1. Julie Kenny Career Technical Student Organizations Coordinator Georgia Department of Education

2. Contact Information Email: jkenny@doe.k12.ga.us Office Phone: (706) 821-0637 Cell Phone: (404) 472-5216

3. What is a CTSO? Career and Technical Student Organization

4. What’s Available to Georgia Students? Nine (9) organizations with over 140,747 members!

5. Opportunities Georgia Career Student Association Georgia Career Student Association Georgia Career and Technical Instruction Georgia Career and Technical Instruction Georgia DECANational DECA Georgia DECANational DECA Georgia FCCLANational FCCLA Georgia FCCLANational FCCLA Georgia FBLANational FBLA Georgia FBLANational FBLA Georgia FFANational FFA Georgia FFANational FFA Georgia HOSANational HOSA Georgia HOSANational HOSA Georgia SkillsUSANational SkillsUSA Georgia SkillsUSANational SkillsUSA Georgia TSA National TSA Georgia TSA National TSA

6. Membership 2007 - 2008 FCCLA28,888 FCCLA28,888 CTI5,612 CTI5,612 GCSA6,425 GCSA6,425 HOSA5,860 HOSA5,860 Skills6,222 Skills6,222 DECA8,065 FFA28,441 TSA27,986 FBLA22,435

7. CTSOs are Intra-Curricular All Georgia Career and Technical Student Organizations are Intra- Curricular, meaning the activities are linked to what is learned in the classroom.

8. CTSO Core Values Commitment Commitment Conviction Conviction Education Education Integrity Integrity Leadership Leadership Professionalism Recognition Service Teamwork

9. Energizing the CTSO’s www.gactso.org Visit the CTSO website and keep up with what is happening in each CTSO Coming up NextLinks CTSO’s/Foundations FoundationsCalendar EventsAdvisor Resources/Chapter Building

10. Recruit Students

11. How Do CTSO’s Keep Students in School? FUN FUN Students are able to apply classroom knowledge to a real world hands-on setting Students are able to apply classroom knowledge to a real world hands-on setting Students have the opportunity for a leadership role Students have the opportunity for a leadership role Connection to industry and business opportunities Connection to industry and business opportunities Creates a seamless transition from middle school to high school Creates a seamless transition from middle school to high school

12. Affiliation/Support with your CTSO CTI Mary Donahue (Executive Director) georgiacti@yahoo.com www.georgiacti.org CTI Mary Donahue (Executive Director) georgiacti@yahoo.com www.georgiacti.org georgiacti@yahoo.com www.georgiacti.org georgiacti@yahoo.com www.georgiacti.org DECA Rhonda Samples (Executive Director) rhondadeca@aol.com www.gadeca.org www.deca.org DECA Rhonda Samples (Executive Director) rhondadeca@aol.com www.gadeca.org www.deca.org rhondadeca@aol.com www.gadeca.org www.deca.org rhondadeca@aol.com www.gadeca.org www.deca.org FBLA Monty Rhodes (Executive Director) monty@georgiafbla.org www.gafbla.org www.fbla-pbl.org monty@georgiafbla.org www.gafbla.org www.fbla-pbl.org FCCLA Vickie Rundbaken (Executive Director) vrundbaken@doe.k12.ga.us www.gafccla.com www.fcclainc.org vrundbaken@doe.k12.ga.us www.gafccla.com www.fcclainc.org

