Transcript Incorporating FBLA-PBL Into the classroom - Missouri FBLA-PBL

Chris Dzurick
State Adviser, Missouri FBLA-PBL
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A CTSO is a career and technical student
organization
10 CTSOs authorized under Perkins
Designed as intra-curricular activities for
vocational education
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Note: This is not co-curricular or extra-curricular
Missouri is host to FBLA-PBL, DECA, FCCLA,
FFA, SkillsUSA, HOSA, and TSA
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FBLA-PBL is Future Business Leaders of America –
Phi Beta Lambda
FBLA for high school
 PBL for college (and now graduate studies)
 Middle Level for 5th-8th grade
 Professional Division for business, industry, and
educators
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Missouri is home to the second largest state
chapter in the Nation
Official CTSO of business education
Required for approved business programs in
Missouri
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Service
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Devoted to teaching students the value of customer
service and the education benefits that come long with
volunteering.
Education
Competitive events that are cross-walked with NBEA and
career clusters.
 Hosts conferences that allow for hands-on learning
opportunities.
 Supplemental Business Achievement Awards program
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Progress
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FBLA-PBL trains students to champion career and
technical education
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Planning a Community Service Project for FBLA
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Great activity for a Business Management Class
 Skills learned include:
 Project management
 Financial management and budgeting
 Advertising
 Target markets and customer outreach
Build curriculum around the project, from development
to implementation
 Project tasks are coursework for a grade
 Can also incorporate Graphic Design and Personal
Finance classes
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Competitive Events
Crosswalked with NBEA and career clusters
 Range from Accounting to IT to Web Design to
Personal Finance
 Competitive Events available at DLC, SLC, and NLC
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Competitive Events
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Make a competition at your school
 Provide students with an FBLA Entrepreneurship prompt
and real rating sheets
 Students must present in front of a panel of judges (fellow
educators, Chamber, Board)
 Top scoring team competes at DLC
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Integrate test scores into your coursework
 Achieve at least 60% in an FBLA test to receive credit or
bonus points
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Use a topic as a project
 Have all students in a class follow an FBLA prompt (Web
Design, Graphic Design, 3D Animation) for a grade
 Winning team presents at DLC
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Conferences
ELC: Executive Leadership Conference
 SMLC: Show Me Leadership Conference
 DLC: District Leadership Conferences
 SLC: State Leadership Conference
 NLC Bootcamp
 NLC: National Leadership Conference
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Have students write reports on workshops in
proper business format
Have a student present a workshop
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Business Achievement Awards
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Four level program
 Future, Business, Leader, America
Mirrors NBEA standards
 Program is completely free
 Worksheets and templates for many activities
available online
 Top 2 levels (Leader & America) recognized at SLC
 Top 1 level (America) recognized at NLC
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Business Achievement Awards
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Activities include:
 Future: Write a one page paper on a business career
 Introduction to Business Class
 Business: Design a poster encouraging students to join
your local FBLA chapter
 Graphic Design or Desktop Publishing Class
 Leader: Identify and create a presentation on how
businesses compete against each other
 Business Management Class
 America: Help prepare a skit about the benefits of
saving money and present it to middle school students
 Personal Finance Class
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Governmental Awareness
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Challenge a business class to understand the affects of
government policy and trade on business.
LifeSmarts
Interactive, quiz bowl and activity based program for
consumer and marketplace skills.
 Sponsored by FBLA-PBL and FCCLA with middle and
high school divisions.
 Students can advance to National Competitions.
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Stock Market Game
Students invest “money” into the stock market and learn
about trade and market factors hands on
 Proven to increase class participation and attendance.
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High 5
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Leadership journey through five areas
Covers 20 total skills
Entire curriculum, worksheets, and rubric available
for free to Middle Level chapters
Strengthens 20 skills, including:
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Awareness
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Networking
Teamwork
Writing Strategies
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Each National Event is crosswalked with
NBEA standards
Free online to assist in curriculum development