FCCLA
The Ultimate
Leadership
Experience
Designed with you in mind!
What is FCCLA?
• FCCLA stands for Family Career and Community Leaders of America.
• It is the only student lead organization with the family as its central
focus.
• It was known as FHA (Future Homemakers of America) prior to 1999.
• The organization was founded on June 11, 1945.
• Males and females are welcomed into the organization.
• Each year over 200,000 students join over 10,000 chapters in 50
state associations as well as District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and
the Virgin Islands.
• The organization encourages personal growth and leadership
development in teens through family and consumer sciences.
Purposes
• To promote opportunities for personal development and preparation
for adult life.
• To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society.
• To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home
and community.
• To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve
global cooperation and harmony.
Purposes
• To promote greater understanding between youth and adults.
• To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming
responsibilities.
• To prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today’s
society.
• To promote family and consumer sciences, family and consumer
sciences careers and related occupations.
June Officer Training
Officer Training
• There are many opportunities for all region and
state officers to learn cooperation, enhance their
leadership skills, and develop organizational
techniques.
Meetings
•Fall Regional Training
•Cluster Meeting
•Regional Leadership Meeting
•State Leadership Meeting
•National Leadership Meeting
Fall Training
• During the fall, each region conducts
workshops for members.
• Students can take FCSA tests and
attend many sessions to help their
chapter succeed.
• Fall training is a great opportunity for
all students to get a “little taste” of a
region or state meeting.
FCCLA Meetings
2013 Cluster Meetings
2014 National
Leadership Meeting
July 6-10, 2014
November 15-17
Spokane, Washington
November 22-24
Charlotte, North Carolina
Omaha, Nebraska
San Antonio, Texas
Regional Leadership Meeting
• Regional meetings are held during the months of JanuaryFebruary.
• At this meeting students can participate in STAR events, run
for offices, take FCSA tests and attend leadership tracks.
• There are 5 regions in the state of Texas with each region
having 17 officers.
• Region V’s meeting is January 30 – February 1, 2014.
State Leadership Meeting
• The State Leadership Meeting is held each year.
• The 2014 State Meeting will be held in Corpus Christi,
April 10-12, 2014.
• At this meeting students can also participate in STAR
events, attend awesome leadership tracks with
speakers, take FCSA tests, and hear wonderful
motivating speakers.
National Leadership Meeting
• The National Leadership Meeting is held each July and
offers members and advisors opportunities to develop
leadership skills and learn ways to enhance chapter
action through participation in issues-oriented
workshops and activities.
• The 2014 National Leadership Meeting will be held in
San Antonio, Texas July 6-10, 2014.
• In July of 2012 Angela Angold represented HHS at the
National Meeting and won Silver.
LOCAL ACTIVITIES
SERVICE
LEARNING!
FRIENDSHIPS
FUN!
OPPORTUNITIES
FCCLA Magazine
• Teen Times is FCCLA members’ national
magazine with coverage of teen issues and
chapter ideas.
• Members receive four issues each year.
• All of the information for the Texas FCCLA
members can be found on the website
www.texasfccla.org.
Community Service Projects
To help members strengthen their Community
Service projects, this program:
•helps young people build skills for family, career,
and community roles
•Provides youth-centered learning experiences
related to Family and Consumer Sciences Education
•encourages young people to develop the positive
character traits of trustworthiness, respect,
responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship
Scholarships
• Most scholarships available
through FCCLA are offered to
students planning to major in
family and consumer sciences
(FCS).
• Applicants must have been a
member of the Texas
Association, Family, Career and
Community Leaders of America.
Scholarships
• A standard application form for
scholarships processed through
the state office, Family, Career
and Community Leaders of
America is used.
• The applications are due to the
state FCCLA office March 1.
FCCLA Scholarships
• C.J. Davidson Scholarship - FCCLA awards 10 scholarships
to outstanding members in Texas. The scholarship is for
$2,000 per semester and will be continued for eight semesters
if the recipient continues to be qualified under the rules
regulated by the scholarship. (must major in FCS and receive
a teaching certificate for FCS)
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship- The
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will provide ten, fouryear $12,000 college scholarships to be awarded to
outstanding members of the Texas Association, Family,
Career and Community Leaders of America. (open to any
member - no restrictions)
• Regional Scholarships- Ten scholarships will be awarded
annually. Attach a theme of approximately 500 words on the
topic of how your involvement in Family, Career and
Community Leaders of America and Family and Consumer
Sciences has prepared you for your future. (must major in
FCS)
FCCLA Scholarships
• Blue Bell Creameries Scholarship- Awarded to FCCLA
members that have been active in programs and projects. Must
write an essay and submit application. Last year 5-$1000
were awarded.
• Texas Farm Bureau Scholarship - Must have been a
regional or state FCCLA officer in addition to the scholarship
eligibility requirements. This is a $1,000 scholarship.
