Leadership Development Events focus on creating situations for members to demonstrate their abilities in public speaking, decision making, communication and their knowledge of agriculture and the FFA organization. Team and individual events are used to reinforce what is taught in agricultural science classrooms.

All LDE events have elimination rounds at the district and area before the state level competition. Please refer to your district and area calendars for competition dates. 

Link to E-Rubric Library: https://www.judgingcard.com/resources/rubrics.aspx

**Leadership Guide Correction - In Chapter 3, Sandra Choate is listed in the text as Executive Secretary of Young Farmers, this should have been edited. Larry Mendenhall is pictured below, Larry Mendenhall is the Executive Secretary of the Young Farmers. SHSU has been notified of the mistake.