2009-2010 Program of Work | State Officer Team Contact Information
Are you ready to roll the dice, take a chance, or advance to new horizons? Hopefully you are and this year of FCCLA will be right up your “boardwalk” and if not, we will help get you tools to develop your “game plan.”
Our executive council is excited to announce this year’s 2009-2010 theme as FCCLA: What’s Your Game Plan? It’s all about incorporating board games from Clue and Battleship to Twister, UNO and many others.
With deciding our theme the State Officers determined four major goals to focus on as a state:
| Win at Membership, Game On! | |
| Advance to National Programs | |
| Connect 4 Family Fun | |
| Strategize Your Next Move for Democracy |
With your help and through our program of work we hope to increase membership and national recognition as well as get more players for STAR Events, National Programs, and officers for the local, district, state and national levels. Two of the National Programs we encourage members to get involved in are Financial Fitness and Student Body. With families as our central focus we suggest promoting family fun nights, participating in community projects together, and developing and strengthening the communication and bonds in your families. Oh and with all this fun don’t forget the rules of the game -that’s where Parliamentary Procedure comes into play. We will have training for those who are not familiar with these rules.
To aid you in developing your game plan we recommend all members and advisers join the state officer team, and national trainer, Rhett Laubach, at the Take AIM Leadership Training in Vail October 4-5.
Now Colorado….. What’s Your Game Plan?
Jacob Patrick, 2009-2010 Colorado FCCLA State President
Congratulations Leilani Mullens (Swink HS) -
FCCLA National Officer
All my life, I’ve been told that with hard work, and determination, I could be whatever I wanted to be. In 2003 when I went to the National Leadership Conference in Philadelphia, I began to dream of becoming a national officer. Seeing those incredible leaders on the big stage sporting bright red blazers, became the finish line for a journey I began before I even became a member. In 9th grade, when I was able to participate in everything FCCLA had to offer, I couldn’t have been more excited. My freshman and sophomore years were stepping stones to learning as much as I could about leadership and FCCLA. I kept moving forward and at the State Conference in 2008, I was elected Colorado’s 1st Vice President. My year as a state officer included training members, traveling to USA Training in Washington, D.C. and Cluster Meeting in Dallas, TX, as well as strengthening my leadership skills. At State Conference 2009, I earned the opportunity to be one of two National Officer Candidates from Colorado. The whirlwind of leadership swept me up and landed me in Nashville, TN, where I was elected to serve FCCLA as the 2009-2010 National Vice President of Membership.
I am certain this year will be a busy, exciting, challenging, and memorable year. I will travel to Reston, Virginia (FCCLA National Office), Washington, D.C., Salt Lake City, and many other places to represent FCCLA. I will help plan conferences, develop membership campaigns, and be FCCLA’s “cheerleader”. One of the most exciting pieces about this year - is that in 2010, FCCLA will celebrate 65 years of leadership!
One bit of advice I would share with members is - to seek opportunities. You never know what opportunity will develop into a dream, and when that dream may come true. Never give up on yourself, work hard, and always remember others are there for you when the going gets tough. Dr. Suess once said, “You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose!” FCCLA members are not only in possession of brains and feet, but also have the potential to become Ultimate Leaders! Take that potential and build your game plan because “you are the one who decides where you’ll go!”
FCCLA Chapter Advisers and Potential Advisers
Thanks to those of you that have FCCLA Chapters for providing leadership opportunities for your students. We realize not all of you have chapters and we encourage you to speak to another FCCLA Chapter Adviser or a State Officer about the leadership opportuinities for FCCLA members in your schools and communities.
FCCLA is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education in public and private school through grade 12.
Everyone is part of a family, and Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is the only national career and technical student organization with the family as its central focus. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers and communities by addressing important personal, work and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Today over 227,000 members in 7,100 chapters are active in a network of associations in 50 states as well as in the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. For the 2008-09 school year, Colorado FCCLA membership was 2,055 members in 100 chapters. Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns, career explorations, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, and teen violence. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life -- planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making and interpersonal communication -- necessary in the workplace, home, and global marketplace.
Contact Patti Krattenmaker, State FCCLA Adviser, 303-595-1581. Contact Miki Gann, Administrative Assistant, 720-858-2740.