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The DECA experiece is truly uique it s big, it s bold, it s uforgettable, ad most importatly, it s always epic. DECA proudly offers a variety of programs that appeal to each of our members uique iterests. Whether you participate i DECA s chapter campaigs, competitive evets, educatioal cofereces, commuity service activities or corporate parterships, DECA challeges you to do more this year. The tools ad resources DECA has i place for each of our members offers everyoe the ability to make this year epic i more ways tha oe. Discover all of these ethrallig activities i this year s DECA Guide. This is the year where you create memories that will last forever, make frieds you ll kow for years ad experiece educatioal cofereces you ll wish ever eded. This is the year you ll study harder, work loger ad fight harder to ear your reward. This is the year where you ll say yes to the thigs that scare you ad igore the doubts that stop you. Go beyod the usual or ordiary, so that at the ed of this year you ca really say, I did it all. This is your year to #bedecaepic. 4 DECA BRAND & LOGO GUIDELINES 7 DECA IMAGES APPAREL & ACCESSORIES CATALOG 27 COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING PROGRAM 49 COMPETITIVE EVENTS PROGRAM Paul A. Wardiski Executive Director DECA Ic. @decapaw 165 DECA IMAGES COMPETITION PREPARATION MATERIALS DECA Guide 2015 2016 Volume 47, Issue 1 The DECA Guide is published aually by DECA Ic. for the exclusive use of its members ad teachers/advisors. DECA 1908 Associatio Drive Resto, VA 20191-1594 (703) 860-5000 Fax (703) 860-4013 www.deca.org commuicatios@deca.org Copyright 2015, DECA Ic. All rights reserved. 2

cotets 27 COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING PROGRAM 29 Caledar of Evets 31 DECA Social Media 33 Chapter Campaigs 34 Educatioal Cofereces 37 Member Recogitio Programs 39 DECA Video Challeges 41 School-based Eterprises 45 Emergig Leader Series 47 Advisor Professioal Learig Series 49 COMPETITIVE EVENTS PROGRAM 51 Competitive Evets List 52 Choosig the Right Evet 54 Competitive Evets Updates for 2015 2016 55 Itegrate ito Classroom Istructio 56 Career Clusters 58 Apply Learig ad Coect to Busiess 60 Promote Competitio 62 ICDC Qualificatios ad Dress Code 63 Priciples of Busiess Admiistratio Evets 65 Team Decisio Makig Evets 67 Idividual Series Evets 70 Persoal Fiacial Literacy Evet 72 Writte Etry Checklist 73 Writte Evet Statemet of Assuraces ad Academic Itegrity 74 Busiess Operatios Research Evets 80 Commuity Service Project 85 Creative Marketig Project 90 Etrepreeurship Promotio Project 95 Fiacial Literacy Promotio Project 100 Lear ad Ear Project 105 Public Relatios Project 110 Iovatio Pla Evet 114 Start-Up Busiess Pla Evet 118 Idepedet Busiess Pla Evet 124 Iteratioal Busiess Pla 130 Busiess Growth Pla Evet 135 Frachise Busiess Pla Evet 141 Advertisig Campaig Evet 145 Fashio Merchadisig Promotio Pla Evet 149 Sports ad Etertaimet Promotio Pla Evet 153 Professioal Sellig ad Cosultig Evets 157 Stock Market Game 161 Virtual Busiess Challege (Accoutig Pilot, Hotel, Persoal Fiace, Restaurat, Retail ad Sports) DECA IMAGES CATALOGS 8 Custom Art 21 Performace Apparel 12 Apparel 22 DECA Gear 13 DECA Blazers 166 Competitive Evet Prep 14 Certificates 169 Competitio Uiversity 15 Chapter Accessories 174 Virtual Busiess Simulatios 20 Custom Desig Program WE VE GOT GOT YOU COVERED DECA APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES TROPHIES? DECA COMPETITION PREPARATION MATERIALS 3

4 DECA s brad idetifies a remarkable experiece i the preparatio of emergig leaders ad etrepreeurs. Our messagig statemets, logo ad visual elemets collectively defie our image. To attai the maximum brad recogitio, we must cosistetly use elemets of the DECA brad ad idetify to reach our may audieces. We are stroger whe we speak as oe. [OUR MISSION] DECA prepares emergig leaders ad etrepreeurs i marketig, fiace, hospitality ad maagemet i high schools ad colleges aroud the globe. [OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES] Our guidig priciples explai how we fulfill our missio by addressig what we do ad the outcomes we expect. DECA S COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING PROGRAM Itegrates ito Classroom Istructio A itegral compoet of classroom istructio, DECA activities provide authetic, experietial learig methods to prepare members for college ad careers. Applies Learig DECA members put their kowledge ito actio through rigorous project-based activities that require creative solutios with practical outcomes. Coects to Busiess Parterships with busiesses at local ad broader levels provide DECA members realistic isight ito idustry ad promote meaigful, relevat learig. Promotes Competitio As i the global ecoomy, a spark of competitio drives DECA members to excel ad improve their performace. DECA PREPARES THE NEXT GENERATION TO BE Academically Prepared DECA members are ambitious, high-achievig leaders equipped to coquer the challeges of their aspiratios. Commuity Orieted Recogizig the beefit of service ad resposibility to the commuity, DECA members cotiually impact ad improve their local ad broader commuities. Professioally Resposible DECA members are poised professioals with ethics, itegrity ad high stadards. Experieced Leaders DECA members are empowered through experiece to provide effective leadership through goal settig, cosesus buildig ad project implemetatio. [OUR ATTRIBUTES AND VALUES] Our attributes ad values describe DECA s priorities ad stadards. We value competece, iovatio, itegrity ad teamwork. For more iformatio o DECA bradig, as well as resources, visit www.deca.org/about/brad/.

