Your Role as an Executive Committee Member Activity
This is a leadership activity lesson plan in which FFA executive committee members/officers explore what it means to be a leader and define their own leadership role for their year of service. Participants brainstorm leadership characteristics, complete the “My Role” worksheet, review the general roles of officers from the Official FFA Handbook, and write personal definitions of their leadership role using the “Defining My Role” worksheet, followed by group sharing and reflection.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Participants will be able to describe the role of leaders within an organization and create their own role as a leader for their year of service.
- Materials
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- AS.1 – 1 per participant
- AS.2 – 1 per participant
- AS.3 – 1 per participant
- Writing surface – to capture brainstorming ideas
- Appropriate writing utensil for the writing surface
- Precept
- Character — D6: Value service to others
- Resources
- Reardon, M., & Derner, S. (2004). Strategies for great teaching. Chicago: Zephyr Press. National FFA Handbook
- Reflective Questions
- Why is it important to know your role as a leader? How can we use our self-written definitions of our role to guide our year of service? As a leader within the organization, how can we help others become involved and take on leadership roles?
- For More Information
- LifeKnowledge Lesson MS.1 Defining Leadership; LifeKnowledge Lesson HS.103 Developing a Service-Leadership Attitude