CareerTech Student Organization Conferences
Ring in the Spring
April showers
and a very busy month were in the forecast for nearly 76,000 members
of the Oklahoma CareerTech student organizations (CTSOs).
Five of the seven CTSOs, sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of
Career and Technology Education, had spring leadership conferences
scheduled
throughout April. Two conferences were held in March.
State CTSO conferences
feature competitive events reflective of the learning that’s
taken place throughout the year, along with the election of state officers.
“CareerTech
has a proud heritage of sponsoring these student organizations associated
with the seven occupational program areas in our high
schools and technology centers,” said Dr. Phil Berkenbile, CareerTech
state director. “These programs and organizations provide
thousands of Oklahoma students each year with many of both technical
and soft
skills required by today’s workforce.”
Some of these
skills include public speaking, leadership training and valuable
work place experience preparing them for life after
graduation,
Berkenbile said.
The Oklahoma
CareerTech system has programs in about 565 middle, junior and senior
high schools across the state.
Students also
attend classes
at the state’s 54 technology center campuses.
Career
Tech Student Organization state conferences held include:
The 61st Annual
DECA Leadership Development Conference was held March 7-9, at Tulsa
Southern Hills Marriott. DECA is the career and technology
student organization associated with marketing education. The conference
featured students participating in 33 competitive events in categories
such as sports and entertainment marketing, retail merchandising, travel
and tourism marketing and creative marketing research. About 90 business
leaders rate competition entries.
The Business
Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership Conference March 9-10
was held at OSU-Okmulgee,
Green County Technology Center and the Union Multipurpose Activity
Center in Tulsa. BPA is the CareerTech student organization associated
with
business and information technology education. Students competed in
52 events such as computer network technology, desktop publishing,
Website
development and PC servicing and troubleshooting.
Family Career
and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), the student organization
associated
with
family and consumer sciences education (FACS) held its state convention
on April 2 at the Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City. This is largest
one-day FCCLA Convention in the United States. The FACS program teaches
students skills to manage the challenges of living and working in
a diverse, global society. (Conference
Image Gallery)
The
Technology Student Association (TSA) Leadership and Career
Development Conference
was held
April 6-8 at the Tulsa Convention Center. TSA supports
technology education for middle and junior high school students
who participated
in 32 competitive
events ranging from manufacturing, mechanical, marine
and flight challenges to dragster design and computer troubleshooting. (Conference
Image Gallery)
The Health
Occupations Students of America (HOSA) State Leadership Conference was
held April 15-17 at the Meridian Convention Center, Oklahoma
City. HOSA is associated with programs in health careers
education.
The conference tests student skills, knowledge and leadership
through more
than 50 competitive events. Also, Dr. Travis Fox, a
respected lecturer in the fields of stress management and sales
techniques, combined
comedy
with the art of hypnosis in leading seminars on topics
such as motivation, self-hypnosis and positive self-expectancy. (Conference
Image Gallery)
SkillsUSA,
the student organization associated with trade
and industrial education, hosted its state skills competition
from April 25-27, at
the Tulsa Convention
Center/Adams Mark/Doubletree Downtown. Timberline
Corporation sponsored SkillsUSA students in the first “Building
Community” community
service project in Tulsa during the conference.
Record-breaking involvement of industry partner support
the was received at this year’s
conference. See Image Gallery's (State
Conference, Automotive
Competition, Ford/AAA
Student Auto Skills)
FFA, the student
organization associated with agricultural
education, hosted its 78th state convention from April 27-28
in at the Cox
Convention Center in Oklahoma City. Election of state officers,
numerous scholarship,
awards and recognitions including State and Honorary State
FFA Degree recipients were received with a new Ford truck
given to
the school
winning the National Chapter Award drawing. (See
Convention Award Winners) Note:
Website developed by OSU Ag Communications students for the
Press Room during the convention.
posted
4/2l04
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