[OUR LOGO] Our logo is the itellectual property of the etire DECA commuity. Its use is cotrolled by the DECA Ic. Board of Directors for the beefit of the etire orgaizatio. Oly officially recogized members, chapters ad associatios should be able to idetify themselves as DECA by usig our logo. Private compaies should ot be able to profit from the sale of items with DECA s logo. Idividuals ad/or groups should ot be permitted to use the DECA logo to promote uauthorized programs, projects ad products. INCORRECT USE OF THE DECA LOGO Do ot alter approved colors. Do ot redraw or chage the logo typeface. 1950 1970 1980 1991 2010 ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY Chartered associatios ad DECA chapters are permitted to use the trademarked official DECA logo ad the DECA ame o prited materials ad websites provided they follow the guidelies for reproducig the logo. I order to use the DECA logos ad the DECA ame o promotioal materials such as accessories or clothig, prior permissio must be obtaied from DECA Ic. Please cotact deca_images@deca.org. For clarificatio of the guidelies for reproducig the DECA logo, cotact commuicatios@deca.org. PERSONALIZED CHAPTER LOGOS If your chapter eeds a persoalized logo for use o prited materials ad your website, cotact commuicatios@deca.org. DECA Ic. will create art that ca be used both for prit ad o the web. Do ot stretch or distort the logo. Do ot combie the logo with other graphics or logos. STATE Do ot alter, add or remove logo elemets. Do ot place other elemets o the logo. Do ot rotate the logo. Do ot use the diamod as a umber or letter. 5

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COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING PROGRAM DECA s Comprehesive Learig Program offers excitig opportuities for classroom activities that coect your istructio to college ad careers. DECA s activities aturally support programs of study i the career clusters of marketig, busiess maagemet, fiace ad hospitality, givig you tools ad resources to icorporate DECA ito your curriculum ad courses. DECA s Comprehesive Learig Program ehaces the possibility for a greater rage of studet cogitive abilities to be developed. It also icorporates rigor ad relevace through the various activities. Whe usig compoets as applicatio or exteded learig activities, studet members are egaged i the major categories of the cogitive domai. This sectio cotais a expasive listig of DECA s Comprehesive Learig Program. 27

DECA 2015 2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS AUGUST 2015 24 Piper Jaffray Takig Stock with Tees Fall Survey begis SEPTEMBER 2015 8 Stock Market Game begis 30 Piper Jaffray Takig Stock with Tees Fall Survey eds OCTOBER 2015 9 12 MBAResearch Coclave, Oklahoma City, OK 19 Virtual Busiess Challege Roud 1 begis NOVEMBER 2015 1 Deadlie for Hoorary Life Membership Award ad Outstadig Service Award Cadidate Nomiatio 1 30 DECA Moth 12 DECA Idea Challege 2015 begis 13 Virtual Busiess Challege Roud 1 eds 15 Iitial olie membership dues deadlie 16 22 Global Etrepreeurship Week 19 22 ACTE CareerTech VISION, New Orleas, LA 19 DECA Idea Challege 2015 etries due 20-22 Cetral Regio Leadership Coferece Kasas City, MO 20 22 Iovatios ad Etrepreeurship Coferece, Austi, TX 20 22 The Ultimate DECA Power Trip Austi, TX DECEMBER 2015 1 Commuity Service Campaig due 1 Deadlie for Hoorary Life Membership Award ad Outstadig Service Award Applicatio Packet 1 Global Etrepreeurship Week Campaig due 1 Membership Campaig due 1 Promotioal Campaig due 2 6 New York Experiece I, New York City, NY 9 13 New York Experiece II, New York City, NY 18 Stock Market Game eds JANUARY 2016 11 Virtual Busiess Challege Roud 2 begis 15 School-based Eterprise certificatio documetatio due 15 Studet scholarship applicatios due olie 23 Outstadig New DECA Chapter Advisor Award recipiets due 23 Outstadig DECA Chapter Advisor Award recipiets due 26 DECA Idea Challege 2015 global wiers aouced 30 DECA Emergig Leader Hoor Award applicatios postmark deadlie FEBRUARY 2016 1 28 Career ad Techical Educatio Moth 3 7 Sports ad Etertaimet Marketig Coferece, Orlado, FL 5 Virtual Busiess Challege Roud 2 eds 22 Piper Jaffray Takig Stock with Tees Sprig Survey begis MARCH 2016 1 Associatio Admiistrator of the Year Award recipiets due 1 Associatio Chapter Advisor of the Year Award recipiets due 1 ICDC competitors fial membership eligibility 1 Advocacy Campaig due 7 Advisor scholarship applicatios postmark deadlie 7 Executive Officer Cadidate applicatios due 18 ICDC registratio ad hotel roomig list/deposit due from chartered associatios 31 Piper Jaffray Takig Stock with Tees Sprig Survey eds APRIL 2016 23 26 DECA Iteratioal Career Developmet Coferece, Nashville, TN JUNE 2016 16 18 DECA Trai the Traier Certificatio Course, Resto, VA 27 30 DECA AMPED, Dever, CO 29

