EL CAPITAN FFA
Lakeside, CA Est. 1971 | Home of the Vaqueros
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LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES
The California FFA Association offers leadership conferences that inspire members through personal growth and skill development. Participants engage in workshops and activities, enhancing their leadership abilities while networking with fellow agricultural leaders.
Below are the conferences available to your student while enrolled in an ag class.
Greenhand Leadership Conference(GLC)
Freshman year is full of New Beginnings. Everything is new; new school, new teachers, new teams, new clubs. The list can go on. It might be too much "new" all at once or it might be the "new" you have been craving. Either way, GLC is for you! This is no ordinary leadership conference! This action-packed day is sure to be a fun way to get to know yourself and meet new people as we explore the new world of Agricultural Education (Ag Ed). Ag Ed and FFA is a home away from home for all and will help as you start to navigate this new beginning. You will spend the day diving into what makes Ag Ed and FFA unique and where you might fit into this new world of fun and memories.
Made for Excellence
Conference(MFE)
Get ready for an adventure unlike anything you have experienced so far: a jam-packed weekend where sophomore FFA members explore the truth about leadership, the influence an individual can have and find themselves in this one of a kind relationship building experience! You will spend the weekend learning about your core values and how to genuinely connect with other individuals. Enjoy time learning new things, experience a crazy dance and meet FFA members from across your region here at MFE: Adventure Awaits!
Advanced Leadership Academy Conference(ALA)
What could your FFA chapter accomplish if it had the tools and strategies to be truly powerful? Get ready for ALA: Be The Change! During this conference, chapter members will discover how to best work on a team in order to achieve a common goal by experiencing the four stages of team development; Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. While working in their chapter teams, students will uncover the steps to developing improvement plans for a chapter event and showcase their idea to other chapters at ALA. Members will leave with dozens of new ideas, ways to add agriculture to any chapter event and the ability to Be The Change in their chapters!
Change Makers Summit
Conference(CMS)
The last line of the FFA motto reads, "Living to Serve." As growing leaders, we look to serve others in any capacity we can. The Change Makers Summit focuses on career skills, agricultural issues and leveraging personal abilities into workplace success! This conference focuses on "SERVE: accepting one's self as a leader, developing strong relationships with others and giving back to their communities and the world."
Sacramento Leadership Experience Conference(SLE)
At California FFA’s capstone conference, individuals and teams are prepared to make things happen. Skills for solving problems, making decisions and accomplishing goals are developed. Students step into the role of one of California's State Legislators, are assigned a specific California district and spend four days in Sacramento. SLE is all about the role of government, agricultural policy and advocacy. This conference focuses on "DO: the ability of the individual leader and team to put their vision into action.”