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Classroom
instruction comes alive as students demonstrate their skills in a
competitive setting. CDEs test the abilities of individuals and teams in 36
major areas of agricultural instruction. The links below provide
information both generally and specifically about the various Career
Development Events in the State of Indiana.
Click on
the links below for general information about the State Leadership Career
Development Events. Leadership CDE's are designated in
orange
below.
Click the links below for specific information about each event.
Orange
designates Leadership CDE's where students compete at a district and
State Event
Green
designates a 4-H/FFA event.
Blue designates a State
FFA CDE.
Red
designates a Discovery Degree CDE.
Leadership CDE General Rules
1. Official
Dress is required for all leadership CDE events unless otherwise noted.
2. Each
chapter is entitled to one entry in a district leadership CDE event.
3. Each
district is entitled to one entry in a state event.
4. All
students must be currently enrolled in a high school agriculture education
course at the time of the district event and have their state dues paid to
be eligible to compete, with the exception of the Talent contest (see
official Talent rules).
5. The
first place teams, or individuals at district events will advance to the
state event.
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Leadership CDE Eligibility
State
Winners No Longer Eligible to Compete in Leadership CDE
1.
Demonstrations
2. Public
Speaking
3.
Extemporaneous Public Speaking
4. Essay
5. Job
Interview
6. Quiz
Bowl
Individuals Not Eligible to Compete the Year After Winning the State Event
(The
chapter that has won first place in the state, shall be eligible to
participate in the event the year immediately following the winning of first
place, provided the team is composed of completely different members. The
winning team can sit out one year and compete the following year with
original members that meet membership and leadership contest participation
requirements.)
1.
Chapter Meeting
2.
Agriculture Issues Forum
3. Talent
4.
Agricultural Communications
5.
Marketing
State
Winners Eligible Every Year
1.
Scrapbook
2.
Exhibit
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Leadership CDE Judges Criteria
1. One
judge should be designated as a time keeper who will record the time used by
each student, noting under time or over time.
2. Three
competent, impartial persons should be selected to judge the event. At
least one judge should have an agriculture background.
3. At the
time of the event, the judges will be seated in different sections of the
room in which the event is held. They will score each student upon the
quality of presentation, using the score sheet provided.
4. When
questions are needed, each judge shall formulate and ask questions.
Questions shall pertain directly to the speakers subject and questions
containing two or more parts should be avoided. Judges will score students
on the ability to answer all questions asked by all the judges.
5. When
time is called by the time keepers, questioning by the judges and answering
by the students ends immediately.
6. When all
students have finished presenting, each judge will total the score on each
student using the time keepers record.
7. Students
shall be ranked in numerical order on the basis of final score to be
determined by each judge without consulting with each other. The judges
ranking of each shall be added (not the actual numerical scores), and
the winner will be the student that scores the lowest sum of rankings. (In
case of a tie, the individual who has the highest grand total score shall
have priority rating.)
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Agribusiness Management
Agricultural Communications
Agricultural Issues
Agricultural Mechanics
Agricultural Sales
Animal Science Skill-A-Thon
Chapter Meeting
Creed Speaking
Crops Evaluation
Dairy Evaluation
Dairy Foods Evaluation
Dairy Goat Evaluation
Demonstrations
Entomology
Essay
Exhibit
Extemporaneous Speaking
Freshman Extemporaneous
Speaking
Forestry (Practical)
4-H/FFA Forestry
Floriculture
Food Science and Technology
Freshman Public Speaking
Horse and Pony
Horticulture
Job Interview
Leadership Ambassador
Livestock Evaluation
Marketing
Meats Evaluation
Nursery/Landscape
Poultry Evaluation
Prepared Public Speaking
Quiz Bowl
Scrapbook
Soils
Evaluation
Small Engines
Talent
Welding
Wildlife Habitat
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