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TWEETS FOLLOWING FOLLOWERS FAVORITES 11.9K 11.7K 16.7K 4,033 More Edit profile DECA Ic. @DECAIc DECA prepares emergig leaders ad etrepreeurs i marketig, fiace, hospitality ad maagemet i high schools ad colleges aroud the globe. Resto, VA deca.org Joied May 2009 Tweets Tweets ad replies DECA Ic. @DECAIc Ju 17 Get DECA i your ibox each Tuesday by sigig up for DECA Direct Weekly emails! Register at deca.org (scroll to the bottom of the homepage) or email commuicatios@deca.org. #DECAExpert 16 3 DECA Ic. @DECAIc Ju 16 Need competitio tips? Chapter resources? What about college, résumé, iterview ad career advice? Look o further tha DECA s Piterest at www.piterest.com/decaic. #CollegeadCareerReady 12 11 DECA Ic. @DECAIc Ju 14 Do t just read the ews; make it! Sig up to be a DECA Direct Olie Social Media Correspodet ad get your chapter the publicity it deserves by sharig your awesome activities ad achievemets. Sig up today at http://bit.ly/decasmc. #DECAFamous 10 5 DECA Ic. @DECAIc Ju 13 How will you make this year EPIC? Remember to share all your chapter s activities, evets ad happeigs usig #bedecaepic o social media this year. You ever kow where your photo may be used! #DECAEPIC 9 7 DECA Ic. @DECAIc Ju 12 Need more DECA i your classroom? Be sure to read DECA Direct the magazie, delivered four times a year right to your school. #ReadDECADirect 14 3 DECA Ic. @DECAIc Ju 12 Wat more DECA? Be sure to follow @DECAIc o Twitter ad Istagram for the best photos, videos, aoucemets ad more! #DECAFamous i o time! Sig up at http://bit.ly/decasmc. 8 11 Who to follow Refresh View all DECA Ic @DECAIc Collegiate DECA @CollegiateDECA Alec Romero @AlecDECA Treds Chage #bedecaepic Promoted All year log, share your DECA selfies, chapter happeigs ad excitig achievemets o Facebook, Twitter ad Istagram usig #bedecaepic. You ever kow whe DECA might use your photo! #DECAELS #DECAMoth #DECAPowerTrip #DECAIEC #DECACRLC #DECANYC #DECASBE #DECASEM #DECAICDC #SummerofDECA FOLLOW DECA INC. Joi all of DECA s social media etworks to get the latest iformatio o DECA s programs as it s aouced. decadirect.org facebook.com/decaic twitter.com/decaic istagram.com/decaic piterest.com/decaic youtube.com/decaic likd.i/decaic 31

EPIC CAMPAIGNS CELEBRATE DECA MONTH IN NOVEMBER www.deca.org/high-school-programs/high-school-chapter-campaigs MEMBERSHIP Guide your membership efforts by meetig these goals. MORE STUDENTS THAN LAST YEAR ALUMNI Activities must occur durig November 16-23, 2015. Submit DECA Idea Challege etries at www.deca.org/ideachallege. DEADLINE 12.1.15 PROFESSIONALS GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK Ear ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL by meetig the requiremets i ay ONE of the categories (studets, alumi ad professioals) of the Membership Campaig ad receive a peat ad certificate. Ear THRIVE LEVEL by meetig the requiremets i ay TWO of the categories of the Membership Campaig ad receive a peat, plaque, flag ad three allocatios to atted the THRIVE ACADEMY at ICDC! IDEA CHALLENGE ENTRIES PROMOTIONAL SUCCESS STORIES OF ALUMNI ENTREPRENEURS Coduct these activities from the begiig of your school year through DECA Moth. SCHOOL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES SUCCESS STORIES OF ALUMNI COMMUNITY SERVICE SCHOOL/COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES Coduct a commuity service activity from the begiig of your school year through DECA Moth. Ear ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL by meetig the requiremets i ay ONE of the three DECA Moth Chapter Campaigs (Global Etrepreeurship Week Campaig, Promotioal Campaig, ad Commuity Service Campaig) ad receive a peat ad certificate. Ear THRIVE LEVEL by meetig the requiremets i ay TWO of the three DECA Moth Chapter Campaigs (Global Etrepreeurship Week Campaig, Promotioal Campaig, ad Commuity Service Campaig) ad receive a peat, plaque, flag ad three allocatios to atted the THRIVE ACADEMY at ICDC! DEADLINE 12.1.15 OR MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES ADVOCACY OR MORE PARTICIPATION OF YOUR DECA MEMBERS Advocate durig Career ad Techical Educatio Moth i February. FORM OF PUBLICITY OR PROMOTION DEADLINE 3.1.16 Meet the requiremets i the Advocacy Campaig durig February ad receive a peat, special plaque from DECA s Cogressioal Advisory Board ad a letter of recogitio set to your school admiistrator ad govermet officials. SCHOOL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PUBLIC POLICY MAKERS OUTREACH COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 33

