FCCLA: The Ultimate Leadership Experience

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Family, Career and Community Leaders of America

To promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer

Sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner and

community leader, members develop skills for life through: character development,

creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge, and

career preparation.

FCCLA Mission

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.

We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

For we have a 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.

FCCLA Creed

FCCLA Purposes1. To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life

2. To strengthen the function of 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 and harmony

5. To promote greater understanding between youth and adults

6. To prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today’s society

7. To promote family and consumer sciences and related occupations

FCCLA Strategic Goals

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Promote FCCLA asthe premier youth leadershiporganization.

Expand and Invest ininternal and external relations.

Refine and Strengthenservices and resources forstakeholders.

Promote FCCLA as the Premier Youth Leadership Organization

Member Leadership Programs• Coordinate a focus group to review current youth leadership offerings

• Review current youth leadership programs with employability skills, family living skills, and

community leadership

• Propose changes and necessary additions to current youth leadership programs

• Engage leadership experts to build new programs that would be credible and nationally

recognized

Competitive Events• Coordinate data that showcase competitive event participation and how it enhances youth

leadership skills

• Identify and make the connection between competitive events and employability skills,

family success, and community engagement

Adviser Outreach• Provide professional development and resources to assist advisers in formatting FCCLA

Chapter Leadership educational resources

• Incorporate education resources and opportunities for adviser’s professional development

Business and Industry Impact• Partner with business and industry leaders in the review of current leadership program revision

• Engage alumni and associate members in both the review and enhancement efforts of

leadership programs

• Seek corporate internships and shadow days to build upon the FCCLA leadership programs

Build upon the foundation of the FCCLA leadership programs to showcase FCCLA as the

premiere organization preparing youth to lead in their families, careers, and communities

through Family and Consumer Sciences education.

FCCLA Strategic Goals > Promote FCCLA

Enhance FCCLA’s Youth Leadership Programs

Member Leadership Programs• Research post-secondary and middle/high school courses offered in each state to determine

the diversity and similarity of these programs

• Coordinate recruitment strategies for each of these programs

• Provide information on opportunities in each Family and Consumer Sciences field

• Promote examples of excellence and success in the Family and Consumer Sciences field

Competitive Events• Identify the impact of competitive events on career exploration in Family and Consumer

Sciences fields

• Seek experts in the field of Family and Consumer Sciences to evaluate competitive events

• Research how to provide new career internship opportunities for competitive events participants

Adviser Outreach• Host training for advisers in connecting Family and Consumer Sciences fields to FCCLA

programs and leadership opportunities

• Provide professional development for advisers in connecting FCCLA through new

post-secondary program opportunities

Business and Industry Impact• Position FCCLA with business and industry leaders in Family and Consumer Sciences

fields to research ways corporations can recognize youth leadership efforts

• Seek connections with nationally recognized leaders of Family and Consumer Sciences

fields to build upon the platform of FCCLA leadership success

Position FCCLA’s leadership in the Family and Consumer Sciences fields and career options

enabling youth members to explore leadership roles in these fields including but not limited

to human services, hospitality and tourism, nutrition, early childhood development, financial

literacy, fashion design and construction, interior design, culinary arts, and Family and

Consumer Sciences education.

FCCLA Strategic Goals > Promote FCCLA

Strengthen FCCLA Leadership in Family and Consumer Sciences

Refine and Strengthen services and resources for stakeholders

Post-Secondary Educators• Research all post-secondary educator contacts to discover what they know about FCCLA,

what they deliver to their students, and what they need from FCCLA

• Establish FCCLA as a continuing education provider

• Expand the engagement of experts in the post-secondary arena

State Advisers• Evaluate training resources and experiences for state advisers

• Explore National FCCLA credentialing program for state advisers

• Determine states at risk and establish support programs for those states

• Provide training from experts in business management to state advisers

Chapter Advisers• Develop training and education opportunities to expand and renew chapter adviser

knowledge of FCCLA

• Explore developing a certified mentor program

• Research a training retreat for advisers that would be at a time with no youth attendees

• Build new e-learning opportunities for chapter advisers

• Expand and enhance recognition of chapter advisers and chapter success

• Provide resources for chapter engagement

• Develop promotional materials to highlight the benefits of attending conferences

External Partnership• Research funding opportunities to support state and chapter advisers

• Develop connections between our advisers and external partners who provide additional resources

Build FCCLA professional development opportunities, resources, and tools for all state

and chapter advisers.

FCCLA Strategic Goals > Refine and Strengthen

Enhance Professional Development for Advisers at All Levels

Middle Level Chapters• Research specific needs of middle level advisers

• Develop resources specific to the needs of middle level members

• Provide workshops and resources specifically for middle level members

• Create recruitment tools for middle level members

• Expand recognition of middle level member success

High School Chapters• Provide recruitment resources highlighting benefits of membership

• Develop a chapter fundraising resource

• Expand recognition of member accomplishments

• Provide unique connections for members to explore career options

Post-Secondary Members• Research the interest of interest for post-secondary members

• Create unique membership recruitment tools for post-secondary audience

• Develop corporate internships for post-secondary members

Establish FCCLA as an essential resource for Family and Consumer Sciences

educators and affiliated chapters.

FCCLA Strategic Goals > Refine and Strengthen

Support FCCLA Chapters

Expand and Invest in Internal and External Relations

Member Partnerships• Research benefits of past, current, and potential partnerships that provide funding

and resource opportunities for chapters

• Develop fund raising and partnership resources for chapters

• Provide connections between external partners and chapters

• Measure partnership resources and time commitment of chapters

Competitive Events Partnerships• Identify partners and experts for every competitive event

• Collaborate with partner resources to support competitive events

• Review all competitive events within the partner scope to match with employability skills,

career clusters, and STEM connections

Adviser Partnerships• Develop partnerships that assist meeting adviser classroom needs

• Identify experts to provide professional development opportunities for advisers

• Engage professionals to provide education opportunities for advisers at all levels

Business and Industry Partnerships• Engage alumni in business and industry to build connections to partnerships

• Expand special event fundraising opportunities

• Identify and recognize government leaders and connections

• Enhance exhibit and advertising marketing opportunities

Working together with internal and external stakeholders to create equitable relationships

to support the goals of both parties

FCCLA Strategic Goals > Expand and Invest

Establish Strong Partnerships Supporting Organization Goals

FCCLA: The Ultimate Leadership Experience

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc.

1910 Association Drive, Reston VA 20191-1584

Phone: 703-476-4900 | Fax: 703-439-2662

www.fcclainc.org