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Greetings!
Greetings! I've enjoyed touching base with so many of you as you started your DECA journey. With the first few months of the school year behind us, I hope you have found your pace and the experience has been rewarding. My favorite time of the year is always the fall, because I know it's the beginning of change. This is when new leaders find their vibrant colors, conferences energize DECA members and advisors, and DECA activities are in full force. You can certainly feel the DECA spirit in the crisp air!
Hopefully your members have had an opportunity to experience DECA beyond your local chapter - either at a district or association activity.
In this issue for new advisors, we are discussing membership and competitive events. There is also an opportunity to gain some additional training on the foundations of DECA. Please do not hesitate to contact me or your association advisor if we can be of assistance.
Sandra Tucker  Assistant High School Division Director DECA Inc.
sandra_tucker@deca.org (703) 860-5000 ext. 254 |
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Upcoming webinar for new chapter advisors
"Be A Hero" - A Webinar for New Chapter Advisors
October 10, 2012 | 4:00-5:00p.m. EDT
DECA advisors are often the teachers who students remember long after graduating high school. Learn how you can be a hero in the eyes of your students by sharing the DECA experience with them through classroom instruction. We'll discuss DECA's structure, your role as an advisor, how to manage your chapter, DECA programs and how to gain support for your chapter. Discover resources that will help you integrate DECA into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to business and promote competition.Presented by Sandra Tucker, Assistant Director - High School Division
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Submit Your Membership Roster
Online Membership
Submit your members in DECA's online membership system and make your chapter official.
- Check with your association advisor for your association's initial membership deadline. The DECA Inc. deadline is November 15, but your association's deadline may be earlier.
- Visit our online system to register your members and submit your dues payment.
- If you have any questions about the online system, contact Michael Mount, DECA's membership manager.
- All students must be on an official, dues-paid roster in order to participate in DECA activities, including competitive events.
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DECA's Competitive Events
 DECA's Competitive Events Program is an incredible tool for your curriculum. As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA's industry-validated competitive events are aligned with National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism.
Competition begins at the local/district level and winners qualify to compete at the association level. Association winners then advance to the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California. Check with your association advisor about any special information you should know regarding your association's operation of competitive events. Generally speaking, there are three kinds of competitive events: role-play events, written events and online events.
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Month-by-Month
October Below are suggested activities for this month. - Begin working on your chapter promotional campaign.
- Continue working on your annual business plan's goals
- Login to the online membership system and submit members' names. Check with your association for the initial deadline.
- Take a moment to ask your association advisor about the competitive events process and how to qualify to attend your association career development conference.
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Looking ahead
November Plan ahead for November's suggested activities. - Celebrate DECA Month!
- Participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week
- Conduct and report your chapter's activities for your chapter promotional community service campaigns.
- Attend DECA's fall and regional leadership conferences.
- Train and practice for competitive events.
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Competitive Events Resources
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Role-Play Events
Principles of Business Administration Events, Team Decision Making Events, Individual Series Events
 These events involve a multiple-choice career cluster exam and an interview, role-plays or case study with a judge. They are classified by industry and career cluster. See the DECA Guide for exact offerings and guidelines.
Performance indicators are the basis of the content of the career cluster exams and interactive component for each of these events. Performance indicators, much like the objectives in your curriculum, are specific knowledge/skills categorized by instructional area. In preparation for these events, members should download the performance indicators for each event at http://www.deca.org/competitions/highschool/. There is a very strong likelihood that the instructional areas and performance indicators are already part of your curriculum, thus helping your members attain knowledge for the competitive events in your classroom.
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Written Events
Business Operations Research Events, Chapter Team Events, Business Management and Entrepreneurship Events, Marketing Representative Events, Professional Selling Events
 Most of DECA's written events require a written project report submitted in an official DECA folio as well as a complementing prepared presentation. Professional Selling Events do not require a written project, but require participants to take a career cluster exam. The Marketing Representative Events also require participants to take a career cluster exam. All of these events should be started early in the school year because of the preparation involved. See the DECA Guide for exact offerings and guidelines. Many DECA advisors assign sections of the projects as they cover topics throughout the year, so that by the end of the first semester, members have a strong foundation for the written project. |
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Online Events
Stock Market Game, Virtual Business Challenge Retail, Virtual Business Challenge Sports, Virtual Business Challenge Restaurant, H&R Block Dollars and Sense Challenge
DECA's online events challenge members in electronic business simulations in the stock market, a retail outlet, restaurant or sports franchise, and in personal finance. They compete against other members in their region online from their seats in the classroom to earn the opportunity to compete at the international level. The challenge deadlines are approaching quickly and registration will close in October. See the DECA Guide for details on how to get your members started.
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 DECA Images is your one-stop shop for all DECA branded apparel as well as DECA Related Materials, which are instructional tools you can use in your classroom and to help your DECA members prepare for competition.
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