Integrated Social Studies II

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Created by retired teacher, Georgeanne Vargo.
Teachers who receive this may share it with
others involved with FCCLA in the State of Ohio,
particularly their students, but also other FCS
teachers.
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Family,
Career and Community Leaders
of America 2008-2009 Who Are
We?
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Lets explore just what it is. . .
FCCLA has catchy sayings that encourage all who
are enrolled in FCS classes to take advantage
of all FCCLA has
to offer them.
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Lets start by looking at some basics about FCCLA.

• Since 1945, FCCLA
• members have been making a
• difference in their families,
  careers and communities by addressing important
  personal, work and societal issues through family
  and consumer sciences.

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• Just what do the letters
• FCCLA stand for?

F Family C Career C Community L Leaders A
America
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Today over 220,000 members in nearly
7,000 chapters are active in a network of
associations in 50 states as well as in the
District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and
Puerto Rico.
Did You Know? FCCLA has involved more than ten
million youth since its founding in 1945.
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• FCCLA projects focus on a
• variety of youth concerns,
• including teen pregnancy,
• parenting, family
• relationships, teen violence
• substance abuse, peer pressure,
• environment, nutrition
• and fitness, and career
• exploration.

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• A students involvement
• in FCCLA offers the
• opportunity to expand
• his/her leadership
• potential and develop
• skills for life--
• those skills necessary
• in the home and workplace.

Planning, goal setting, problem solving,
decision making, interpersonal communication
Did You Know - FCCLA is the only student
organization in schools with the family as its
main focus?
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FCCLA has a Mission Statement
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FCCLA develops skills for life through. .
creative and critical thinking
character development
interpersonal communication
vocational preparation
practical knowledge
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• Our official colors are
• Red and White.

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The FCCLA logo shows that FCCLA is a dynamic,
active organization bound for the future. It
features collegiate lettering focusing on
education and student leadership. The color
red--the color of the rose--is used as a sign of
strength.
Our Logo

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The logo contains a swooping arrow arch to
signify we are an active organization that moves
toward new arenas.
Our Logo

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Part of the Logo is a Tagline that reads
The Ultimate Leadership Experience
Tagline
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Dont confuse the Tagline which never changes
with the THEME which changes every year. Ohios
theme this year is FCCLA Hear the Rhythm
of Opportunities Feel the Beat
of Leadership.
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• To show more about who we are and why we are
  members of FCCLA, lets look at our Opening
  Ceremony.

Opening Ceremony President We are the Family,
Career and Community Leaders of America. Our
mission is to promote personal growth and
leadership development through family and
consumer sciences education. Officers Focusing
on the multiple roles of family member, wage
earner, and community leader, members develop
skills for life through character development,
creative and critical thinking, interpersonal
communication, practical knowledge, and
vocational preparation.
Members As we work towards the accomplishments
of our goals, we learn cooperation, take
responsibility, develop leadership, and give
service. President The ________ meeting of the
________ FCCLA chapter is now in session.
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• The Opening Ceremony begins an
• FCCLA meeting.
• First to speak is our
• president who says

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders
of America. Our mission is to promote personal
growth and leadership development through family
and consumer sciences education.
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• Continuing the
• Opening Ceremony,
• all the officers say

Focusing on the multiple roles of family member,
wage earner, and community leader, members
develop skills for life through character
development, creative and critical thinking,
interpersonal communication, practical knowledge,
and vocational preparation.
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• Finally, all the members
• respond with the following

As we work towards the accomplishments of our
goals, we learn cooperation, take
responsibility, develop leadership, and give
service.
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That Opening Ceremony definitely says a lot about
who we are and what the FCCLA goals are

Purposes of FCCLA to provide opportunities for
personal development and preparation for
adult life to strengthen the function of the
family as a basic unit of society to
encourage democracy through cooperative
action in the home and community to encourage
individual and group involvement in helping
achieve global cooperation and harmony to
promote greater understanding between youth
and adults to provide opportunities for making
decisions and for assuming responsibilities.
to prepare for the multiple roles of men and
women in today's society to promote Family and
Consumer Sciences and related occupations
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• FCCLA also has a Creed
• It is part of the Closing
• Ceremony that ends a
• meeting
• We are the Family, Career
• and Community Leaders of America. We
• face the future with warm courage and
• high hope. For we have the clear
• consciousness of seeking old and
• precious values. For we are the builders
• of homes . . . . .