Exted learig beyod the classroom by egagig i DECA s educatioal cofereces. Highly-focused learig experieces for studets ad advisors, DECA s educatioal cofereces brig our members ito the larger DECA commuity while providig uique ad specialized learig opportuities. Each coferece coects attedees with corporate professioals to egage members i learig idustry-related treds ad cotet. DECA has the ultimate power trip waitig for you i the #1 city to watch. JOSH SHIPP KEYNOTE SPEAKER Coferece for the North Atlatic, Souther ad Wester Regios KANSAS CITY is a vibrat, creative city that will offer awesome learig experieces. EDDIE SLOWIKOWSKI KEYNOTE SPEAKER LAYMON HICKS KEYNOTE SPEAKER 34

INNOVATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE #DECAIEC NOVEMBER 20-22, 2015 AUSTIN DECA.ORG/IEC THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE #DECANYE DECEMBER 2 6 OR 9 13, 2015 NEW YORK DECA.ORG/NYE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING CONFERENCE #DECASEM FEBRUARY 3-7, 2016 ORLANDO DECA.ORG/SEM 35

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DECA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AWARDS $ 300,000 TO MEMBERS DECA s scholarship program provides over $300,000 i scholarships at the Iteratioal Career Developmet Coferece (ICDC) each year. May corporate parters of DECA provide scholarships through the DECA Scholarship Program. DECA Ic. admiisters the program based o guidelies set by the door. DECA scholarships are strictly merit based. Scholarship applicatios are due Jauary 15, 2016. Visit www.deca.org/ scholarships/ to lear more ad apply. EMERGING LEADER HONOR AWARD The DECA Emergig Leader Hoor Award recogizes DECA members for beig academically prepared, commuity orieted, professioally resposible, ad experieced leaders through their participatio i DECA. QUALIFICATIONS To receive the DECA Emergig Leader Hoor Award a studet must: 1. be a DECA member at the local, chartered associatio ad DECA Ic. levels 2. be a seior 3. have a overall cumulative grade poit average of 3.2 for the seve previous semesters (with 4.0 beig equal to a A) 4. complete oe course i ay oe of the followig areas: - Marketig - Busiess Maagemet & Admiistratio - Etrepreeurship - Fiace - Hospitality ad Tourism 5. participate i at least three of the areas listed uder Commuity Orieted, Professioally Resposible ad Experieced Leader PROCEDURES Applicatios must be submitted electroically at http://bit.ly/decahooraward. After electroic submissio the advisor will receive a email with the required sigature page for the applicatio. A applicatio fee of $5.00 ad siged applicatio sigature page must be postmarked to DECA Ic. o later tha Jauary 30, 2016. DECA Emergig Leader Hoor Award DECA Ic. 1908 Associatio Drive Resto, VA 20191-1594 A Hoor Award certificate will be mailed directly to the local advisor with suggestios for appropriate presetatio ad recogitio. 37

DECA IDEA CHALLENGE 2015 A featured evet of Global Etrepreeurship Week, the DECA Idea Challege 2015 is a fast-paced experietial learig exercise that dares elemetary through college studets to fid a iovative ew use for a everyday item i just eight days! Competitors form teams, collaborate to geerate a origial ad sustaiable use for the challege item ad 2015 the pitch their ivetio i a creative 3-miute You-Tube video presetatio. The item to be used i the competitio will remai a mystery util revealed by DECA Ic. o November 12, 2015. This year, etries will be grouped ito three wiig categories: Collegiate (ages 19 ad above), High School (ages 14 to 18 years) ad Elemetary ad Middle School (ages 6 to 13 years.) Evaluated o igeuity, effective collaboratio ad sustaiability, submissios will be sorted by coutry ad proceed through evaluatio rouds comprised of judges from the respective atio. The DECA Idea Challege Global Wiers will be aouced o Jauary 26, 2016. www.gew.co/challege/ DECA VIDEO CHALLENGES DECA ad several corporate parters have collaborated to offer DECA members opportuities to demostrate the kowledge ad skills leared i the classroom through iovative challeges durig the 2015 2016 school year. Each challege has a uique focus ad a specific set of required tasks, but oe commo elemet is that presetatios will be made via YouTube videos. FASHION INSTITUTE OF DESIGN & MERCHANDISING (FIDM) CHALLENGE Traslate a seasoal fashio tred ito a look Forecast a fashio tred for 2016 ad put together a outfit that studets would wear to school depictig this up ad comig tred. The, explai why, based o your research, you believe i this tred forecast. HERFF JONES CHALLENGE Test Promotioal Messages to Buyers Through Various Chaels Participats i the Herff Joes Marketig Results Challege will assist Herff Joes i testig a array of promotioal messages delivered to potetial yearbook buyers through various chaels. After aalysis of buyig patters ad attitudes at their ow schools, teams will create ad implemet marketig campaigs to icrease yearbook awareess ad sales o campus. Whether they opt to employ a sigle campaig with messages delivered through multiple chaels or several differet approaches i order to study ad measure effectiveess, they will coclude the challege by preparig a video which details their methods ad results. These videos will be evaluated by Herff Joes executives to determie fialists. GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK November 16 22, 2015 www.gew.co/ 39

