect of your livestock project or SAE.
- Add journal entries to each of your SAE projects (exercising, vet trips, feeding, etc).
To see if you have met the qualifications, click the reports tab. Then click degree/application manager and generate a new Lone Star degree application each time and open the application. The application should cease on April 1st of that year. Go to the checklist on the application and if you see met in all categories you are almost done! If you see error you need to make adjustments where the errors are in the application.
There is another checklist called the manual checklist. This can only be viewed once you print the application. Go through this list as well and be sure you have all of the qualifications met so that advisors can initial at the local, district, and area levels.
When generating your Lone Star Degree application, be sure to end it on April 1st.
The record book and SAE plan must be attached to your Lone Star Degree.
Your Lone Star Degree application must be completed by April.
If you earn your FFA Lone Star Degree, you can attend the FFA State Convention to receive it on stage in July!
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The Chapter FFA Degree is given to an FFA chapter’s top members.
To receive a Chapter FFA Degree, members must meet the following requirements:
- Received the Greenhand FFA Degree
- Satisfactorily completed 180 hours (or the equivalent) of systematic school instruction in agricultural education at or above the ninth grade level.
- Have an approved SAE in operation.
- Enrolled in an agriculture course
- Participated in the planning and implementation of at least three official FFA chapter activities.
- Earned and productively invested at least $150, or have worked at least 45 hours outside of scheduled class time, or a combination of the two, through their SAE.?
- Have developed plans for continued growth and improvement of their SAE.
- Effectively lead a group discussion for 15 minutes.
- Demonstrated five parliamentary law procedures.
- Show progress toward achievement in FFA award programs.
- Have a satisfactory academic record.
- Submitted a written application for the Chapter FFA Degree
- Complete a minimum of 10 hours of community service activities
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Greenhand FFA Degrees are given out at the chapter level.
To receive a Greenhand FFA Degree, members must meet the following requirements:
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Community Service Hours
Since 2011, the number of community service hours required to obtain a chapter, state or American FFA degrees have increased.
Community Service Defined
Chapter FFA Degree
To receive a chapter FFA degree, a member must complete 10 hours of community service activities.
The community service hours must be in addition to hours spent on paid or unpaid SAE projects. The hours cannot serve a dual purpose in fulfilling both community service and SAE requirements.
State FFA Degree
To receive a state FFA degree, members must complete at least 25 hours of community service in a minimum of two different activities.
The community service hours must be in addition to hours spent on paid or unpaid SAE projects. The hours cannot serve a dual purpose in fulfilling both community service and SAE requirements.
American FFA Degree Requirements
To receive an American FFA degree, members must complete at least 50 hoursof community service in a minimum of three different activities.
The community service hours must be in addition to hours spent on paid or unpaid SAE projects. The hours cannot serve a dual purpose in fulfilling both community service and SAE requirements. These hours also may not be duplicated to fulfill the Directed Lab requirement. All hours must take place outside of regularly scheduled class time.
The community service section is on page 12 of the
American FFA Degree application
. If you have already completed an older version of the application, you can download page 12 of the application and replace that page with the new page.
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Are the American FFA degree community service hours cumulative?
Yes.
For example, you can add the 10 hours earned while obtaining your chapter degree to the 15 hours earned while obtaining your state degree. You can then add those 25 hours and an additional 25 hours to reach the 50 hours required for your American FFA Degree.
10 chapter degree hours + 15 additional hours = 25 state degree hours
25 state degree hours + 25 additional hours = 50 American degree hours
What types of activities count as "Community Service?"
Defining Community Service:
Community service engages students in the educational process, allowing them to use practices they learn in the classroom to make a difference in real life. Students not only learn about democracy and citizenship, they become actively contributing citizens and community members through the service they perform.
Use this definition as a guide to determine if a given activity meets the community service requirements. An activity must meet all of the following criteria in order to be approved as community service:
- The activity has tangible community involvement.
- Students have an opportunity to gain skills and competencies or apply skills and competencies learned in the classroom setting.
- The activity has a demonstrated positive impact on the community, or individuals who live and work in the community.
- The student gives of his/her time, energy or knowledge through activities focused on helping others, improving community resources or improving community infrastructure.
- The community service activity can be organized by the FFA chapter; however, it must be performed outside of classroom time.
- Activities listed as community service cannot be duplicated in the FFA activities section of the application. Student may only list the activity in one section of the application.
When using this definition, consider this example:
Participating on a school athletic team is a school related activity, but it is not community service. Volunteering as a Little League, Pop Warner Football or soccer team coach would be acceptable.
The American Degree application states a community service must be a non-FFA activity. Keep in mind it can be organized by the FFA chapter, but must be conducted outside of classroom hours.
Requirement:
Chapter Degree: 10 community service hours
State Degree: 25 community service hours
(a minimum of 2 different activities)
National Degree: 50 community service hours
(a minimum of 3 different activities)
These hours can be cumulative. State Degree needs 15 more community service hours than the chapter degree and the American degree needs 25 more community service hours.??