Today's Students, Tomorrow's Business Professionals
Interested in earning $500 or even a MacBook? The Tread Wisely Challenge gives you an opportunity to win big and teach your friends, classmates, and family to “tread wisely.” Tire safety is often overlooked and is seen to be an unimportant issue. Approximately 11,000 crashes are reported each year due to tire failure. To learn… Continue reading Tread Wisely Challenge
The selection of the State Officer Candidates is a crucial part to having a successful State Association. The screening for State Officer Candidates will be held Monday, October 9, 2017. Documentation and applications need to be completed by the students and submitted by September 27, 2017. The application is an online process and requires students… Continue reading State Officer Candidate Toolkit
The details for the BPA Cedar Point Career Day have been finalized. Friday, September 29, 2017 is the day. Attached is the order form (with pricing) that you will need to submit to Cedar Point with payment. 2017 Ohio BPA Career Day Order Form
Career Day at the Columbus Blue Jackets is set for October 19, 2017. Here are the details: The annual DECA & BPA Day with the Blue Jackets will be held on Thursday, October 19th, 2017. Please keep in mind this event is not only for DECA & BPA students, but open to business and marketing… Continue reading Columbus Blue Jackets Career Day
As the beginning of the 2017-18 school year quickly approaches please use the calendar below to help plan BPA events with your school year calendar. The Board of Trustees of National Business Professionals of America passed a resolution last May at the NLC to raise National dues. The new dues for Secondary are $14 for… Continue reading Calendar, Dues, Oh my!
Do you want to empower your students to become more involved in their learning? Having a student officer team that sets a plan of work for your school year will greatly increase the motivation in your classroom and distribute the weight of all the teaching from just you to sharing that load with the students.… Continue reading Make a Plan
Here are several documents to help get your chapter organized. There are examples of chapter budget, a sample constitution for a local chapter in Word format so you can tailor it to your chapter and meeting minutes. If you have questions or would benefit from a personal visit from the State Advisor, Amy Burris, do… Continue reading Organizational Documents
Do you induct your student members? Did you know there is a ceremony for that? Do you install local officers? Did you know there is a ceremony for that? Attached is a document that is largely from BPA.org website. I have updated it to include the new pledge and it is in Word format so… Continue reading Conducting Ceremonies
What are torch awards? Did you receive emails last year from the State Advisor encouraging your chapter to participate in Torch Awards or even BPA Cares and had no idea what she was talking about? This powerpoint talks about what Torch Awards are, how to get into the system and how to integrate: CTE competencies… Continue reading Torch Awards and BPA Cares
Everyone wants the title "Quality" related to their Chapter. This powerpoint deck walks you through the various steps that you need to follow to earn that qualification. The biggest portion of the quality chapter is having local officers, having them lead your chapter and having a training program. That training program can be a team-building… Continue reading Becoming a Quality Chapter