FCSA
Family & Consumer Sciences Assessments
FCSA’s are objective tests about
your FCCLA knowledge. The
tests are:
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Child Development
Creed, Mission and Purposes
Consumer Math
Culinary Arts
Etiquette
Job Interview
Power of One
Step One
Parliamentary Procedure
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Education and Training
Hospitality
Interior Design
Fashion Design
Leaders At Work
Leaders At Work is a national program that recognizes
FCCLA members who create projects to strengthen
leadership skills on the job. These skills contribute to
success across a broad range of career fields. Leaders At
Work motivates students to prepare for career success.
Dynamic Leadership
• Dynamic Leadership is a national FCCLA program
that helps young people build leadership skills. It
provides information, activities, and project ideas
to help young people:
• recognize the lifelong benefits of leadership
strength
• learn about leadership
• practice leadership through
FCCLA involvement
• become strong leaders for families, careers
and communities
Career Connection
Career Connection is a national FCCLA program
that guides young people to link their options
and skills for success in careers,
families, and communities
through individual, cooperative,
and competitive activities,
members:
• discover their strengths
• target career goals
• initiate a plan for achieving the lifestyle they
desire
Japanese Exchange
Here’s an opportunity to live in Japan next
summer with a Japanese host family.
Seventeen FCCLA members are selected to
experience a Japanese tea ceremony,
traditional Japanese foods, or climb up
Mount Fuji with a Japanese brother or
sister. This is a summer you will never
forget!
Ready, Set, Read!
• A literacy project designed for chapter
members to help children improve
reading skills.
• Ready, Set, Read! can be used to
participate in STAR Events, such as
Chapter Service Project.
• Project Ideas:
– Read to children
– Conduct a book drive
– Donate books to local Boys and Girls Club
Financial Fitness
• Financial Fitness is a national FCCLA peer education
program that involves teens teaching teens how to
make, save and spend money wisely.
• This program empowers youth to educate their peers in
the following areas:
– Banking Basics
– Cash Control
– Making Money
– Financing your future
– Consumer Clout
Read and Save!
• Financial Literacy and Reading Program to
help students understand the value of
reading and saving. Get in the Habit With
Sammy Rabbit!
STOP the Violence
• Students Taking on Prevention is a peer-to-peer
outreach initiative that empowers young people
to recognize, report and reduce the potential for
youth violence.
• The goals of the project are to:
– Empower students with attitudes, skills, and
resources to make their school safer.
– Reduce the potential for youth violence in schools
with the trained FCCLA chapters.
Families First
• Through the Families First peer education program,
young people learn to be strong family members.
• Families First Units:
– Families Today: understand and celebrate families
– You-Me-Us: strengthen family relationships
– Meet the Challenge: overcome obstacles together
– Balancing Family and Career: manage
multiple responsibilities
– Parent Practice: learn to nurture children
Local Chapter Families First
Project
FACTS
Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety
• Participants improve traffic safety in their
community by reducing impaired driving and
increasing seatbelt usage.
Power of One
• Power of One is an exciting, self-directed
program that lets you set goals yourself and work
to achieve them through five fun, activity-filled
units.
– A Better You- (example) eating nutritiously
– Family Ties-(example) cooking for family
– Working on Working- (example) obtaining a job
– Take the Lead- (example) public speaking
– Speak Out for FCCLA- (example) organizing National
FCCLA week activities
Student Body
• A peer education program gets youth involved
by developing and carrying out projects
related to:
– Fitness
– Nutrition
– Self-awareness
Students Taking Action with Recognition
• STAR Events are competitive events that build proficiency
and achievement in leadership and job-related skills.
• There are 13 different events in which students can
compete in.
• The top 6 winners at the regional level compete at the state
level. The 1st place winner at state travels to the national
meeting to compete for gold, silver, or bronze awards.
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STAR Events
Students Taking Action with
Recognition
Advocacy
Applied Technology
Career Investigation
Chapter Service Project Display or Manual
Chapter Showcase Display or Manual
Culinary Arts
Early Childhood
Entrepreneurship
Focus on Children
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STAR Events
Students Taking Action with
Recognition
Fashion Construction
Fashion Design
Focus on Children
Food Innovations
Hospitality Tourism & Recreation
Illustrated Talks
Interior Design
Interpersonal Communication
Job Interview
Leadership
STAR Events
Students Taking Action with
Recognition
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Life Event Planning
National Programs in Action
Nutrition and Wellness
Parliamentary Procedure
Promote and Publicize FCCLA
Recycle and Redesign
Teach and Train
• Online Events: Digital Stores For Change, Virtual
Poster, “No Kid Hungry” National Outreach Project
Only in
TEXAS!
State Proficiency Events
• Serving Up
Success
• Mystery Basket
STAR Events participants
Chapter Service Project
Regional Runner-Up
State Winner
National Gold Winner
Above: Senior Division
Right: Junior Division
National Gold Winners STAR Event
What can you do to get
involved?