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Utah FCCLA Website Link

www.utahfccla.org

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Agenda for Today

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State Staff Contact Information

Aubrey Turnbow Frandsen- State Adviser

utahfccla@gmail.com

Christine Heslop-

State Officer Assistant

heslopc@ogdensd.org

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Recent Photo from 2025

  • What is your name?
  • What university did you graduate from?
  • What school are you an FCCLA adviser at?

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CTSO

Student Lead Organizations

CTSOs were established with the commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of young people. In addition to offering a wide variety of specific career and technical training, CTE integrates student leadership elements, which complements student participation in these courses and programs.

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What is FCCLA?�

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Intercurricular Courses/Events

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FCS & FCCLA Integration Chart

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FCCLA Star Events Examples

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Provide new or less experienced FCCLA advisers with a guide for a very basic FCCLA chapter start-up, as part of intercurricular Family and Consumer Sciences classes.

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The Cost

National Affiliation Dues: $9

State Affiliation Dues: $7

Unlimited Package?????

Fall Leadership Training (10 Chapter Officers Max) $60

Region Competitions: $20 (up to $ 35)

State Convention: $60

Total: $166

.92 a day, 5 day a week, for 9 months

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State Officer Presentation

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FCCLA Creed

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope. For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values. For we are the builders of homes, homes for America's future, homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair, homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams.

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

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8 Purposes of FCCLA

1. To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life.

2. To strengthen the family as a basic unit of society.

3. To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community.

4. To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony.

5. To promote a greater understanding between youth and adults.

6. To provide opportunities for making decisions and assuming responsibilities.

7. To prepare for the multiple role of men and women in today’s society.

8. To promote Family and Consumer Sciences Education and related occupations.

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State & National Theme: 2025-2026

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State Goals

2025-2026

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Why would you encourage students to be involved in FCCLA?

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New Adviser Toolkit

Becky Sagers

  • Training Student Leaders-

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Student Leaders and FCCLA

What does that mean?

Benefits of student leadership skills

Goal - 4 star Chapter

FCCLA is a student led organization

Student Leaders

Leadership Skills and National Programs

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Leadership Skills to Encourage

Skills

Self motivated, willing to try new ideas and take risks

Initiative

Listens and offers to help others.

Communication

Supporting and encouraging, praises others, empathetic

Motivation

Uplifting, coaches and trains others, bring out the best in those they work with.

Positivity

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Working with Student Leaders

Model behaviors you want your student leaders to utilize.

Encourage students you have observed to apply.

Attend Fall Leadership

Identify Potential Leaders

Modeling

Network and attend trainings.

Using the FCCLA planning process regularly.

Use officer meetings to plan chapter meetings and train leadership skills.

Trust, Roles and Responsibilities, Conflict Resolution, Communication

Train

Goal Setting

Build Relationships

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Leadership is a primary focus of FCCLA. As students take responsibility for planning, implementing, and evaluation chapter projects and activities, they develop the skills needed to take the lead in their families, careers, and communities.

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Officer Positions (Executive Committee)

Presides at meetings, assists with group decisions, knows officer duties and collaborates.

Assists the president as needed, works with planning committee and develops members.

Keeps accurate and complete minutes of all chapter meetings and activities, assists advisor.

Keeps accurate record of chapter income. Records dues, works with chapter advisor to manage funds.

President

Vice-President

Secretary

Treasurer

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Chapter Officers

Assignment or Election

Responsibilities

Chapter Roles & Responsibilities

Organization and carrying out of events at the local level

Student driven ( with the occasional suggestion!)

Recruiting

School year calendar

Plans for Fall Leadership, Region and State Conferences.

Application

Expectations

Plan of Work

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Officer and Chapter Meetings

Plan and agenda meeting with officers before meeting with members.

Students are responsible for leading the chapter meetings.

Surveying chapter members for their input helps promote student buy in.

Agenda

Assignments

Chapter Input

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Ways to make meetings fun:

Greet time/ Share time

Activity time - team building or leadership skill

Officer message

Membership recognitions

Interactive activities

Food

Games - team building

Themes

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Takeaways & Next Steps

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New Adviser Toolkit

Kayla Orton

-Best Practices-

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FCCLA Dress Code

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Advisor Dress Code

  • Business professional
  • Jeans, t‐shirts, and athletic wear are NOT acceptable
  • Remember that you are setting the example.

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FCCLA Conferences

  • Fall Leadership- October

  • Region Conference- February

  • State Conference- March

  • National Convention- July

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Fall Leadership

  • Why should you attend Fall Leadership?
  • How many students can I bring?
  • What will you get out of it as an advisor?
  • When is registration?
  • How much does it cost?

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Fall Leadership

  • To register for Fall Leadership, your chapter must first affiliate a minimum of 12 members, including your officers, with National FCCLA at fcclainc.org.
  • Each school is limited to bring 10 officers to fall leadership.
  • Cost: $60 per person
  • September 18th-Fall Leadership registration closes https://www.registermychapter.com/fccla/ut-fall

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FCCLA Step One- ADD LINK

  • Your way to introduce FCCLA
  • Bingo, Webquest, Officer Video, Nearpod, Craft or Activity, Mini STAR Event, etc.

