2. What does Family Career & Community Leaders of America represent to you?
Share at your table.

4. Get the Facts About FCCLA

5. Membership Trivia Each table is a team
When the question is read, work as a team to determine the correct response
Write it on your white board
When I say “go” hold the white board up

6. What year was FCCLA founded nationally?
1896
1945
1989
1994

7. 1945 We are a Career and Technical Student Organization.
Our name changed to FCCLA in 1999; we were formally known as Future Homemakers of America.

8. Approximately how many members are there nationally?
100,000
155,000
200,000
250,000

9. 155,000
Young men and women in 6,500 local chapters. There are 50 state associations including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

10. Who is eligible to join Montana FCCLA?
A student enrolled in any CTE class
A student currently taking a FCS class
A student who has formally taken a FCS class
B & C only
All of the above

11. Any student who has taken or is taking a course in FCS through grade 12 is eligible for membership in an organized chapter within their school.
Montana FCCLA has approximately 1,100 members in 68 chapters.

12. How much are state and national dues in Montana?$9
$18
$27
$36

13. $18 Members receive several benefits including:
Opportunity to travel & compete
Member-only publications
Experience to include on resume & job applications

14. What is a benefit of membership?
Career & College Preparation
Recognition & Scholarships
Travel & Meet New People
Creativity & Critical Thinking
All of the above

15. All of the above!
Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life – planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making and interpersonal communication – necessary in the home and workplace.

16. FCCLA: Family A single word with many definitions.
Relatives, friends, community members, pets, etc.

17. FCCLA Creed
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,
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.

18. What does family mean to you?
Discuss at your tables.

19. Pipe Cleaner Challenge
Be creative!
Build your FCCLA family
Work together

20. Discussion How did your group define family?
How are FCCLA members “the builder of homes?”
How does FCCLA strengthen families?

21. FCCLA: The Ultimate Leadership Experience

22. FCCLA Mission
To promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. 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 communications, practical knowledge, and career preparation.

23. Officer Positions
Chapter Officers
District Officers
State Officers

24. Musical Bags Objective: ensure everyone gets a bag every round!
When the music starts, mingle around.
When the music stops, each person must have both feet on a paper bag by the countdown 3-2-1
After each round, remove 2 bags.
Participants must work together to figure out how they will ensure everyone gets a bag (ripping current bags into smaller pieces, multiple people standing on a bag, etc)
If participants need hints (especially as you get down to only a few bags left), tell them - is there any way you could make the space of the bag larger?
- is there a way to spread people out but still have everyone touching a bag?

25. Reflection What was easy or hard about the challenge?
How did people help or encourage each other?
How did you work as a team?
Did someone take on a leadership role or was there shared leadership?

26. STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition)
 Involvement in FCCLA’s Competitive Events programs offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life necessary in families, communities, and workplaces.
STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition)
Skill Demonstration Events
Family and Consumer Sciences Knowledge Bowl

27. Team competition with questions about
Family and Consumer Sciences Knowledge Bowl
Team competition with questions about
FCS Knowledge
FCCLA Knowledge

28. Skill Demonstration & STAR Events
Enhance a skill
Competition at the National Cluster Meeting & State Leadership Conference
Toys That Teach
Fashion Sketch
FCCLA Creed Speaking
Planning process
Earn a trip to National FCCLA
Focus on Children
Illustrated talk
Food Innovations

29. Planning Process Identify Concerns Set a Goal Form a Plan ACT
Follow Up

30. Competitive Events Bingo
Objective: Be the first to get a diagonal or line
Ask individuals questions to complete your card
Each block must be completed by a different person
Include their answer and signature in the block

31. FCCLA: Helping Others
Service projects to make a difference in our school, communities and world.

32. A service-learning program that fosters teamwork in an effort to help students learn and develop key leadership skills as they take action to solve real-life hunger issues.

33. 8 National Programs Address real-world problems
Enrich the well-being of individuals and families
Align with FCS Standards

34. National Programs
A national peer education program through which students gain a better understanding of how families work and learn skills to become strong family members.
A national program that guides students to link their options and skills for success in their families, careers, and communities.
A national program through which students strive to save lives by educating adults and young people about traffic safety and supporting enforcement of local rules and regulations regarding community traffic safety.

35. National Programs
A national program designed to help students find and use their personal power. Members set their own goals, work to achieve them, and enjoy the results.
A national peer education program that involves students teaching one another how to make, save, and spend money wisely.
A national program that guides students to develop, plan, carry out, and evaluate projects that improve the quality of life in their communities.

36. National Programs
A national peer education program that empowers students with attitudes, skills, and resources in order to recognize, report, and reduce youth violence.
A national peer education program that helps young people learn to eat right, be fit, and make healthy choices.

37. National Programs Table Challenge
Divide the table into two teams sitting opposite of one another
In the center is each National Program
Each team will select one member to begin
A National Program description will be read
Team members will “swat” the answer
The team with the most points wins

38. Table Challenge
A national program through which students strive to save lives by educating adults and young people about traffic safety and supporting enforcement of local rules and regulations regarding community traffic safety.
A national peer education program that involves students teaching one another how to make, save, and spend money wisely.
A national program designed to help students find and use their personal power. Members set their own goals, work to achieve them, and enjoy the results.

39. Table Challenge
A national peer education program that helps young people learn to eat right, be fit, and make healthy choices.
A national peer education program through which students gain a better understanding of how families work and learn skills to become strong family members.
A national program that guides students to develop, plan, carry out, and evaluate projects that improve the quality of life in their communities.

40. Table Challenge
A national peer education program that empowers students with attitudes, skills, and resources in order to recognize, report, and reduce youth violence.
A national program that guides students to link their options and skills for success in their families, careers, and communities.

41. FCCLA: Meetings & Events
Leadership training & competitions

42. State Leadership Conference
In Montana
District Meeting
October-December: Elect District Officers, Workshops
Leadership Rally
October 2-4: Leadership training for officers & leaders
State Leadership Conference
March 19-21: Competitions, install officers, workshops

43. National Leadership Conference
Nationally
Cluster Meeting
November: Expand Leadership, Skill Events, Explore Pathways
National Leadership Conference
July: Nashville, TN
8,000 attendees
STAR Events, Knowledge Bowl & Leadership Training

44. How will FCCLA help you to achieve Unlimited Possibilities in your school, community and world?