SPEAKING CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT PURPOSE The Creed Speaking Career Development Event is designed to develop agricultural leadership by providing FFA members in Grades 7-9 an opportunity to participate in a leadership development activity. ELIGIBILITY AND REGULATIONS Participation is limited to dues paying FFA members in Grades 7-9. An elimination event at the county level must be held to determine the county winner. Only the winner from each county is eligible to participate in the area and/or the district events. The and second place winners in the North, Central and South Districts will compete in the state finals. STATE AWARDS/SPONSOR(S): Refer to Alabama FFA Contests and Awards Booklet at: RULES 1. The Creed Speaking Career Development Event is limited to dues paying FFA members in Grades 7-9. 2. Participants shall be in (FFA) official dress as defined in the Official FFA Manual. 3. Three competent and impartial persons will be selected to judge the event. At least one judge should have an agricultural/FFA background. 4. A timekeeper will keep time for each participant and inform the judges of any penalty points to be deducted from a participant’s score. 5. An Accuracy Judge will score each participant on the accuracy of their delivery of the FFA Creed. If a student gets during their delivery for longer than 15 “stuck” seconds, the accuracy judge will give them a one word prompt for the point deduction of missing a word. 6. Questions to ask the participants will be selected from the speaking question bank prior to the event. Each participant shall be asked the same
SPEAKING CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT PURPOSE The Creed Speaking Career Development Event is designed to develop agricultural leadership by providing FFA members in Grades 7-9 an opportunity to participate in a leadership development activity. ELIGIBILITY AND REGULATIONS Participation is limited to dues paying FFA members in Grades 7-9. An elimination event at the county level must be held to determine the county winner. Only the winner from each county is eligible to participate in the area and/or the district events. The and second place winners in the North, Central and South Districts will compete in the state finals. STATE AWARDS/SPONSOR(S): Refer to Alabama FFA Contests and Awards Booklet at: RULES 1. The Creed Speaking Career Development Event is limited to dues paying FFA members in Grades 7-9. 2. Participants shall be in (FFA) official dress as defined in the Official FFA Manual. 3. Three competent and impartial persons will be selected to judge the event. At least one judge should have an agricultural/FFA background. 4. A timekeeper will keep time for each participant and inform the judges of any penalty points to be deducted from a participant’s score. 5. An Accuracy Judge will score each participant on the accuracy of their delivery of the FFA Creed. If a student gets “stuck” during their delivery for longer than 15 seconds, the accuracy judge will give them a one word prompt for the point deduction of missing a word. 6. Questions to ask the participants will be selected from the speaking question bank prior to the event. Each participant shall be asked the same
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