Our Creed
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• Creed Continued
• Homes for America's future, Homes
• where living will be the expression
• of everything that is good and fair,
• Homes where truth and love and
• security and faith will be realities,
• not dreams.
• We are the Family, Career and
• Community Leaders of America. We
• face the future with warm courage and high
  hope.

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Did you ever think that just by paying attention
to our meetings Opening and Closing Ceremonies
a person could learn so much about FCCLA?
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• Lets take a closer look at our leaders. . .
• or as the National
• FCCLA website
• likes to call it, our
• governance.

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• At the National level,
• there are 10 officers
• who make up the
• Executive Council.
• They are elected in July
• at the National Leadership
• Meeting which this past year
• was in Orlando, Florida and
• next year will be in Nashville,
• Tennessee July 12-16, 2009

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL President First
Vice President Vice President of Community
Service Finance Individual Programs
Membership Parliamentary Law Peer Education
Public Relations Star Events
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National Officer Team 2008-2009
Brennen Clouse, National President Andrew Schant.
First Vice- President Sami Jenkins,Vice-Presid
ent of Finance Brian Vance, Vice-President
of Community Service Lindsey Platfoot,
Vice-President of Development Maureen Gburek,
Vice-President of Membership
Heather Conley, Vice-President of
Programs Amanda Miller, Vice-President of
Public Relations Cali Crissup, Vice-President of
STAR Events
Casey Felz, Vice-President of Parliamentary
Law
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Elected at the National Leadership Meeting held
this past summer in Orlando, Florida, was
Lindsey Platfoot from Anna, Ohio, who serves as
National Vice President of Development.
Lindsey was Ohios Vice President of State
Projects until she was elected a national officer.
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• Ohio chose 10 members
• for its Executive Council.
• They were chosen
• at Ohio FCCLAs
• State Leadership
• Conference last
• April. The consti-
• tution allows for
• 10-13 officers.

STATE OF OHIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL President V
ice Presidents National Programs State
Projects STAR Events and Achievements
Membership Public Relations Media
Communications Endowment Secretary Historian
There are only 9 pictures on the Ohio officer
page. When a state officer becomes a national
officer he/she gives up a state officer title to
concentrate on his/her national job.
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2008-2009
Ohio Officer
Shealyn Scott President
Heather Geboy V.P. National Programs
Mikala Smith V.P. Star Events Achievements
TEAM
Allison Bruns V.P. Endowment
Candace Carmen V. P. Membership
Jenna Johnson V.P. Public Relations
Beth Judy V. P. Media Communications
Alissa Belna Secretary
Brenynn Butler Historian
Gladys Leatherwood State Parent
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• District and local chapters are
• free to set up their Executive
• Council with the
• number of officers
• which best suits
• their goals and
• activities for
• the year.

SAMPLE LOCAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL President Vice
Presidents Award of Merit Chapter Service
National Programs/Relay for Life Awards
Sales Projects Secretary Treasurer Reporter Par
liamentarian
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• Our organization has
• a national magazine
• called
• Teen Times

F C C L A
It is published 4 times a year.
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• Our organization has been
• around since 1945, but it
• used to be known as Future
• Homemakers of America
• (FHA) or FHA HERO (Future
• Homemakers of America/
• Home Economics Related
• Occupations.)
• That was until 1999.

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• Our name was changed
• in 1999in time
• to enter the new century
• with a new logo (to which Ohio
• was added by our state).

The tagline The Ultimate Leadership Experience
was added in July of 2003.
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• There are four
• other student
• organizations
• involved in career
• and technical
• education programs in Ohio
• although there are actually
• 8 nationally.

Todays students. Tomorrows business
professionals.
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• They are all linked
• together through
• Career and
• Technical
• Education and
• the state
• Department of
• Education.