13. Affiliation/Support with your CTSO FFA Ben Lastly (Executive Secretary) blastly@uga.edu http://aged.ces.uga.edu/georgiaffa www.ffa.org FFA Ben Lastly (Executive Secretary) blastly@uga.edu http://aged.ces.uga.edu/georgiaffa www.ffa.org http://aged.ces.uga.edu/georgiaffa www.ffa.org http://aged.ces.uga.edu/georgiaffa www.ffa.org GCSA Marcia Strickland (Executive Director) mkstrick@bellsouth.net www.georgiacsa.net GCSA Marcia Strickland (Executive Director) mkstrick@bellsouth.net www.georgiacsa.net mkstrick@bellsouth.net www.georgiacsa.net mkstrick@bellsouth.net www.georgiacsa.net Georgia HOSA Allen Seigler (Executive Director) allen.seigler@georgiahosa.org www.georgiahosa.org www.hosa.org allen.seigler@georgiahosa.org www.georgiahosa.org www.hosa.org SkillsUSA Gayle Silvey (Executive Director) gsilvey@skillsusageorgia.org www.skillsusageorgia.org www.skillsusa.org gsilvey@skillsusageorgia.org www.skillsusageorgia.org www.skillsusa.org

14. Affiliation/Support with your CTSO TSA Terri Hancock (Executive Director) thancock@gatsa.org www.gatsa.org www.tsaweb.org TSA Terri Hancock (Executive Director) thancock@gatsa.org www.gatsa.org www.tsaweb.org thancock@gatsa.org www.gatsa.org www.tsaweb.org thancock@gatsa.org www.gatsa.org www.tsaweb.org

15. Student Leadership Activities Local Level Become a chapter officer Chair or join a committee Communicate the importance of the CTSO to local industry leaders Local Level Become a chapter officer Chair or join a committee Communicate the importance of the CTSO to local industry leaders

16. Regional Level Become a Regional Representative Become a Regional Representative Promote your CTSO throughout your region Promote your CTSO throughout your region Attend other schools CTSO meetings/activities Attend other schools CTSO meetings/activities

17. State Level Become a State Officer Become a State Officer Compete in competitive events Compete in competitive events Serve as a voting delegate Serve as a voting delegate Participate in the annual legislative breakfast Participate in the annual legislative breakfast Participate in the Fall Leadership Conference Participate in the Fall Leadership Conference Attend/Participate in the State leadership Conference Attend/Participate in the State leadership Conference Apply for scholarships Apply for scholarships

19. National Level Become a National Officer Become a National Officer Partake in educational & social learning activities Partake in educational & social learning activities Get involved in leadership academies Get involved in leadership academies Participate in National Competitive Events Participate in National Competitive Events Opportunity to meet people with similar goals across the United States Opportunity to meet people with similar goals across the United States

20. Competitive Events Area Chapter Contest Chapter Contest Individual Contest Individual Contest Team Contest Team Contest

21. Competitive Events

22. Chapter/National Area Community Service Project Community Service Project

23. National CTSO Week 2008-2009 CTIObserves the month of Feb CTIObserves the month of Feb DECAOctober 12 – 18, 2008 DECAOctober 12 – 18, 2008 FBLAFebruary 8 -14, 2009 FBLAFebruary 8 -14, 2009 FCCLAFebruary 9 -13, 2009 FCCLAFebruary 9 -13, 2009 FFAFebruary 16 – 21, 2009 FFAFebruary 16 – 21, 2009 GCSAObserves the month of Feb GCSAObserves the month of Feb HOSANovember 3 -7, 2008 HOSANovember 3 -7, 2008 SkillsUSAFebruary 9 – 13, 2009 SkillsUSAFebruary 9 – 13, 2009 TSAOctober 6 – 10, 2008 TSAOctober 6 – 10, 2008

24. Stephenson High Speaks out on CTSO’s http://www.cbs46.com/video/17685348/index. html http://www.cbs46.com/video/17685348/index. html http://www.cbs46.com/video/17685348/index. html http://www.cbs46.com/video/17685348/index. html

25. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Support your school’s CTSO’s Support your school’s CTSO’s Attend region, state, and national events Attend region, state, and national events Showcase student achievements in CTSO’s Showcase student achievements in CTSO’s Promote CTSO’s Promote CTSO’s Recognize outstanding advisors in CTSO’s Recognize outstanding advisors in CTSO’s