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Best Practices

**DISCLAIMER!!**

Every chapter is different! What works for one chapter may or may not work for another.

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Affiliation and Registration

-Monique Nielsen-

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Affiliation

https://fcclainc.org/join/chapter-affiliation

Step-by-step Guide -

National FCCLA State Guide

Deadline for Fall Leadership- September 18th

Fcclainc.org

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Affiliation

  • You must login to the adviser portal
  • Do you know your chapter ID and do you have a login?
  • At the start of the school year you will need to “Graduate” members and do a bulk grade move forward

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  • A minimum of 12 students- or a flat fee of $108- is required to affiliate a chapter.
  • If you have fewer than 12 members, you will still pay the $108 minimum. You can add students later to meet the 12 minimum without paying again.
  • Additional students beyond the first 12 are $9 each plus the state dues ($7).
  • Students are required to be affiliated before they can be registered for any conferences.
  • We encourage any affiliations to be done before March 1st for the school year.

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Conference

Registration

You can always access the links on the

Utah FCCLA Website

under conferences to register for any of the conferences throughout the year.

www.registermychapter

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The 3 R’s of Membership

Recruit: Membership campaign

Retain: Hold activities, meetings or fundraisers

Recognize: “member of the week”, bulletin boards, chapter newsletter

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Example for Region

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What Utah Adviser have to say

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New Adviser Toolkit

Additional Opportunities

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  • Career Connection
  • Community Service
  • FACTS
  • Families First
  • Financial Fitness
  • Power of One
  • Stand Up
  • Student Body

  • Plan 1 national program for the year and plan activities around that program. (Financial Fitness)
    • Financial Fitness is the national program the state has chosen to focus on.

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POWER OF ONE

  • Helps members find and use their personal power.
  • Five units related to different areas of a member’s life.
    • A Better You- improve personal traits
    • Family Ties- get along better with family members
    • Working on Working – explore work options
    • Take the Lead – develop leadership qualities
    • Speak Out for FCCLA – tell others about positive experiences in FCCLA

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FCCLA’s initiative, FCCLA@TheTable, encourages members to plan, prepare, and share healthy meals for their families.

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Imagine a summer in Japan that will stay with you forever.

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Program of Work

  • 2025-2026 Utah FCCLA Calendar

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STAR Event

Competitions

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What are STAR Events?

  • STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition) are competitive events in which members are recognized for proficiency and achievement in chapter and individual projects, leadership skills, and career preparation.

  • Daphne Stockdale- STAR Events Coordinator

starevents@utahfccla.org

  • Competitive Event Guide
  • Video Examples

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Available Competitions

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How to teach students to use the planning process

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What are some techniques you have used to get your students involved in STAR Events?

  1. Read the scoring rubrics on STAR events.

  • When working on STAR Events, follow the rules and guidelines exactly. Focus on the high point column.

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Planning Process Activity

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Sample Projects

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Fashion Construction

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Fashion Construction

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Fashion Construction

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Chapter Showcase Display

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Chapter Showcase Display

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Repurpose/Redesign

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Repurpose/Redesign

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Repurpose/Redesign

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Repurpose/Redesign

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Repurpose/Redesign

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Chapter Service Project Display

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Culinary Arts

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Chapter Service Project Display

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New Adviser Shared Folder

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Junior High vs High School

  • Keep Parents & Admin in the Loop (help them understand the WHY)
  • Start Small & Build
  • Keep Meetings Short & Purposeful
  • Use Visuals & Gamify Learning
  • Create Chapter Traditions
  • Recognize participation, growth, and effort—especially for junior high students.
  • Give out silly awards, stickers, certificates, or shoutouts in meetings.

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Fundraising

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Survival Tips

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Apply for Awards

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Recognition for your Chapter

New Adviser of the Year Award (1-3 years)

Four Star Chapter Application

Make a copy and edit your own.

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Professional Development

2025 Chapter Adviser Summit

January 13-17, 2026 – Washington D.C.

    • FCCLA specific professional development
    • Gain valuable resources to take back to your classroom and chapter
    • Low cost, high value opportunity
    • See the location of this year’s leadership conference before you bring students
    • Network with other FCCLA national advisers and FCS professionals
    • Get supported by your district-

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Create your own Elevator Speech

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FCCLA Resource

  • National FCCLA website – www.fcclainc.org
  • Utah FCCLA website – www.utahfccla.org
  • Other advisers
  • Email listserv
  • Facebook groups- National FCCLA advisers

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Professional Development

  • Adviser Academy
    • Two, four-track virtual training programs open to any FCCLA Adviser
    • Grow your knowledge & FCCLA chapter, learn work life balance, develop lesson plans, network
    • Graduates recognized at NLC & receive an FCCLA certificate of completion and two Continuing Education Units (CEU).
    • Information on www.fcclainc.org