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FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA (FBLA)
Business Achievement Awards (BAA)
“America” Award Activities
The Business Achievement Awards (BAA) are an aggressive, self-directed, results-based business and leadership national awards program designed to compliment academics
while accelerating a student's leadership skills. The awards focus on the words surrounding the FBLA Crest: Service, Education, and Progress. There is a heavy emphasis on
education with integrated classroom/FBLA projects.
The individual recognition is a four-tier program aligned with the FBLA-PBL Goals, NBEA Standards, and Career Clusters. The BAA has four distinct award levels—Future,
Business, Leader, and America. In order to attend the State Leadership Conference (SLC) in April, the Future award must be completed. In order to run for a state office
position, the F and B levels are required (see “Running for a State Office” requirements for more details).
You may complete as many levels as you wish within a one-year time period. Work and documentation will be completed online through interactive forms (see Mrs. McFadden
for your login key and password). Your application form and this (America) worksheet need to be turned in to Mrs. McFadden by February 18 in order to be processed by the
March 1 deadline for the State conference. Activities on the worksheet need to be signed off by Mrs. McFadden as they are completed throughout the year. Activities not
completed in one year may be carried over into the next year. Projects completed for each level must be different.
Students who receive F, B, or L awards will be recognized at the State conference. Students who achieve the A award will be recognized at the National Leadership Conference
(NLC) in the summer. In addition to receiving the “America level” pin, all recipients of this award who attend the NLC will receive “America” ribbons and certificates of
recognition. These awards are great additions to your portfolio, resume, college applications, and scholarship applications!
Future Award
This award focuses on basic business skills, introduction to community service, and FBLA involvement at the local level. Pins will be awarded to the recipient at the State
Leadership Conference (SLC) in April.
Business Award
Prerequisite: Future Award. This award focuses on local and district/regional and state involvement; intermediate business skills; and leadership in the community. Pins will be
awarded to the recipient at the State Leadership Conference (SLC) in April.
Leader Award
Prerequisite: Future and Business Awards. This award focuses on local, district/regional, state, and national involvement; advanced business skills; and community leadership.
Pins will be awarded to the recipient at the State Leadership Conference (SLC) in April.
America Award
Prerequisite: Future, Business, and Leader Awards. This award focuses on total association leadership, business skills, and involvement in community. Students qualifying for
this award will receive pins at the National Leadership Conference (NLC) in the summer.
Website: http://www.fbla-pbl.org/BAA/login.asp
AMERICA AWARD - SERVICE (Complete 7 activities from this section. The first 3 are required.)
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Complete the FBLA Recruitment Project. (Please upload a copy
of the report. Complete project details are located on the
interactive form.)
Create a online chapter scrapbook presentation (PowerPoint)
highlighting some of your chapter's activities. Distribute this at
a chapter meeting (Upload a copy of the presentation and
include a 100-word description on how it helped chapter
communications.)
Participate on a committee to plan a free enterprise project for
elementary students. As part of this project, prepare a free
enterprise board game or card game (i.e. bingo, etc.) to help
students learn these concepts. (Complete the interactive
Project Activity Report form, prepare a copy of a news release,
a description and rules for the game, and a scanned photo of
students playing the game.)
Do something special for Adviser Appreciation Day during
FBLA-PBL Week for your local or state adviser. (Write and
upload a one-page summary of what you did for your adviser.
Include a thank you letter to your adviser in proper business
format.)
Plan an adviser-approved social activity for your local chapter.
(Complete the interactive Project Activity Report form.)
Volunteer to work on a project in conjunction with a charity
such as the March of Dimes or a state-sponsored service
project. (Attach a 100-word essay on what you learned.)
Plan and participate in a literacy project. (Prepare a
memorandum to your local chapter adviser describing the
benefits that you gained, complete the interactive Project
Activity Report form, and prepare a press release.)
Participate in a service activity sponsored by your school or the
community. (Write a 100-word summary of the project.)
Contact local businesses to find door prizes for members for
drawings for local chapter meetings. (Upload a copy of the
letter to businesses requesting this and a summary/review of
this activity as a recruitment tactic).
Help your local chapter sponsor an environmental slogan
contest in the school. (Upload a copy of the contest rules and
create a flyer promoting this activity).
Work with your local chapter adviser to plan a special Power
Lunch meeting with chapter members. Invite a guest speaker
from business and prepare a program. (Upload a copy of the
letter inviting the guest speaker and a copy of the program).
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AMERICA AWARD - EDUCATION (Complete 6 activities from this section. The first 4 are required.)