State FCCLA Advisor
Paulette Farago
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• A lot of information about our
• organization can be found at both
• the national and state websites

National FCCLA - http//www.fcclainc.org/ Ohio
FCCLA - http//www.ohiofccla.com/ Ohio FCS
Teachers Website go to http//www.ohiofccla.com/
and click on the ode tab
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YOUTH LEADERS
AWARDS
MEMBERSHIP
PROGRAMS
HOME
ABOUT US
NEWS MEDIA
MEETINGS
2007-2008 FCCLA Feed The Children Totals Family,
Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
has raised an amazing 218,977.80 for the
2007-2008 National Outreach Project year with
FTC. For a detailed listing of donations from
each chapter and state, please view the list
below. If you have any questions regarding the
listing of donations please contact Chelsea
Pitman at.
Countdown to the National Cluster Meetings
FCCLA is proud to announce the 2008-2009
National Executive Council 2008 National Program
Award Winners 2007-2008 Be Part of It!
Recognition.
This is what you might find at the national
website http//www.fccla.com
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NEW MDIA
At the Ohio FCCLA website youll find this
(http//www.ohiofccla.com/)
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• Clicking on programs
• on that opening menu
• will take you to this
• information while
• clicking on whats new
• gets

Ohio FCCLA State Projects (e.g. FREEDOM, Hunger
Education Leads to Prevention, Sharpen Up Ohio,
Preserving Our Worlds Environmental Resources,
FCCLARESPECT) and national programs(e.g.
Financial Fitness, Student Body, STOP the
Violence, Career Connection, Families First,
Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety,
National Outreach Project - Feed the Children,
Power of One, Degree Program, Dynamic Leadership)
are featured in this section. Financial
Fitness(America Saves) FCCLA Saves Resource
Kit FCCLA Saves Planning Guide FCCLA Saves
Brochure Student BodyOhio Action for Healthy Kids
You can find out about the state officers in
whats new.
This page contains Ohio FCCLA monthly updates,
news briefs and other up-to-date information as
well as regional maps. Click on the icons below
to open the files.  Announcing 2008-2009 State
Theme and State Projects 2008-2009 Ohio FCCLA
General Information Announcing 2008-2009 State
Officer Announcing 2008-2009 National
Officers  2008-09 National Outreach Project Feed
The Children Flyer  Fall Leadership Camp 2008
Camp  September Fall Adviser Retreats Ohio FCCLA
Key Advisers Retreats  Ohio FCCLA Endowment
Ohio FCCLA Endowment Annual Report  Affiliation
Affiliate Online Membership Form 2008-2009
Indirect Direct State Dues
State Leadership Conference Ohio Exposition
Center April 16-17, 2009
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Ohio FCCLA encourages members to participate in
national chapter projects and individual
leadership projects as well as the National
Outreach Project
National Individual Leadership Projects Dynamic
Leadership Leaders at Work Power of One
National Programs Career Connection Community
Service FACTS Families First Financial
fitness Stop the Violence Student Body Star Events
National Outreach Project Feed the Children
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FCCLA National Outreach Project
FCCLA is proud continue their partnership with
Feed The Children (FTC) for the 2008-2009
National Outreach Project.  If every FCCLA member
participates, as many as 25,000 families could
receive food for as little as 2 per student! In
the U.S. alone, 13 million children live in
povertythats 18 percent of the population!  A
single truck sponsorship provides approximately
35,000 to 50,000 worth of food and other
essentials (actual weight and value of product
varies by shipment) to families in need.  
Truck Sponsorship is one of Feed The Children's
most rewarding community outreach programs. Each
sponsored truck delivers approximately 25,000
pounds of food and other essentialsenough to
supplement meals for 400 hungry families of four
for approximately one week!
Did You Know? 2007-2008 FCCLA Feed The Children
Totals Family, Career and Community Leaders of
America (FCCLA) has raised an amazing 218,977.80
for the 2007-2008 National Outreach Project
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• Lets take a look at some of the FCCLA National
  Programs with which you may choose to get
  involved
• Families First
• F A C T S
• Financial Fitness
• and Student Body

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• Families First
• Families First is a
• national FCCLA peer
• education program
• through which you can
• gain a better under-
• standing of how
• families work and learn
• skills to become strong
• family members.

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• Families First
• Goals
• This program tries to
• 1. Help young people become strong family members
  and leaders for today and tomorrow.
• 2. Strengthen the family as the basic unit of
  society.

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• Families First
• Units and Topics
• 1. Families Today understand and celebrate
  families
• 2. You-Me-Us strengthen family relationships
• 3. Meet the Challenge overcome obstacles
  together
• 4. Balancing Family and Career manage multiple
  responsibilities
• 5. Parent Practice learn to nurture
• children

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• F A C T S - Families
• Acting for Community
• Traffic Safety
• is a national FCCLA
• peer education
• program through
• which you can strive
• to save lives
• advocating sober
• driving, seat belt use, and safe driving habits.

