Jill’s Weekly DECA Emails

During our Fall Leadership Conference, Calvin Barnum, presented about the Teen Entrepreneur Support Center. Attached is a flyer. Please share with your students. They can use the QR code for more information.

Also there is a flyer for the Teen Entrpreneur Pop Up Market which is on December 7^th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm. Please share with your students. There is a QR code to reserve a spot.

 

We will have our Utah DECA Night at the Utah Jazz on January 15. Students will be able to shoot free throws starting at 1:30. A guest speaker will be there at 2:00. Early entry into the Delta Center to watch warm-ups will be at 4:45. The game will start at 7:00 pm against the Charlotte Hornets. Tickets can be purchased at www.utahjazz.group/utahdeca. I have attached a flyer. Please order your tickets as soon as possible. Best prices and seats are available now.

 

I know many were surprised to see that USU closed reigstration early. They reached 986 students which is over their capcity. They will be reaching out to individual schools, who have not confirmed yet, to confirm numbers. At last count there where 4 schools placed on the waitlist. Please confirm your numbers as soon as possible to allow opportunities for other schools.

The amount of students planning on attending the Aggie Invite has brought forth several concerns. They are worried about finding enough judges. They sent a link to all schools attending to help with judges. If you have more than 1 advisor attending, please support USU and have one advisor judge. It is a great learning tool to judge so that you can better prepare your own students.

Also, please be sure to monitor/chaperone students while at the invites. These schools put the events on for us, and we do not want one group of students to ruin it for all students.

 

Both the UVU and USU Invites are huge this year. Both schools were surprised by the amount of interest, which I am not. We all love competitions, and more opportunities for our students to compete. In our next board meeting, we will be talking about invitationals, and maybe some options. Please remember that these colleges do these events for us. They are in charge of them. They do everything. We simply advertise for them. They love doing this for our students, and are working to figure out the best ways to make it happen. We appreciate that they are willing to do this for us. While you may not agree with everything they are do, I do ask that you and your students remain respectful towards them, and share a big thank you to them for all they do for members of Utah DECA.

 

Speaking of invites, here is another opportunity for your students. The flyer is also attached.

From Weber…

 

I just wanted to make sure you know about our upcoming Weberbiz Case Competition!

 It will be held on November 6th at the Ogden Campus, and we are excited to announce that we will have 3 business cases this year from Tab Bank, Roosters Brewing, and Greentech Renewables.

As in years past we will be  awarding $10K in scholarship money, lots of cash, and prizes to not only the 1st-3rd place winners of each of the 3 cases, but also to winners of our second chance activities, which will take place after the initial presentations. We’re planning an excellent day, full of competition and fun, led by our Goddard Student Ambassador team (many of whom are former high school students from the Weber and Davis County areas).

 

I will be sending out more information to teachers and schools over the coming weeks, but wanted to make sure you were aware and ask for any help you could give in spreading the word. We would love to get as many schools as possible out to the competition. Last year we had schools from as far North as Southern Idaho and as far South as Whitehorse HIgh School on the Navajo Reservation. It was so great to see all of those students come together here to compete.

 

Thanks so much, and please let me know if you have any questions at all. Below is the link to our webpage, and attached is a flyer with a bit more information.

 

https://www.weber.edu/goddard/WeberBizInvitational.html    

 

Marketing Manager
Goddard School of Business & Economics

Weber State University

(801) 626-7397

 

 

We will start advertising our plan for DECA Month after Fall Break. Stay tunned for all the activities planned.

 

Wow! That was more than I had planned. I hope that you have a great weekend!

 

Jill

 

Congratulations to the following school who all have 20+ members as of October 1. The stickers have been ordered and will arrive next week. I will send them out as soon as I get them.

Alta, American Fork, Bingham, Bonneville, Bountiful, Brighton, Career Tech, Cedar Valley, Copper Hills, Corner Canyon, Davis, Farmington, Fremont, GTI, Herriman, Hillcrest, Hunter, Jordan, Layton, Mountain Crest, Mountain Ridge, Olympus, Pine View, Pleasant Grove, Riverton, Rowland Hall, Skyline, Skyridge, Syracuse, Tooele, Uintah, Weber, West, and Whitehorse. (If I missed your school, please let me know.)