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Entrepreneurship. Complete the interactive Current Events
Internet assignment.
Technology. Complete the E-Portfolio project by using the
interactive template. Some of the items that will be included
will be a title page, a letter to the viewers , a table on
contents, photographs, voice recording, videos, scanned
documents, projects, etc. (Complete the interactive template).
Technology. Create a TBL Magazine cover for the Spring
issue of Tomorrows Business Leader, FBLAs national magazine.
The theme for the magazine is Focus on the National
Leadership Conference. Include at least one photo on the
cover as well as a bulleted list of articles that are inside this
edition. (Upload a copy of the magazine cover.)
Communications. Develop a television commercial (using
electronic media such as PowerPoint, video, etc) 28-32
seconds in length addressing the topic of Global Warming. The
following must be used: full screen graphics as much as
possible, some animation, and sounds effects. (Upload a copy
of the commercial).
Communications. Plan and prepare a report for
district/regional, state, or national competition (i.e., Business
Plan, American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project,
Local Chapter Annual Business Report, or Partnership with
Business Project.) (Upload a copy of the report, prepare a 500word summary of the project, and present at a local chapter
meeting-include an outline of the presentation with your
documentation.)
Entrepreneurship. Participate in a co-op, internship, or 25
hours of a job shadow experience, and submit a 500-word
report with appendices to include at least two scanned photos,
a letter from the business that you worked with, a news
release prepared for your local newspaper, and two additional
items of supporting documentation. Give a presentation at a
local meeting. (Upload this report and an outline of the
presentation.)
Communications. Complete a leadership project (e.g.,
prepare and present a workshop for a chapter or state event,
help plan a chapter or state event, present a workshop about
leadership to elementary students), and prepare an electronic
presentation describing your project. (Complete the interactive
project activity report form, and upload a copy of a
presentation/PowerPoint. Present at a meeting and upload two
items of supporting documentation from your project.)
Communications. Submit a feasible, detailed plan to
President and CEO, Ms. Jean Buckley, for a new nation-wide
project. This proposal must be at least two pages in length,
include a budget, and a bar graph for pie chart. (Upload a copy
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of the proposal).
Technology. Prepare a podcast about how FBLA has helped
your future career. (Upload a copy of the podcast).
AMERICA AWARD - PROGRESS (Complete 10 activities from this section. The first 2 are required.)
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Complete the requirements for Membership Mania or recruit 2
Professional Division members.
Secure a letter of recommendation about your leadership skills
and why you are deserving of the America Award from your
adviser. (Upload a copy of this letter.)
Participate in the National Fall Leadership Conference or the
Institute for Leaders. (Upload a summary of the benefits
gained from this experience).
Help present the FBLA new member induction ceremony or
officer installation ceremony at a local, district/regional, or
state meeting. (Upload a copy of an agenda or a program.)
Help create a chapter FBLA Lending Library where FBLA
members can donate books, and anyone in the chapter can
take them and either keep them or return them. (Upload a
copy of the project report form).
Submit an application for the FBLA Distinguished Business
Leader Scholarship. (Upload a completed application form).
Read an article in Tomorrow's Business Leader, and write a
one-page summary of your reaction to the article. (Upload a
copy of the summary).
Plan an activity for your local chapter in which you participate
in a joint project or social event with an FBLA-Middle Level or a
PBL chapter. (Complete the interactive Project Activity Report
form.)
Meet with a local leader such as a mayor or state legislator to
discuss the benefits of FBLA. (Write a press release about this
activity.)
Visit at least one school that does not have an active FBLA
chapter or FBLA-Middle Level chapter. Meet with school
officials to encourage them to charter or reactivate a chapter.
(Prepare a 100-word description of the experience.)
Invite a school administrator to a chapter meeting, a state
meeting, or a state- or national-sponsored FBLA conference.
(Upload a copy of a letter.)
Create child safety brochures and help develop an
informational presentation for students. (Upload a copy of the
brochure and an outline of the presentation.)
Attend a community patriotic, historical, or cultural event.
(Write a one-page paper about the event and included at least
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one scanned photo).
Create flyers concerning a 3-Point Paper pledge: reduce paper
consumption, rethink paper sources, and recycle what is left.
On the back of the flyer include signatures for businesses to
sign this form. (Upload a the flyer and a copy of at least two
signatures from businesses that have signed the pledge form).
Make a personal visit to an elected official. Dress in business
attire. Research and discuss Perkins Funding. Take a photo
with the official. (Prepare and upload a press release and a
copy of the photo).