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• F A C T S - Families Acting
• for Community Traffic Safety
• Through FCCLAs FACTS program,
• young people learn the realities of
• traffic safety. They discover that safety is a
  family matter. Through FACTS projects, they reach
  their peers, children, and adults with traffic
  safety messages and activities.

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• Youth-created FACTS
• projects relate to the
• following three topic areas.
• 1. Think SMART promote attitudes and provide
  events that keep young people
• from driving when under the influence of alcohol
  and other drugs.
• 2. Buckle UP promote the benefits and safe use
  of seat belts, child safety seats, booster seats,
  and air bags
• 3. Arrive Alive promote the importance of safe
  driving habits, especially for less-
• experienced drivers .

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• Financial Fitness
• is a national FCCLA peer
• education program that
• involves youth teaching other
• young people how to make,
• save, and spend money wisely.
• Through the Financial Fitness
• program, you can plan and
• carry out projects that help
• you and your peers learn to
• become wise financial
• managers and smart consumers.

Financial Fitness links found on the Ohio FCCLA
web page(America Saves) FCCLA Saves Resource
Kit FCCLA Saves Planning Guide FCCLA Saves
Brochure
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• There are five units in
• Financial Fitness.
• 1. Banking Basics Conquer bank
• accounts, credit, and investments
• 2. Cash Control Track and plan personal
  spending
• 3. Making Money Sharpen on-the-job financial
  fitness
• 4. Consumer Clout Become a savvy spender
• 5. Financing Your Future Apply financial skills
  to real life

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• Student Body
• This FCCLA peer education
• program helps you learn to
• eat right, be fit, and make
• healthy choices by
• 1. Helping you make informed, responsible
  decisions about your health.
• 2. Providing opportunities for members to teach
  others and develop healthy lifestyles, as well as
  communication and leadership skills.

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• Student Body
• Topics
• Eat RightExplore good nutrition,
• eating disorders, healthful
• snacks, supplements,
• and more.
• 2. Be FitTake action related to lifelong
  exercise habits, obesity, sports training, and
  other topics and. . .

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• Student Body
• Topics Continued
• 3. Make Healthy ChoicesChoose a positive
  lifestyle by avoiding drugs, alcohol, and
  tobacco managing stress
• building self esteem and
• practicing good character.

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• For really great projects
• there are big rewards nationally.
• FCCLA offers national recognition to
• chapters and members that complete
• Families First, FACTS, Financial Fitness
• and Student Body projects.
• Awards include cash
• awards and special
• recognition at the
• National Leadership
• Meeting and in Teen
• Times magazine.

Middle School Award - 1,000 High School
Award - 1,000Runner-Up Award - 500
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Is there a national project youd like to get
involved in?
Put the brakes on
impaired driving and traffic
crashes.  Through peer education
help your friends arrive alive
and lower the number one cause of
death for youth in America.
Discover how you
can strengthen family
relationships through FCCLA's
national peer education
program, Families First.
Manage your money!  Use this
program to help you make, save,
and spend your money wisely to
be financially fit.
Eat right, be fit, and make healthy choices.
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Take Action in your community and discover
the difference you can make. Learn how to
explore career pathways and skills for success
in families, careers, and communities. Put
yourself in charge of your future!  Enhance your
job skills and gain valuable on-site work
experience Empower youth with attitudes,
skills, and resources to recognize, report, and
reduce youth violence Ignite the fire of
Dynamic Leadership!  Try new leadership
experiences and investigate exciting topics
through interactive participation in various
programs
Here are some more national projects you could
explore. . .
Experience another culture and develop
independence while living with a Japanese host
family
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• Community Service Program
• FCCLAs Community
• Service Program
• guides students to
• develop, plan, carry
• out, and evaluate
• projects that
• improve the quality
• of life in their
• communities.

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• Community Service Program
• FCCLAs Community Community
• Service helps members build skills
• for family, career, and community
• roles provides youth-centered
• learning experiences related to
• Family and Consumer
• Sciences Education and 
• encourages young people
• to develop the positive
• character traits of

trustworthiness respect responsibility fairness ca
ring citizenship.
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• Need Ideas for
• Community Service?