DECA Ic. certifies that has successfully obtaied a passig score o DECA s School-based Eterprises Idividual Certificatio Exam measurig kowledge ad skills i busiess operatios. Date Executive Director, DECA Ic. DECA prepares emergig leaders ad etrepreeurs i marketig, fiace, hospitality ad maagemet. CERTIFY YOUR SCHOOL-BASED ENTERPRISE A school-based eterprise (SBE) is a etrepreeurial operatio i a school settig that provides goods ad/ or services to meet the eeds of the market. SBEs are maaged ad operated by studets as hads-o learig laboratories that itegrate Natioal Curriculum Stadards i Marketig, Fiace, Hospitality or Maagemet. SBEs provide realistic ad practical learig experiece that reiforces classroom istructio. DECA offers SBE certificatio o two levels: chapter level through a writte project ad idividual level through a comprehesive exam. The certificatio program reiforces the itegratio of Natioal Curriculum Stadards ad 21 st cetury employability skills. Stadards covered i both the writte project ad exam iclude retail, marketig ad etrepreeurship cocepts, ad a rage of busiess operatios stadards icludig fiacial aalysis, operatios, marketig-iformatio maagemet, pricig, distributio/chael maagemet, promotio, sellig, ad huma resources maagemet. CHAPTER CERTIFICATION SBEs may ear chapter certificatio at three levels: Gold, Silver or Broze. Gold-level certified SBEs may remai certified at the Gold level for four additioal years by meetig the requiremets for Gold Recertificatio. Broze ad Silver Level SBEs are recogized at the chartered associatio level. Gold Level ad Gold Level Re-certified SBEs may be eligible to participate i the SBE Academy ad Competitio at the 2016 Iteratioal Career Developmet Coferece i Nashville, Te. INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATION INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL-BASED ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS DECA members ivolved i their SBE may pursue a Idividual Certificatio through the successful completio of the olie certificatio exam. 100 multiple-choice questios cover the same 10 key busiess operatios stadards also covered i the chapter certificatio project. A miimum score of 70% is required to ear idividual certificatio. The $15 exam fee icludes a exam trascript with istructioal area aalysis. Certified studets receive a certificate of achievemet ad recogitio via decadirect.org. GUIDELINES & RESOURCES Visit www.deca.org for additioal iformatio icludig: Chapter certificatio guidelies Istructioal uits that reiforce the topics covered by the SBE certificatio stadards through learig packets ad PowerPoit presetatios Idividual certificatio exam guidelies ad registratio istructios DECA CONTACT For questios about School-based Eterprise Certificatio, cotact Lori Tra at lori_tra@ deca.org or 703-860-5000. Geerous support for the DECA School-based Eterprise program provided by 41

DECA EMERGING LEADER SERIES Developig emergig leaders is the core of the DECA experiece. The DECA Emergig Leader Series is our ew take o providig a comprehesive leadership program for our members. Its goal is to empower DECA members to provide effective leadership through goal settig, cosesus buildig ad project implemetatio. Aliged with 21 st Cetury Skills i the areas of critical thikig ad problem solvig, commuicatio, collaboratio ad creativity ad iovatio, DECA s Emergig Leader Series prepares DECA members to be effective leaders i college ad careers. These academies are available at the DECA Iteratioal Career Developmet Coferece. As a emergig leader, you have great potetial to take advatage of all that DECA offers. Now s your time to gai a edge as you lear how you ca take your persoal DECA experiece to the ext level ad IGNITE your passio for DECA. ELEVATE your leadership i DECA by becomig the ultimate DECA chapter leader! Discover your persoal leadership style ad how you ca use that to take your chapter to the ext level. Now s your time to elevate your DECA status from member to chapter leader. As a DECA associatio officer, oe of your mai resposibilities is to EMPOWER the members you serve. Lear how to perform your role as a associatio leader, desig a effective strategic pla ad employ empowerig commuicatios strategies ad methods. As you soo graduate, the sky is the limit for your aspiratios. Lear how to leverage your DECA experiece to your advatage i college, iterviews ad iterships. ASPIRE to get o the fast track to college ad career success. Now it s time to THRIVE with other high performig chapters ad cotiue to develop your toolbox of collaboratio, commuicatios, critical thikig ad creativity skills. Cosult your chartered associatio advisor regardig registratio for each of these programs. 45