That is AMAZING!!! Our largest chapter right now is Corner Canyon with 167 members! We have 7 schools with over 50 members! Wow!!!

Utah DECA’s total membership is 1,173. We currently have 39 more members than this time last year. Keep it up! Remember our goal is 3,000 members! We can do it!

 

Our next membership incentive is November 1. Any chapter with 50+ submitted and paid members, will earn an amazing prize for the lead advisor! 

 

UVU Invite is October 11. Aggie Invite is October 29. SNOW is November 7. Please refer to the emails about each of the invites. If you have questions, please reach out to the school.

The invites are a great opportunity for our students. 

 

November is DECA Month. Stayed tuned for all the activities we have planned. 

 

There are lots of great things available on the DECA Website (www.deca.org). At https://www.deca.org/advisor-resources/use-role-plays-and-case-studies-in-the-classroom teachers are given resources to help them to incorporate DECA role plays into the classroom. You might want to take a look. Maybe you will want to use one of their ideas, or it will spark a new idea for you. Remember there are sample events for each competition on the website.

 

Have a great week!

 

Jill

 

You will be hearing from me soon! Have a great Monday everyone!

I hope to see lots of you there. It is a great place to connect with other advisors, and hopefully walk away with helpful ideas.

 

Also, a heads up, (if you register you will receive an email after registration closes about this) we are asking that any advisor coming with 3 or more years experience do a teacher share. Bring one thing that you do or helps you in DECA to share with everyone. We want to keep each on short, 3 minutes or less. So be thinking of something you could share. New advisors can share something if they wish.

 

We are excited for our Utah DECA Fall Leadership Conference. It will be Wednesday, September 18 at Thanksgiving Point. Here is the agenda for FLC:

7:45-8:10- Registration – The Barn @ Thanksgiving Point

Breakout Sessions will be at the Megaplex @ Thanksgiving Point

8:15-8:45 – Session 1

8:45-8:50 – Break time

8:50-9:20 – Session 2

9:20-9:25 – Break time

9:25-9:55 – Session 3

9:55-10:00 – Break time

10:00-10:30- Session 4

Leave Megaplex

10:45 – General Session – The Barn @ Thanksgiving Point 

      – Closing Speaker Steve Starks, CEO Larry H Miller Company

      – State Officers

      – Leadership Bags

12:30 – FLC Dismiss

Lunch on your own

12:30 – 3:00 – Chapter planning time (If schools want to stay and do planning time, they are welcome to stay in the barn. I know several districts have to leave due to transportation issues.) 

Chapters will each get a leadership bag to complete activities by October 1. Each bag will contain leadership activities/assignments for your officers/members to complete. If everything is completed and submitted by October 1, your DECA chapter will receive a $25 giftcard to celebrate. More information to come at the conference. You can use the chapter planning time at The Barn or time your leaders/members set aside to work on the items.

 

Cost for the conference is $40 per attendee. Includes conference, conference activities, and DECA swag. Students must be registered with National DECA to register and attend the Fall Conference. 

 

Registration is at https://www.decaregistration.com/ut-flc.

 

Dress code for FLC is Business Casual or DECA/school shirts and jeans or nice pants. No shorts. Due to all the different activities, we feel this is appropriate dress.

 

I have attached a flyer and a release form for FLC.

 

Utah DECA at RSL will be on October 2 @ 7:30 pm. It is against Minnesota United. The link for discounted seats is below. A panel with RSL wil be held after the game. Yes, it will make for a late night. They are unable to do it before the game. More information to come about the panel. I have attached a flyer.

 

We have our first Utah DECA Board Meeting last night. The DECA Board President for this year is Nate Reese. The secretary is Kaitlyn Larsen. The minutes will be posted on the Utah DECA website by next week. Talk to your region reps. Ask them questions. We are all here to help you.

 

I received my box yesterday. National DECA did a great organizer for everyone. Hopefully, it will help you through the year. They hope to have them all out by the middle of September. If you have not received it yet, be patient. It is coming.

 

If you haven’t been to the National DECA website. Go! Especially check out https://www.deca.org/classroom and https://www.deca.org/brand. I think you will find some helpful resources.

Have a great week everyone!