Find links to these on the national FCCLA website
Americas Promise Connect America Feed the
Children JOIN HANDS DAY (May 2, 2009) Make a
Difference Day National Global Youth Service
Day (April 24-26, 2009)
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Career Connection
Career Connection is an FCCLA national program
that guides youth to link their options and
skills for success in families, careers,
and communities. Through individual,
cooperative, and competitive activities,
members discover their strengths, target career
goals, and   initiate a plan for achieving the
lifestyle they desire
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• CAREER CONNECTION UNITS
• 1. PLUG IN to CareersUnderstand work and the
• Career Connection Program
• 2. SIGN ON to the Career ConnectionLink
  personal interests,skills, and goals to career
  clusters
• 3. PROGRAM Career StepsPrepare with education,
  leadership, and work experiences

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• CAREER CONNECTION UNITS
• 4. LINK UP to JobsLearn how to find and land a
  job
• 5. ACCESS SKILLS for Career Success Practice
  being productive on the job and promotable
• 6. INTEGRATE Work and LifeManage interconnected
  roles in families, careers, and communities

Individual students can gain recognition for
Career Connection projects in one of six units
related to FCS through Leaders at Work.  To find
out more, Visit the Leaders at Work page at the
national FCCLA website..
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• Stop the Violence
• Students Taking On
  Prevention
• is a peer-to-peer
  outreach
• initiative that empowers
  young
• people to recognize,
  report, and
• reduce the potential for
  youth
• violence.
• GOALS INCLUDE
• 1. Empowering students
• 2. Engaging young people in efforts
• 3. Using peer education to increase
  youth
• awareness
• 4. Reducing the potential for youth
  violence
• in schools

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• 2007 Japanese
• Exchange Program
• This is an
  opportunity for
• 14 FCCLA members to
  live
• in Japan next summer
  with
• a Japanese host family. Members picked
• nationwide will experience a Japanese tea
• ceremony, traditional Japanese foods, or
• climb up Mount Fuji with a Japanese brother
• or sister. The 5 to 6 week summer program is
• funded by the Kikkoman Corporation and is
• available only to sophomores or juniors
  in high school.

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• Individual Leadership Projects allow every
• member to grow through a project even if the
• entire chapter doesnt become involved.

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• The Power
• of One
• is an FCCLA project that
• helps students find and use
• their personal power.
• Members set their own
• goals, work to achieve them,
• and enjoy the results. The
• skills members learn in Power
• of One help them now and in
• the future in school, with
• friends and family, in their
• future at college, and on the
• job.

Give yourself the power to make a positive change
in your families, careers, and communities, one
goal at a time
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• Power of One
• Topics
• 1. A Better You - Improve personal traits
• 2. Family Ties - Get along better with family
  members
• 3. Working on Working - Explore work options,
  prepare for a career, or sharpen skills useful in
  business
• 4. Take the Lead - Develop leadership qualities
• 5. Speak out for FCCLA - Tell others about
  positive experiences in FCCLA

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• Whats after
• Power of One?
• Very active members can work toward the
  State Degree.
• FCCLA members can continue to grow and gain
  self-satisfaction by doing this. Theres a
  Chapter Degree that can come first, or a member
  can earn 2 years of Power of One and work to get
  the
• State Degree.

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Dynamic Leadership

• Dynamic Leadership will help build
• leadership skills. This individual
• project provides information,
• activities, and project ideas to help
• learn about leadership recognize
• the lifelong benefits of leadership
• skills practice leadership skills
• through FCCLA involvement become
• strong leaders for families, careers,
• and communities.

Dynamic Leadership Units 1. Model good
character 2. Solve problems 3. Foster positive
relationships 4. Manage conflict 5. Build teams
6. Educate peers
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Leaders at Work
Leaders at Work recognizes FCCLA members who
create projects to strengthen leadership skills
on the job. These skills contribute to success
across a broad range of career fields. Leaders at
Work motivates students to prepare for career
success
Youth learn leadership skills in specific career
units and create Leaders at Work in one of six
career units related to FCS Early Childhood,
Education, and Services Food Production and
Services Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation
Housing, Interiors, and Furnishings Textiles
and Apparel Family and Consumer Sciences
Education
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• FCCLA
• Members can
• experience Hearing
• the Rhythm of
• Opportunities
• and Feeling
• the Beat of
• Leadership
• through participation
• in the STAR Events

Earn your place in the spotlight!  Use STAR
Events to build proficiency and achievement in
leadership and job-related skills
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• STAR means
• Students
• Taking
• Action with
• Recognition
• and are competitive events in which
• members are recognized for
• proficiency and achievement in
• chapter and individual projects,
• leadership skills, and occupational
• preparation.