BY CHRISTOPHER YOUNG AND SHANE THOMAS DECA INC. STAFF EXCITING EDUCATOR OPPORTUNITIES As a DECA advisor, you ca egage i professioal learig activities that ehace your teachig. DECA offers high-quality professioal developmet workshops, semiars ad resources to improve your performace ad fulfill your cotiuig professioal developmet certificatio requiremets. EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES Trasform your teachig with scholarly iformatio, articles ad white papers. DECA Direct Weekly Delivered directly to your ibox each Tuesday, DECA Direct Weekly iforms chapter advisors of the latest DECA happeigs ad shares articles o classroom ad chapter strategies. Advisor Newsletter + Chapter Packets DECA Isight provides professioal developmet articles to help advisors use compoets of the DECA program i the classroom. DECA Isight is delivered four times a year i chapter packets that iclude other tools such as DECA s busiess parter poster series ad classroom resources. E-LEARNING SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES DECA cotiues to be a leader i supportig key educatioal iitiatives through its comprehesive learig program. A classroom compaio, DECA itegrates ito classroom istructio, applies learig, coects to busiess ad promotes competitio. DECA s extesive offerig of programs, ragig from competitive evets to educatioal cofereces to corporate parter challeges ad more, deliver a variety of activities to serve diverse learig styles while also providig multiple assessmet methods. DECA s Comprehesive Learig Program directly supports the Career Clusters iitiative, Natioal Curriculum Stadards, 21st cetury skills ad Commo Core State Stadards. DEMONSTRATING DECA S SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES 1. Alig your program usig Career Clusters. 2. Use crosswalks to documet i lesso plas how the activities support each iitiative. 3. Use DECA s performace idicators, directly from Natioal Curriculum Stadards, as part of the evaluatio criteria whe developig rubrics. 4. Use DECA s trascripts geerated for DECA competitors at the Iteratioal Career Developmet Coferece to demostrate specific mastery of performace idicators ad 21 st cetury skills. 5. Participate i DECA s Professioal Learig Series. DECA Ic. s E-Learig compoet of the Professioal Learig Series cotais free live ad archived webiars, Google+ Hagouts, modules from selected face-to-face learig opportuities ad other educatioal materials. Suited to itegrate ito classroom istructio as supplemets to studet learig, advisors ca receive certificates of achievemet for participatig i various e-learig activities. FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING Trai the Traier Certificatio Course Desiged to trai key leaders of chartered associatios to effectively deliver presetatios ad ew cotet useful to DECA local chapter advisors, certified traiers are equipped to facilitate workshops withi their associatios usig best practices, teacher ad studet learig activities, resource materials ad evaluatio tools. Certified traiers also assist peer associatio with their professioal developmet activities. Cosult DECA Ic. s Certified Traiers Directory to schedule a traiig opportuity with a certified traier ear you. DECA AMPED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIPS DECA AMPED provides teachers ad DECA advisors the educatio, kowledge ad ispiratio DECA s corporate ad educatio to igite their istructio. Focused parters offer professioal developmet scholarships to advisors for o improvig teachig ad learig, the coferece is packed with use at professioal developmet great ideas ad learig strategies cofereces providig cotiuig for teachers to brig their classroom to life, push their members Applicatios due March 7, 2016. educatio credit (CEU) i their field. to excel i DECA s Comprehesive Learig Program, maximize hads-o learig with school-based eterprises ad positio their chapter for success. Cotiuig educatio uits (CEUs) are offered to educators of varyig levels of experiece. DECA New Advisor Academy A highlight of the Iteratioal Career Developmet Coferece, DECA s New Advisor Academy is desiged to help DECA advisors uderstad their various roles as well as how DECA s Comprehesive Learig Program itegrates ito classroom istructio, applies learig, coects to busiess ad promotes competitio. DECA Educatioal Cofereces Professioal developmet activities are provided at educatioal cofereces focusig o helpig teachers itegrate DECA ito classroom istructio, apply learig, coect busiess ad promote competitio. For more iformatio, cotact Michelle Walker, director of educatio, at michelle_walker@deca.org or (703) 860-5000. 47

COMPETITIVE EVENTS PROGRAM DECA s Competitive Evets Program directly supports our missio of preparig emergig leaders ad etrepreeurs i marketig, fiace, hospitality ad maagemet. As a itegral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA s idustry-validated competitive evets apply learig, coect to busiess ad promote competitio. DECA s competitive evets directly cotribute to every studet beig college ad career ready whe they graduate from high school. DECA s Competitive Evets Program is aliged to Natioal Curriculum Stadards i the career clusters of marketig, busiess maagemet ad admiistratio, fiace ad hospitality ad tourism. The program also strogly supports the developmet of 21 st Cetury Skills ad Commo Core State Stadards. The official guidelies are icluded i this sectio of the DECA Guide. For more iformatio, icludig competitive evets resources, visit www.deca.org. 49

