New Advisor Training

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New Advisor Training Part I Understanding the
Program
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DECA Defined

• Demonstrating Excellence, Celebrating Achievement
  
• Includes
• Conferences ? non-competitive Power Trip GRIT
• Competitions ? Regionals, Provincials,
  Internationals
• Career Exploration ? Pathways
• Networking ? Sponsors and students
• Reach Ahead Opportunity (SHSM) ? Funding available

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Conferences Overview

• 1. Power Trip North Atlantic Region Conference
• Washington, DC
• Wednesday, November 19th Sunday, November 23rd
• Student rate 450 (quad) Advisor rate 600
  (double)
• Registration Due October 3rd, 2014
• 2. GRIT Gumption, Risk, Intuition, Tenacity
• NEW! Youth entrepreneurship program
• GRIT shops 4 workshops at each regional
  competition
• GRIT Connections Conference Saturday, May 23rd ,
  Bay-Adelaide Centre
• GRIT Camp July 5th 8th, TBD
• Event registration dates will be emailed

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Competition Overview
RC
PC
ICDC
1. REGIONAL
2. PROVINCIAL
3. INTERNATIONAL
Principles Events Individual Series Events Team
Decision Making Events
Regional Qualifiers Professional Selling
Events Written Events Online Events
GRIT Tank Leadership Development Academy
Provincial Qualifiers Leadership Development
Academy
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Principles Events

• 4 events
• Individual competitors
• 1st year members only
• Grade 9 only

PBM PFN PHT PMK
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Individual Series Events
1. RC Preliminaries 2. PC Regional
Qualifiers 3. ICDC Provincial Qualifiers
AAM ACT ASM BFS BSM FMS HLM HRM MMS PFL QSRM RFSM
RMS SEM

• 14 events
• Individual competitors

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Team Decision Making Events
1. RC Preliminaries 2. PC Regional
Qualifiers 3. ICDC Provincial Qualifiers
BLTDM BTDM FTDM HTDM MTDM STDM TTDM

• 7 events
• Team of 2

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Principles Individuals Teams

• Each category refers to an industry
• All cases have three classifications
• Career Clusters
• Marketing
• Business Management and Administration
• Finance
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Typically corresponds with the type of test for
  the category
• Exception Principles Events write Business
  Admin. Core Exam
• Exception Personal Financial Literacy write
  Financial Literacy Exam
• Career Pathway
• Corresponds with indicators specific to careers
  relevant to the industry
• Instructional Area
• Corresponds with indicators specific to areas of
  knowledge

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Principles Individuals Teams

• Examples

CATEGORY Principles of Hospitality and
Tourism CAREER CLUSTER Hospitality and
Tourism INSTRUCTIONAL AREA Communication Skills
CATEGORY Human Resources Management CAREER
CLUSTER Business Management and
Administration CAREER PATHWAY Human Resources
Management INSTRUCTIONAL AREA Operations
CATEGORY Business Finance Series CAREER CLUSTER
Finance CAREER PATHWAY Corporate
Finance INSTRUCTIONAL AREA Financial Analysis
CATEGORY Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team
Decision Making CAREER CLUSTER Marketing CAREER
PATHWAY Marketing Management INSTRUCTIONAL AREA
Economics
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Professional Selling Events
FCE HTPS PSE

• 3 events
• Individual competitors

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Written Events
Submissions January 15th, 2015
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Online Events

• Parallel to other competitive events
• Winners recognized at Provincial Competition
• Multiple category winners at Provincials must
  choose one category for Internationals

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GRIT Tank
2. PC Preliminaries 3. ICDC Provincial
Qualifiers

• Provincial competition only
• 1 to 3 per team (cross-school teams permitted)
• Prepare and submit 1-page executive summary of
  business venture
• Present venture idea to a panel of judges for
  questioning
• Only 3 spots to continue to international
  competition in one of three DECA categories
  ENPI, ENPF, ENW, or ENI
• Must develop a written venture plan based on the
  presented business idea to meet the criteria of
  these events
• Increase chances to attend internationals GRIT
  participants may also participate in a morning
  GRIT challenge for a chance to win 1 of 20 senior
  leadership spots

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Competition Overview
RC
PC
ICDC
1. REGIONAL
2. PROVINCIAL
3. INTERNATIONAL
Principles Events Individual Series Events Team
Decision Making Events
Regional Qualifiers Professional Selling
Events Written Events Online Events
GRIT Tank Leadership Development Academy
Provincial Qualifiers Leadership Development
Academy
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Competitive Events Information

• Program Overview Poster
• Reference/Reminder of all events requirements
• DECA Guide
• Photocopy specific sections for students once
  they choose an event
• Deca.ca ? Competitive Events Listing
• Deca.org ? Chapter Resources, High School

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New Advisor Training Part II Organizing
Training Your Chapter
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Registering a Chapter
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Understanding October 15th

• ONLINE
• Chapter Registration Due
• Student Registration Due
• Regional Competition Registration Due
• MAIL
• One school cheque for
• 30 chapter registration fee
• 35 per member for membership and regional
  competition fee
• Printed roster Invoice
• Chapter Advisor Commitment Form

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Competition Registration
Google Chrome
3 exceptions/blanks between Individuals
Principles events per flight (3/18)
2 exceptions/blanks for Team events per flight
(2/7)
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Key Dates
September October November
29 Fall Symposium 3 Power Trip Registration 15 Chapter and Regional Competition Registration 21 York Regional 29 Online testing for all regions 1 Peel Regional 14 Toronto Regional 15 Waterloo Regional 16 Nor-Eastern Regional 18 Hamilton Regional 19-23 Power Trip
December January February
5 Provincial Competition Registration 15 Written Submissions 24 Swag Pick UP 5-7 Provincial Competition
March April May
1 ICDC Registration 7 GRIT Connections Conference 29 ICDC Written Events Training 12 Pre-ICDC Meeting 23-30 ICDC 23 GRIT Connections Conference
June July
5-8 GRIT Camp
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Staying Informed

• Weekly DECA Ontario emails
• Sent to advisors only
• Advisor Control Panel
• Reminders of key news items already communicated
  via email
• Your Executive Team
• They stay up-to-date via presidents emails and
  social media

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Chapter Management

• Establishing an Executive Team
• Interviews if necessary
• Position titles ? Hierarchical or Horizontal
  structure
• Divisions Competing Members and Non-Competing
  Members
• Program of Work Plan for the Year
• Marketing ? Promotional DVD, Dress Up days, DECA
  Day, buttons, posters, etc.
• Fundraisers ? SPCs, bake sales, dress down day,
  concerts, school store/spirit merchandise, etc.
• Training ? Organized and/or individual

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Training

• Case Preparation
• Practice old cases
• Performance indicator familiarization
• Test Preparation
• Practice old tests
• Glossary of terms from relevant texts
• Mock Competition
• Case only

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Resources

• Fall Symposium Resource USB
• www.deca.ca
• www.deca.org
• http//www.glencoe.com/sites/international/teacher
  /businessadmin/index.html

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Contacts
Students DECA Ontario Executive
Officers Advisors Board of Directors New Teacher
Mentor Vicki Moore mentor_at_deca.ca
Regional Leads Olga Shalina York Peel Waterloo
Toronto Nor-Eastern Hamilton