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• STAR events include
• Applied Technology
• which is an individual or
• team event that recognizes
• participants who develop a
• project using technology
• that addresses a concern related
• to Family and Consumer Sciences
• and/or related occupations. The
• project integrates and applies
• content from academic subjects .

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• Another STAR event is
• Career Investigation
• This is an individual
• event that recognizes
• participants
• for their ability to perform
• self-assessments, research and explore a career,
  set career goals, create a plan for achieving
  goals, and describe the
• relationship of Family and Consumer Sciences
  coursework to the
• selected career.

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• Another STAR event is
• Chapter Service Project
• (Display and Manual)
• It is a team event that recognizes
• chapters that develop and
• implement an in-depth service
• project that makes a worthwhile
• contribution to families, schools, and
• communities. Students must use Family
• and Consumer Sciences content and
• skills to address and take action on a
• community need.

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• One more STAR event is
• Chapter Showcase
• (Display and Manual)
• This is another team event.
• This one recognizes chapters
• that develop and implement a
• well-balanced program of work
• and promote FCCLA and Family
• and Consumer Sciences and/or
• related occupations and skills
• to the community.

Our Year of
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• Another STAR event is
• Entrepreneurship
• This is an individual or team event that
• recognizes participants who develop
• a plan for a small business using
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• skills and sound business
• practices. The business must
• relate to an area of Family and
• Consumer Sciences Education or
• related occupations.

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• Another STAR event is
• Interpersonal
• Communications
• It is an individual or team event which
• recognizes participants who use Family
• and Consumer Sciences and/or related
• occupations skills and apply communication
• techniques to develop a project designed
• to strengthen communication.

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• Another STAR event is
• Job Interview
• It is an individual event which recognizes
• participants who use Family and
• Consumer Sciences and/or
• related occupations skills
• to develop a portfolio,
• participate in an interview,
• and communicate a personal
• understanding of job requirements.

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• Another STAR event is
• National Programs
• in Action
• It is an individual
• or team event
• which recognizes
• participants who
• explain how the
• FCCLA planning
• process was used
• to implement a
• national program
• project.

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• Another STAR event is
• Parliamentary
• Procedure
• This is a team event and it
• recognizes chapters that develop a
• working knowledge of parliamentary
• law and the ability to
• conduct an FCCLA
• business meeting.

Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised
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• Another STAR event is
• Focus on Children
• This individual or team event
• recognizes participants who use
• Family and Consumer Sciences skills
• to plan and conduct a child
• development project that
• has a positive impact on
• children and the community.

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• One more STAR event is
• Early Childhood
• This is an individual event
• whichrecognizes participants
• who demonstrate their ability
• to use knowledge and skills gained
• from their enrollment in an
• occupational early childhood program.

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• Another STAR event is
• Illustrated Talk
• which is an individual or team event that
• recognizes participants who make an oral
• presentation about issues
• concerning Family and
• Consumer Sciences and/or
• related occupations.
• Participants use visuals
• to illustrate content of
• the presentation.

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• Another STAR
• event is
• Culinary Arts
• This team event recognizes
• participants enrolled in occupational
• culinary arts/food service training
• programs for their ability to work
• as members of a team to produce a
• quality meal using industrial culinary
• arts/food service techniques and
• equipment.

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• One more STAR event is
• Hospitality
• This is an individual or team event that
  recognizes participants who
• demonstrate their
• ability to use knowledge
• and skills gained from their
• enrollment in a hospitality
• program.

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• What is the reward
• for doing these
• events?
• Recognition levels are
• Gold Medal (Highest
• level)
• Silver Medal
• Bronze Medal

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• And then the State of Ohio has its own state
  projects

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• FREEDOM
• Remember Veterans on
  Veterans Day
• Recognize military
  homecomings
• HELP
• Work at a soup kitchen
• Collect food for needy
• POWER
• Car pooling and walk to save
  on gas
• Green Opportunities for
  Arbor and
• Earth Days
• FCCLA Respect
• Celebrate different foreign
  cultures
• CANCER CAMPAIGN
• Support cancer patients and
  their families

STATE PROJECTS
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• Lets look at the state
• projects,one at a time . . .
• FREEDOM

While there are several ways to do this project,
one example is Operation Evergreen Package
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• Did you know that one in six
• Ohio children goes to bed
• hungry every night?
• H E L P
• (Hunger Education Leads to
• Prevention) tries to break the cycle of
• childhood hunger through leadership and
• service in families, schools, and
• communities. Members can "HELP
• by providing food, education and
• support in your area.

