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Dear FBLA Advisers
Happy Post-Thanksgiving Break. I hope your short time away from school was relaxing and refreshing.
For many PA FBLA regions, RLC Registration via Blue Panda has closed or will be closing in the coming week. Advisers are registering students for various competitive events, and we hope the chapter's members are reviewing the resource materials available to use. Information on those resources is found below.
This fall, Pennsylvania FBLA has offered (and continues to offer) a series competitive events overviews and "deep dive" competitive events sessions for students and advisers to aid in the preparation of your chapter and its members for the competitive events program. Hopefully, advisers and/or students have taken advantage of the live opportunities or the Zoom meeting recordings that have been posted.
Opportunity #1: "Deep Dive" Competitive Events Sessions
Derek Selleck, PA FBLA Competitive Events Coordinator, has been offering a series of detailed sessions. Some of the sessions are recorded below; others are still to be offered and students/advisers may still register for the sessions. The recordings list/future schedule is listed below.
November 14: Production Tests (Computer Apps / Database Apps / Spreadsheet Apps / Word Processing)
November 14: All Online Objective Tests
November 15: Broadcast Journalism
November 15: Business Ethics
November 16: Business Plan (recording failure / no video available)
November 16: Coding & Programming / Introduction to Programming / Mobile Application Development / Computer Game & Simulation Programming
November 20: Client Service
November 20: Website Design / Website Coding & Development
November 21: Future Business Educator
November 21: Impromptu Speaking
November 21: Job Interview
November 27: Data Analysis / Financial Statement Analysis (register here for 7:00 pm session)
November 27: Digital Animation / Digital Video Production (register here for 8:00 pm session)
November 28: Electronic Career Portfolio (register here for 7:00 pm session)
November 28: Banking & Financial Systems / Business Management / Entrepreneurship / Help Desk / Hospitality & Event Management / International Business / Introduction to Event Planning / Marketing / Sports & Entertainment Management (register here for 8:00 pm session)
November 28: Future Business Leader (register here for 9:00 pm session)
November 29: Network Design / Management Information Systems (register here for 7:00 pm session)
November 29: Parliamentary Procedure (register here for 8:00 pm session)
November 29: Introduction to Social Media Strategy / Social Media Strategies (register here for 9:00 pm session)
November 30: Introduction to Public Speaking / Public Speaking (register here for 7:00 pm session)
November 30: Public Service Announcement (register here for 8:00 pm session)
December 04: Graphic Design / Visual Design (register here for 7:00 pm session)
December 04: Sales Presentation (register here for 8:00 pm session)
December 04: Introduction to Business Presentation (register here for 9:00 pm session)
Opportunity #2: Region Leadership Conference/State-Only Events Overview Zoom Meeting Recordings
RLC Competitive Events Overview Zoom Recording, October 23
State-Only Competitive Events Overview Zoom Recording, October 24
Opportunity #3: PA FBLA Competitive Events Guidelines
Every student competing in an RLC event or a state-only event MUST have a copy of the event guidelines for his/her events. All guidelines for PA FBLA events are found here. It's not helpful for a student to know have information on the event in which he/she is competing. Please give it to the students, or show them where they can download their own copy of their event guidelines.
For online objective tests, use the competencies/tasks identified in the guidelines as the student guide. For performance events, the students should use the rating sheets as his/her study guide as that is what the judges will use to evaluate the student's work.
Opportunity #4: Utilize the Event Preparation Resources Provided by National FBLA
Go to this link at www.fbla.org. Click on "resources"; click "preparation resources" at the right. An FBLA Connect login is required to access the resources.
Once logged in with your FBLA Connect credentials, you will see two folders: (1) Sample case studies and prompts, (2) sample objective tests (see the image below).
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