Membership Portal

Update your membership! Not sure how? Email marian@wadeca.org if you need help.

NEW THIS YEAR | To eliminate competition conflicts and provide the best competition experience for members, written project judging will now be done on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

Presentations for events that do not have a test component will be between 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm at the Hyatt Hotel on 2/29/24, with Opening Session later in the evening. This includes Business Operations Research, Project Management, and Entrepreneurship Events (both 20 and 10 page). 

Further details will be available in the SCDC registration packet next month. 

If you have additional questions, please check with your Area Leader. 

Competitive Events Policy

Advisor Verification

Advisors will need to verify in SCDC online conference registration that they read and will follow the policies. New policies are in red. 

Coming to SCDC!

The IDEA to IMPACT challenge is an opportunity for students to pitch a business idea that will benefit their local community.

During SCDC, the top 3 teams will win college scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.

Integrate DECA Into Your Classroom

Prepare for Area Competition!

1 CLOCK HOUR AVAILABLE

This training will provide the why and the how of using DECA Chapter Campaigns to earn spots for Washington DECA students to attend the DECA International Conference in Anaheim, CA.

STEP 1: Enroll at PD Enroller – Register here.

Registration Ends Tuesday Dec 12, 2023 5:00 PM



STEP 2: Email marian@wadeca.org and let her know your intent to attend.

STEP 3: Join the meeting on Tuesday, December 5 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Click here.

STEP 4: After the meeting, complete the survey on PD Enroller

In case you missed it, the Road to ICDC - Chapter Campaigns - recording can be viewed here.

PLAN YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! 

What topics would you like in a clock hour? Email Marian@wadeca.org with your ideas and the next clock hour will get planned. Include dates and times that work for you. Do you want a session in December? Wait until January? Email what you would like to see!

Professional Selling Event (PSE) -

What is a "retail boutique"? 

What qualifies as a retail boutique?

A small shop or a small specialty department within a larger store, especially one that sells fashionable clothes and accessories or a special selection of other merchandise.

What are the characteristics of a boutique store?

Boutiques are small and highly personalized stores that offer a narrow range of products to consumers, including accessories, jewelry, and clothing.

What is not a retail boutique for the purpose of PSE 2023-2024.

It should be a brick-and-mortar store and not an online store. It also should be retail not a hotel. A store within the hotel but not the actual hotel.

FLC Mock Job Interview Case Study

The other case studies will be available next week for BFS and PBM.

Practice Tests 

Washginton DECA no longer offers practice tests through AnswerWrite.

Instead, we encourage chapters to utilize their free DECA+ membership, which the online platform provides practice exams!

An Attitude for Gratitude

A free resource for appreciation, just in time for Thanksgiving!

Pro Sports Career Day with the Everett Silvertips!

Friday, February 2 @ 7:00 p.m.

Limited seats available!

Interested? Email joela@everettsilvertips.com.

Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 

This week Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) will rally almost every nation in the world to empower entrepreneurs and encourage citizens to become starters - finding new and better ways of doing things. In the wake of the pandemic and its impact, GEW 2023 is also a call to action for societies to be resilient and come together in leveraging the power of new ideas and innovation for the benefit of all.

Teacher Tip:

But Then Mix It Up

Once you have your routines down and progress through the year, there is a tendency for things to get stale. Those same routines that made life easy in September and October can start to feel boring. 

That’s when you want to mix it up. Instead of the regular warm up on the board, maybe there’s a game to be played. You can arrange to do a station activity in the gym instead of in class. Or you can pass out 3D glasses and go through a lesson in 3D. 

These kinds of things will keep kids on their toes. You don’t want to abandon your routines, just throw some fun things in there before your feel your class going flat. If you’re looking for fun ways to mix it up, here’s a post about 6 “instagram worthy” activities you can try in your class. 

How’s it going on promoting DECA this month? 

Remember, Chapter Campaigns are a VERY easy way to earn spots in the Thrive Academy to ICDC. Just four easy steps:

1. Do one an event – (Don’t make it hard. Think of things your are already doing!)
2. Have students write ONE brief paragraph describing what you did to promote DECA or the event and you can choose the best one.
3. Take a picture
4. Upload to https://www.deca.org/campaigns BEFORE DECEMBER 1ST!

Lesson Plans

NEED TO FREE UP SOME PLANNING TIME? NEED TURN-KEY LESSONS FOR A SUB?

Here are FIVE great lessons on Workplace Expectations? The portal contains several more!

• LESSON 1
• LESSON 2 
• LESSON 3
• LESSON 4 
• LESSON 5 
• Credit Reports and Credit Scores - Lesson Plan

Need Community Service Ideas?

Explore.Act.Tell Program & Student Challenge. This program is fully funded by Albertson’s Nourishing Neighbors Foundation and FREE to all educators and students - and is designed for students to work on projects on fighting hunger and food insecurity in their own community. 

Project Management

Are your students doing a project management competitive event? The link leads to some amazing resources for you to use as teaching materials and your students to use to stay on track. Be sure to check out the Status Report on page 57.

Do your students need a meaningful paid job?

Teen Read offers a great program. No experience is necessary and training is provided.

Free Time Off!

Tony Leahy from the financial literacy nonprofit organization CENTS is looking to teach financial literacy classes to your students if you teach at a school with a 50% or more F/R lunch rate.

Contact marian@wadeca.org for more info.

NEED A GUEST SPEAKER? 

Invite Jonathan Ho from Edily to your classroom to introduce the new app that is like Khan Academy meets Tik Tok. Jonathan is a former teacher, now entrepreneur. He’s sure to be engaging and relevant. See more details: EDILY or contact at jonathan.ho@edily.io

Want FREE classroom resources? We’re offering a free pilot for DECA programs to provide free access to our high quality educational videos in two areas: 

1.    Entrepreneurship/Business

2.    Financial Literacy 

About Edily:

At Edily, we focus on short form educational videos that combine the entertainment magic of platforms like TikTok & YouTube and add educational features/curriculum to help Gen-Z students, especially those underserved by traditional education, learn. We built this app to give all students better FREE access to enriching and authentic educational content. Our high quality, high interest content allows students to learn about business/finance from real professionals.

Pilot Programs get:

1. 1 hour of support time from Jonathan (can be used for meeting, planning, publicity, coordinating an activity, etc.) 
2. Help with aligning to specific DECA campaigns/initiatives/competitions, etc. (whatever you need!)
3. Opportunities to design contests for more prizes and incentives (think: pizza parties, swag, internship connections, etc)

What Edily is asking for:

1. 10 minutes (or more) a week of dedicated use from students related to their goals in DECA (in or out of meetings)
2. Feedback from students about what is and isn't working for them on Edily's platform

Sign-up or Learn More: 

1. Interested in piloting? Complete this short survey. We’ll reach out. 
2. Want to chat to learn more? Book time on my calendly or email me a few times you are free. 

Try Edily’s MVP App:  Apple or Android

Not ready to pilot? Follow Edily's Linkedin!

DECA Scholarships

Please make sure to share this amazing opportunity with your students.

Social Media and Mental Health

Are you intentional and discerning when creating and consuming social media content? How do we strike a balance between our use of social media and our mental health and well being? Maggie and Jaden explore this topic on the heels of the U.S. Surgeon General's commentary on this important issue.