Area 5 DECA Help Section

Washington DECA Advisor HQ is available for all advisors!  Go to: https://wadeca.org/advisorhq/

What does it mean to be a DECA Advisor? Need a Timeline? Here is a short synopsis:

What do I need to do? You need to do everything. It may seem overwhelming, but it is. It really is. You have embarked on a great adventure in organization, frustration, skill, feeling of being lost, lack of test knowledge, fear of making a mistake, calling Mike for help, reaching out to other advisers for help because Mike didn't answer your email, working with your students to get them ready for a competition that you don't know anything about, getting approval from your ASB leader to go to the conference, getting a bus for your students, calming your students down when they are afraid of competing, listening for your students' names to be called to the stage, not hearing your students names and consoling them, hearing your student name to go on stage and watch their excitement, having them thank you(once in a while), riding home on the bus and listening to the students talk about the conference, have parents thank you, going home and being so ramped up and upset at the same time, and going to sleep realizing that you will do it again, and again, and again, feeling that you have given an opportunity to your students that they will never forget and you love your job as a Marketing Teacher! Good luck, you can do all of this and more.

Need help with a Timeline?

1st or 2nd week of school: Talk about DECA in your classes. Include the WADECA video.

Hold weekly DECA meetings right after school. Your chapter leaders should run these. Practice roleplays, help with written projects and create a Community Awareness or Giving project.

Use roleplays to see if your students are getting your teaching topics.

Have your students decide what event or events they will compete in.

September 1: Start registering your students with National DECA. Get a bus through your school district for the Area 5 Conference. Get a bus through your school district for the Area 5 Conference.

October 1: Start registering your students with Area 5 DECA. The Student Registration link on the homepage has all of the info you need. Get a bus through your school district for the Area 5 Conference.

By November 10th: Finish Registering your students with National DECA. Get a bus through your school district for the Area 5 Conference.

By November 15th: Finish Registering your students with the Area 5 DECA Conference. Print out and Turn in the invoice to your Cashier to use as a Requisition.

By November 25th: Register as a Proctor for testing at your school.

By November 30th: Have your judges called and reserved for the area conference in January.

Before the testing week: Print out Testing rosters and tickets for your students. Proctor Page

Testing Week: Proctor the tests for your students. Proctor Page

Before the winter break: Give the performance indicators to your students.

After Winter Break:  Create your event packets for your judges, Performance Indicators and Roleplays for the prep table, and enough scoresheets for the students in your event. See the Event Manager Help Page.

During the conference: Run your event and score the students on your laptop. See the Event Manager Help Page.

From Washington DECA:

FLOW OF COMPETITION IN WASHINGTON:

 - Area qualifiers go on to the state level - Area Conferences take place in late December/early January and tests are given online

 - State qualifiers go on to the international level - SCDC is in March 

 - First year DECA members that do not qualify at Area can register for state in the Principles events - based on chapter allocations 

 - Continuing DECA members that do not qualify at Area can register for state in Personal Financial Literacy event - based on chapter allocations

CHOOSING AND PREPARING FOR A COMPETITIVE EVENT:

 - DECAstyles.org - will help your students choose their event using their leadership style

 - For beginners, stick to role play events (individual or team decision making) or the Professional Selling and Consulting Events.

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