September 2020
Hello! Welcome to our first newsletter of the school year. Here you can find out about everything that is currently going on in Colorado TSA! The first section, Membership, is directed towards Chapter Members. The second section, Leadership, is directed towards Chapter Officers and Advisors. The State Officer Team will co-author each newsletter. To learn more about the State Officer Team, you can click here! If you have any questions, please feel free to fill out our contact form down below. We hope you enjoy this month's newsletter!
Sincerely,
Your State Officer Team
Membership
For Chapter Members
National Officers
Thank you COTSA for a great State Delegation Meeting!
Here are your new National TSA Officers!
Program of Work
The program of work is our overall plan for the year, a guide to help us achieve our goals for the year. Click the thumbnail to view the State Officer Team's 2020-2021 Program of Work. This document is a great way for your chapter to create a master plan for the TSA season. Click below to find a template to start building your own!
Member of the Month
National TSA
National TSA has also created a member of the month initiative .
Members can participate in a variety of warm-up challenges that correlate with TSA events and standards. One submission per month will be chosen to be featured on the National TSA website! This month, the high school warm-up challenge is based around Board Game Design, and the middle school warm-up challenge is based around Construction Challenge.
Here is the link to find out more about this initiative.
We hope to see you recognized on the National TSA website for all your hard work!
Leadership
For Chapter Officers and Advisors
Engaging Your Chapter
How to get Participation in a Virtual Setting
Many chapters will transition to a virtual setting for the foreseeable future. It just as important as ever to keep your chapter engaged. The first step of keeping you chapter engaged is to have open communication.
Here's some great tools to keep in touch with your chapter:
Remind
Google Classroom
GroupMe
Make sure to schedule meetings with your chapter through Zoom or Google Classroom. There are many ways to get your chapter involved during online meetings with things like engaging presentations or online events. Hosting online workshops or even fun events like movie nights are other great ways to keep your chapter active.
New Chapter Officer Teams
How to Bond with Your Team in a Virtual Environment
We hope that this list will be helpful in giving all of you a few new ideas about how to interact with new chapter Officer Teams in a virtual setting where bonding may be harder.
Virtual Game Nights
There are tons of fun games online, like Werewolf or trivia games that can help officers get more comfortable around each other and have fun!
Zoom Ice Breakers
You can use virtual backgrounds as a way to learn about each other. (e.g. Change your background to your favorite place.)
At-Home Shared Activities
These can be anything from everyone baking the same cookie recipe to painting from the same Bob Ross tutorial. Having all the officers participate in the same activity, even from different homes on a Zoom, can create a fun environment where they can be comfortable around each other.
Chapter Affiliation
Chapter affiliation is now open! National TSA has revamped their membership system to be more robust and comprehensive, so advisors must create a new account. Remember, you can affiliate now and add members later. As soon as you affiliate your chapter, you will have access to resources provided by the national association including leadership materials, chapter management tools, and a student member site. You will also have access to the competitive events guides by clicking on the "Total TSA" tab. There are resources on the site to help you with navigation. Colorado TSA affiliation ends on December 1st!
CTSO Leadership Kickoff
Registration ends THIS WEEK on September 18, 2020!
This is a great way to get a head start on leadership for the year. Members can register on their own without their advisor! We hope to see you there.
What has the State Officer Team been up to?
CACTE
The Behind the Scenes of State Officer Leadership
CACTE is an annual conference for teachers to gain professional development on Career and Technical Education (CTE). CACTE allows the State Officer Team to give teachers guidance on how to have a strong Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO). This year, CACTE was a virtual event. The first day we held office hours where advisors could ask questions about Colorado TSA and chapter management best practices. The next day followed with a presentation of our Program of Work along with how to manage CTSOs flipped classroom environment. We enjoyed working directly with Chapter Advisors!
CTSO Training
State Officers Taking a Step Forward
State Officers from all CTSOs were given top quality training on a variety of topics ranging from advocacy to team building to engagement. The state officer training was held virtually this year and was led by Hypeline Studios. With all of the knowledge that the COTSA State Officer team has acquired, we will do our best to lead Colorado TSA and thrive throughout these unprecedented times!
We look forward to passing some of what we learned to you at the CTSO Leadership Kickoff on September 23, 2020.
Informational Videos
Over the summer, we worked on creating informational videos for official dress, documentation, and presentations/interviews.
Watch them below or on our website where we have all three videos posted!
General Documentation.mp4Presentation:Interview Audio and Video.mp4Website Changes
Your State Officer Team has been hard at work to create ad source new resources for members on the website. Visit our website to find parliamentary procedure study resources, informational videos, and much more.
We hope you find these new resources helpful!
Virtual Chapter Visits
Last, but not least, we are excited to announce that we will be hosting Virtual State Officer Chapter Visits during the 2020-2021 school year!
Our team is looking forward to the opportunity to engage and interact with our members. Click here to view a menu of potential presentation topics. Schedule a visit today using the request form.
Thank you for reading!