COMPETITIVE EVENTS FOR 2015-2016 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EVENTS 1. Priciples of Busiess Maagemet ad Admiistratio PBM 2. Priciples of Fiace PFN 3. Priciples of Hospitality ad Tourism PHT 4. Priciples of Marketig PMK TEAM DECISION MAKING EVENTS 1. Busiess Law ad Ethics Team Decisio Makig BLTDM 2. Buyig ad Merchadisig Team Decisio Makig BTDM 3. Fiacial Services Team Decisio Makig FTDM 4. Hospitality Services Team Decisio Makig HTDM 5. Marketig Commuicatios Team Decisio Makig MTDM 6. Sports ad Etertaimet Marketig Team Decisio Makig STDM 7. Travel ad Tourism Team Decisio Makig TTDM INDIVIDUAL SERIES EVENTS 1. Accoutig Applicatios Series ACT 2. Apparel ad Accessories Marketig Series AAM 3. Automotive Services Marketig Series ASM 4. Busiess Fiace Series BFS 5. Busiess Services Marketig Series BSM 6. Food Marketig Series FMS 7. Hotel ad Lodgig Maagemet Series HLM 8. Huma Resources Maagemet Series HRM 9. Marketig Maagemet Series MMS 10. Quick Serve Restaurat Maagemet Series QSRM 11. Restaurat ad Food Service Maagemet Series RFSM 12. Retail Merchadisig Series RMS 13. Sports ad Etertaimet Marketig Series SEM PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY EVENT 1. Persoal Fiacial Literacy PFL Not all chartered associatios offer all evets. Please check with your chartered associatio advisor for evets offered i your chartered associatio. BUSINESS OPERATIONS RESEARCH EVENTS 1. Busiess Services Operatios Research BOR 2. Buyig ad Merchadisig Operatios Research BMOR 3. Fiace Operatios Research FOR 4. Hospitality ad Tourism Operatios Research HTOR 5. Sports ad Etertaimet Marketig Operatios Research SEOR CHAPTER TEAM EVENTS 1. Commuity Service Project CSP 2. Creative Marketig Project CMP 3. Etrepreeurship Promotio Project EPP 4. Fiacial Literacy Promotio Project FLPP 5. Lear ad Ear Project LEP 6. Public Relatios Project PRP ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS 1. Iovatio Pla EIP 2. Start-Up Busiess Pla ESB 3. Idepedet Busiess Pla EIB 4. Iteratioal Busiess Pla IBP 5. Busiess Growth Pla EBG 6. Frachise Busiess Pla EFB MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE EVENTS 1. Advertisig Campaig ADC 2. Fashio Merchadisig Promotio Pla FMP 3. Sports ad Etertaimet Promotio Pla SEPP PROFESSIONAL SELLING AND CONSULTING EVENTS 1. Fiacial Cosultig FCE 2. Hospitality ad Tourism Professioal Sellig HTPS 3. Professioal Sellig PSE ONLINE EVENTS 1. Stock Market Game SMG 2. Virtual Busiess Challege Accoutig (Pilot) VBCAC 3. Virtual Busiess Challege Hotel Maagemet VBCHM 4. Virtual Busiess Challege Persoal Fiace VBCPF 5. Virtual Busiess Challege Restaurat VBCRS 6. Virtual Busiess Challege Retail VBCRT 7. Virtual Busiess Challege Sports VBCSP 51

CHOOSING THE RIGHT EVENT DECA s competitive evets program directly supports your skill developmet cotributig to every studet beig college ad career ready upo graduatio from high school. DECA members ca compete i a wide variety of evets. Use this chart to fid your evet. What do you like? HAVING A PREPARED PLAN AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REHEARSE? ENGAGING IN COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATIONS? What iterests you? What iterests you? EVENT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT BUSINESS RESEARCH AND STRATEGY Check out DECA s Chapter Team Evets. Check out DECA s Busiess Operatios Research Evets. OWNING OR MANAGING A BUSINESS PROMOTION AND SELLING Check out DECA s Etrepreeurship Evets. Check out DECA s Marketig Represetative Evets or try DECA s Professioal Sellig ad Cosultig Evets. MANAGING A PORTFOLIO OF STOCKS MANAGING YOUR PERSONAL FINANCES MANAGING A RESTAURANT MANAG RETAIL Check out DECA s Stock Market Game. Check out DECA s Virtual Busiess Challege Persoal Fiace. Check out DECA s Virtual Busiess Challege Restaurat. Check ou Virtual Busie Retai 52

THE THRILL OF SOLVING A CHALLENGE BY THINKING ON YOUR FEET? Do you like to work INDIVIDUALLY? Do you like to work WITH A PARTNER? Are you a first-year DECA member? Check out DECA s Team Decisio Makig Evets ad fid the evet that best matches your career area. YES NO Check out DECA s Priciples of Busiess Admiistratio Evets ad fid the evet that best matches your career area. Check out DECA s Idividual Series Evets ad fid the evet that best matches your career pathway or try DECA s Persoal Fiacial Literacy Evet. ING A STORE MANAGING A SPORTS FRANCHISE MANAGING A HOTEL MANAGING BUSINESS ACCOUNTS t DECA s ss Challege lig. Check out DECA s Virtual Busiess Challege Sports. Check out DECA s Virtual Busiess Challege Hotel Maagemet. Check out DECA s Virtual Busiess Challege Accoutig Pilot. 53

