DECA Week!

DECA Week at Foothill is October 22-26th!
This is a great time to come together as a team and really promote the benefits of being in this great organization! It has been decided that each class will be responsible for one activity during DECA week. Below you will find many resources as you begin to work with your class leaders to plan your project. See your teacher for support and clarification as you begin to plan. Have fun!

DECA Week Class Assignment Overview

DECA Week Ideas Handout (handed out and discussed in class)

DECA Week Action Plan

DECA Week CAPE Narrative

DECA Week Group Performance Rating

Fundraiser Profit & Loss

Membership Campaign Overview

Membership Campaign/DECA Week Ideas

Membership Campaign Guidelines
(These guidelines will dictate how we document our activities to receive credit for this special recognition. If you are responsible for the Civic Conciousness point of the diamond, please read carefully the new "DECA Serve Day" criteria).


All DECA week work must be submitted by no later than Wednesday October 31st.

Resume Resources

Below you will find many resources to assist you in creating a resume for your portfolio.

Resumes Powerpoint This is the powerpoint presentation that was given in class. The notes will be collected as part of the notebook check.

Resume (planning) Worksheet This is a tool in pre-planning what you want in your resume. It will be collected as part of the notebook check.

Microsoft Resume Templates

Sample Teen Resume

Great Article On Resume Rules & Advice by CSU Chico's Career Center

Resume Critique Worksheet This is a tool to help your peer edit a resume for a classmate. It will be collected as part of the notebook check.

Creating A Business Card

Overview: During this lesson you will create a personal business card that contains a digital photograph of yourself, a logo or graphic, and a "motto" or quote to live by. You will also be encouraged to apply design concepts and color theory to your business card based on its intended audience.

Instructions:1) Have another student take your picture.2) Save the digital photos to either a flash drive, an email account or a folder on the server. DO NOT save to the hard drive. OPTIONAL – You can digitally manipulate and or enhance your photo using a paint or photo editing software program.3) Create a personal logo using clip art from a simple word-processing program (or a more advanced desktop publishing software program, if you desire). 4) Select a favorite saying or motto to include on your business card. See the quote web sites below.
Motivational Quotes
BrainyQuote
5) Sketch a design of the idea for your business card and answer the questions, using the format below.

Planning Tool for Business Card

By completing this worksheet, you will begin to make important decisions about how you want your card to look. Think about who (the audience) you will be giving your business cards to and what colors/fonts/graphics would be appropriate for them.
6) Once you have your plan in place, create your business cards based on your design (above). You can use the business card template file below or set up your own file in your word processor or paint program.
Create one complete card that includes your name, contact information, photo, logo and quote. Be sure to proofread your card and then cut and paste it 10 times into the template. Your cards are now ready to print!

Business Card Template- MS Word
7) Turn in one sheet of your cards for a grade (with a rubric attached).

Creating Your Portfolio

Below are some resources we will use in class to help you create your portfolio.

Introduction to Portfolios - Powerpoint Presentation

Introduction to Portfolios - Student Notes Handout

Portfolio Checklist

Portfolio Evaluation

Online Grades Available

To access Mrs. Raaker's online grades, click below and follow the intructions.


Mrs. Raaker's online grades

DECA Sponsor Letters

Prospect List Worksheet

Sponsor Letter -Male

Sponsor Letter -Female

Management Team Resources

As discussed in the management team meeting, here are some resources to help you complete your assigned task.

Meeting Agenda/Minutes Template

Officer Weekly Task Sheet

Go Green Campaign Info

Ted!

Communications Challenge

Membership Campaign/DECA Week
New for DECA Week is the addition of DECA Serve Day. This is a day during DECA Week, chosen by the chapter to concentrate its efforts on local or global community service projects. Imagine the impact of nearly 5000 DECA chapters all doing community service projects during the same week! Whether you are raising money for MDA, collecting food for a local food bank, sending Beanie Babies to children overseas or working on another service project, DECA Serve Day puts DECA at the forefront of the national effort to include community service as a part of all curriculums.

07-08 Chapter Awards Program Guidelines

Helpful hints to creating your POW

Action Plan Template

Project Profit & Loss Form

DECA Presidential Online Chat

The presidential council has already had it's first on-line meeting, with
many more to follow. To register your chapter, please have your president (or the appointee in the interim) send their contact information to Amanda Parks (state president) at
cadecaamanda@gmail.com Explain to her that we have not yet selected a president.

Conducting Effective Meetings

Click on the links provided here for the powerpoint presentation on "Conducting Effective Meetings" along with the notes handout and the meeting template.

DECA Resources

Learn how to access the online membership processing: www.deca.org/membershipprocessing.html
What is the Membership Campaign/DECA Week fuss all about? Find out here: www.deca.org/membershipcampaign.html
See what other chapters have done for DECA Week activities: www.deca.org/campaignactivities.html
Get your easy-to-use, copy-and-paste recruitment brochure materials at: www.deca.org/recruitmentmaterial.html
See happy Membership Recognition winners at the gateway to Awards Programs: www.deca.org/membershiprecogoverview.html

Intro To DECA Quiz Presentation

Below is a link for the key to the Intro to DECA powerpoint presentation handout. I hope this is a helpful refresher as you prepare for the quiz.

Intro to DECA student handout KEY

Powerpoint Presentations - Week 9/3-9/7

Click on the links below to access the powerpoints presentations presented this week

Why Teams Underachieve

Management Styles

Dealing With Difficult People

DECA Conference Registration

We are pleased that you have expressed an interest in one (or both) of the upcoming conferences. At these conferences, students will be participating in a variety of exciting workshops that will provide a unique educational opportunity. Please click the link below to download a student registration packet. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at traaker@pleasanton.k12.ca.us or call me in the classroom at (925)461-0425. Welcome to DECA!

Click below for student registration packets:

2007 Leadership Development Academy (San Ramon)

2007 DECA NY Experience Marketing & Merchandising Conference (New York)

2007-2008 DECA Officer Application

Do you have what it takes to lead our team to the top?! Initiative? Attitude? Commitment? Enthusiasm? Click on the link below to download your application. Please provide as much information as possible. Be sure to indicate your officer preference but remember that we will not make any final decisions until October 1st. Applications are due by Friday September 7th. We hope to announce our leadership team by September 10th.

Click here for the DECA Officer Application

Intro To DECA Quiz Review

Click on this link for the Intro To DECA Quiz review questions. If you have any questions, be sure to ask your teacher before the quiz.