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• Preserving Our Worlds
• Environmental Resources
• gives FCCLA members the
  chance to
• make a difference in preserving our environment.
• Project ideas
• 1. form carpools and other ways to
• save gasoline
• 2. organize walks through town to pick up
• trash and recyclables
• 3. participate in recycling projects at school
• 4. participate in National Arbor Day and
  National Earth Day projects in the community

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• Theres also
• Project Respect

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all
men are created equal. These opening words of
the Declaration of Independence lead to a project
for moving closer to a national ideal
of equality for all.
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• A new project this
• year will be one called
• Cancer Campaign

This campaign is to support cancer patients and
their families. The campaign will also raise
money for research for a cancer cure.
Everyone should watch the Ohio FCCLA website
http//www.ohiofccla.com/ for details
about the project.
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• And we havent even
• talked about some
• of the great trips
• members can take. . .

It looks like FCCLA members can really get
involved!
Cluster Meetings
Van Wert
National Leadership Meeting
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• District Meeting, Cluster
• Meeting, State Convention
• FCCLA in our district provides
• opportunities to meet with other
• FCCLA chapters through our District
• Meeting, travel to a Cluster Meeting and
• participation in the State Convention..

Cluster Meeting
District Meeting
State Convention
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November 21-23 Cincinnati, Ohio Millennium Hotel
Cincinnati150 West Fifth StreetCincinnati, OH
45202Hyatt Regency Cincinnati151 West Fifth
StreetCincinnati, OH 45202
2008 Cluster Meeting
National officers preside at general sessions and
present leadership workshops at Cluster meetings
in four major cites. This year there is one in
Ohio--in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati
Register for the regular registration fee of
70.00 for the Cincinnati, OH meeting is due no
later than November 5.
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Whats on the Agenda
at the Cluster Meering?
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• One reward FCCLA has for
• groups that get very
• involved in FCCLA is
• receiving an award called the
• Ohio Outstanding
• Chapter Award
• (This used to be called the Award of Merit)

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How could our FCCLA earn this award?
Explain the FCCLA Planning Process and show
how the Chapter used it Recruit members through
use of announcements, shows like this one,
etc. Participate in FCCLA above the local
level through such things as leadership
training, Cluster Meetings and State
Convention Be involved in State FCCLA
Projects Be involved in National FCCLA
Projects
Lets Plan an active Agenda!
Promote FCCLA through newspaper articles,
radio broadcasts, participation in the Canal
days parade Present proof of all those
activities in a group oral presentation.
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Hmmm. . . Whats this FCCLA Planning Process
thats used for many projects?
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The FCCLA Planning Process is a very organized
way to tackle many situations. Heres how it
works Identify Concerns  
brainstorm concerns      evaluate listed
concerns    narrow to one workable idea or
concern
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Set a Goal

• get a clear mental
• picture of what you want
• to accomplish     
• write it down     
• evaluate it

Form a Plan
plan how to achieve goal decide who, what,
where, when, why and how
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Act

• carry out project     
• decide who, what,
• where, when, why and
• how

•    

Follow Up
evaluate project thank people involved     
recognize participants
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I think this Planning Process is a good
thing. What do you think?
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OK, so weve seen a lot of stuff about FCCLA!
Whats next?
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• Do you want to know how to get involved
• in this dynamic
• organization?

Ask your FCS teacher who is eager to work with
all who want to be a part of FCCLA!
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• Acknowledgements
• National FCCLA - http//www.fcclainc.org
• Ohio FCCLA - http//www.ohiofccla.com/
• Ohio ODE website -
• Microsoft Office Word artwork at
• http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/

This PowerPoint was prepared and given to schools
free of charge by retired teacher Georgeanne
Vargo (gvargo_at_wcoil.com). It is intended to
serve teachers in presenting information about
FCCLA to their students