COMPETITIVE EVENT UPDATES FOR 2015-2016 Below are highlights of the chages made to DECA s competitive evet program. WRITTEN AND PREPARED EVENTS The followig chages will be made to all writte ad prepared evets (Busiess Operatios Research Evets, Chapter Team Evets, Etrepreeurship Evets, Marketig Represetative Evets, Professioal Sellig ad Cosultig Evets ad Stock Market Game) effective i the 2015 2016 school year: For all 30-page writte evets, the executive summary may ow be up to three pages, either sigle or double-spaced. Presetatio times will be 15 miutes, which will iclude the presetatio ad time for judges questios. The guidelies will o loger specify a certai umber of miutes for each compoet. The evaluatio criteria for oral presetatios i the Chapter Team Evets will be derived from project maagemet performace idicators. The evaluatio criteria for oral presetatios i the Etrepreeurship Evets will be derived from etrepreeurship performace idicators. ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS Begiig with the 2015 2016 school year, the Busiess Maagemet ad Etrepreeurship Evets category will ow simply be called Etrepreeurship Evets. It will feature the followig chages: 1. Etrepreeurship Iovatio Pla will be the Iovatio Pla ad have ew guidelies that follow a portio of the lea start-up model. Lear about the lea start-up model at http://bit.ly/leamodelcavas. 2. Etrepreeurship Participatig Creatig a Idepedet Busiess will be the Start-Up Busiess Pla ad will have ew guidelies that follow the lea start-up model. 3. Etrepreeurship Writte will be the Idepedet Busiess Pla ad have ew guidelies that follow the lea start-up model ad require sigificat fiacial projectios. 4. Etrepreeurship Participatig Frachisig Busiess will be the Frachise Busiess Pla ad have ew guidelies that follow the Small Busiess Admiistratio s busiess pla model. 5. Etrepreeurship-Growig Your Busiess will be the Busiess Growth Pla ad have modificatios to the guidelies. 6. The Iteratioal Busiess Pla will remai the same but the guidelies will be similar to the Idepedet Busiess Pla with a sectio to discuss the coutry where the busiess is to be coducted. NEW ACCOUNTING VBC TRACK FOR 2015 2016 PILOT EVENT The 2015 2016 Virtual Busiess Challege will feature a pilot competitio based o the ew Virtual Busiess Accoutig simulatio. I the fall qualifyig roud, studets will use foresic accoutig to idetify fraud ad errors i simulated busiesses. Their scores will be based o accurate idetificatio of issues ad speed. I the witer qualifyig roud, studets will use maagerial accoutig techiques to maximize profits. I the fial competitio at ICDC, studets will race to correctly idetify fraud ad accoutig errors as quickly as possible. REVISED PERFORMANCE INDICATOR LISTS Slightly revised ad improved performace idicator lists will be used begiig with the 2015 2016 school year. Be sure to dowload the ewest performace idicators at www.deca.org. 54

COMPETITIVE EVENTS INTEGRATE INTO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION CAREER CLUSTERS AND PATHWAYS DECA s Competitive Evets Program is aliged with Natioal Curriculum Stadards i the marketig, busiess maagemet ad admiistratio, fiace, ad hospitality ad tourism career clusters. Performace idicators are specific kowledge/skills categorized by istructioal area. They are the basis of the cotet of the cluster exams ad cotet iterviews, case studies ad role-plays. The Busiess Admiistratio Core has twelve istructioal areas with performace idicators. This core is the foudatio for all of DECA s competitive evets. As evets become more specialized, they are associated with a specific career cluster ad the possibly a career pathway. At each level, cotet becomes more specialized. Each career cluster has its ow uique istructioal areas, each with performace idicators. Each pathway has specific performace idicators that represet groups of careers withi a specific career cluster. The cluster wheel o page 56 57 shows istructioal areas i the Busiess Admiistratio Core, the four career clusters, ad career pathways. Please refer to page 58 for the relatioship betwee specific competitive evets ad the career clusters. GLOSSARY OF TERMS Performace Idicators Specific kowledge ad skills studets are expected to address ad perform durig their competitio. Performace idicators are atioal curriculum stadards which are taught i the classroom. Istructioal Areas Broad areas of cotet kowledge (i.e., promotio, pricig, emotioal itelligece, busiess law) that are comprised of may performace idicators. Busiess Admiistratio Core The Busiess Admiistratio Core is the foudatio for all of DECA s competitive evets. Performace idicators i the Busiess Admiistratio Core are commo to all career areas ad competitive evets. Career Clusters There are sixtee (16) career clusters, each represetig a distict groupig of careers ad idustries based o the kowledge ad skills they require. DECA supports four (4) career clusters: Marketig Busiess Maagemet ad Admiistratio Fiace Hospitality ad Tourism Career Pathways Each career cluster cotais several career pathways, or specialized career areas. For example, the Fiace Career Cluster has career pathways such as Accoutig, Bakig Services, Corporate Fiace, Isurace, ad Securities ad Ivestmets. 55