4/17/15 SAE Photo Opps for Proficiency Apps

In an effort to help assist in improving our proficiencies over time, this activities should help you think about what you can do to be well prepared by next fall.  In your response, complete the following:

#1:  Briefly describe your SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) in 1 sentence.  

#2:  List 8 different photos that could be used to help "tell your story" to accompany your application.  Basically provide the short caption for the picture.  (See the example below)

EXAMPLE:  Here is a picture of me cleaning out the grain bin.  

EVEN SENIORS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THIS!  

4/16/15 Case Study (50 word min)

One of Mara's responsibilities is to keep the supply cabinets stocked at work.  She shops for coffee and janitorial supplies and orders office supplies as needed.  Kristin needed to restock the paper towels in the ladies' room, so she borrowed Mara's key.  At the end of the day, as Mara walked to her car to go home, she remembered she forgot to get the cabinet keys back from Kristin.  She realized she would need them early in the morning to set up for a meeting.  

She went back inside and found Kristin gathering supplies from the cabinet.  She had collected several binders, packages of pens, and mechanical pencils, highlighters and spiral-bound notebooks.  When Kristin saw Mara, she was startled.  She explained she had been working so late the past week that she was unable to pick up school supplies for her kids, and school was starting tomorrow.  Mara didn't know what to say.  She knows Kristin works extra hours and doesn't ask for compensation, but does that make it OK to take supplies from work?  Mara's employer entrusted her with the keys and made her responsible for supplies.  What should Mara do?  

4/15/15 QOTD (15 word min)

    "The promotion of sustainable soil and land management is central to ensuring a productive food system, improved rural livelihoods and a healthy environment." 2015 International Year of Soils, Soil Facts

4/14/15 Morning Ag Clips (50 word min)

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4/13/15 Monday Morning Ag Clips (50 word min)

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State FFA Convention Attendees ONLY (added to last week's blog posts grades)

Those that attended state convention, please give your thoughts on the following items that you may or may not have experienced at state convention.  Please be thourough as this is in place of the blog posts that you did not have to complete from last week.  

What are you thoughts about?  

Convention sessions

Workshops

Keynote speakers

Location of events (Hotels, PBA)

Our hotel (Hilton Garden Inn)

Transportation

Additional comments?

Friday 4/10/15 Case Study (50 word min)

Rita has been at her new position for a little over a year.  She's worked very hard and put in lots of extra hours to do an excellent job.  She wants to make a good impression with Bella and Sydney, the other two people in her department, by sharing the workload and being a team player.  Lately when she stops by Bella's desk, she finds her Internet shopping for clothing, researching homes for sale or exploring possible vacations.  Rita has also become aware of how much time Bella spends socializing with employees from other departments.  As the new person Rita has been so buried with the amount of work Bella and Syndey assign her that she's never noticed this before.  

At the department meeting this morning, Sydney announced their department would be responsible for a new project.  She would not be able to take it on because she was completely swamped.  Bella quickly agreed and suggested Rita should be the one responsible because she is so talented.  Rita is already putting in a 50-hour week and does more than her share.  What should Rita do?