The district one meeting was held on October 21st in West Lyon. In addition to the state Vice-President of Public Relation, Nick Greiner, the National President, Josh Sorbe, was in attendance, who was featured as the events guest speaker. His session taught members about branding FCCLA as a positive and professional organisation by branding themselves as positive and professional individuals. The meeting was concluded with a presentation on Peer Education by the State Peer Education Coordinator, Janet Mann.
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On August 8th and 9th the SEC met in Ankeny for their monthly meeting. First we discussed National Leadership Conference; how we bonded as a team, all the new ideas we discovered, and how we could improve for next year. Following that, we began planning for Fall Leadership Rally, which will be held on October 5. We lined up speakers and prepared breakout sessions to get Iowa FCCLA members excited for a new year to do great things with FCCLA. We have so many new and exciting things for you to see!
Our Peer Education Team Leaders; Chelsea Boyden (Vice-President of Families First), Nick Greiner (Vice-President of Public Relations), Alesha Terveer (Vice-President of Financial Fitness), and Kilie Akers (Vice-President of Student Body) all met with Janet Mann, the Iowa FCCLA Peer Education Coordinator to receive training for the upcoming projects. Overall, we got a lot accomplished and we are excited to see you all on October 5 at Iowa State University! This Tuesday two state officers, Kate and Nick, and the national officer candidate, Sydney attended the IACTE/IFCSE Conference in Des Moines to promote Iowa FCCLA. They attended several breakout sessions where they helped new advisers and potential advisers to gain a better understanding of FCCLA. Kate and Nick even had to opportunity to meet with DMACC President Rob Denson and share their personal experiences with him. Later that night, the three were able to speak to FCS teachers about the benefits of having FCCLA in their communities. The conference was a wonderful experience for the team to network with advisers, hand out business cards, and set up school visits. The SEC gathered for three days packed full of learning and fun! Our first opportunity to flaunt our Red Jacket Swag was during the FCCLA Board of Directors Meeting, where we got to meet the adults in charge of FCCLA’s success. Then, we visited the Children and Families of Iowa. Together we have chosen this organization as our State Wide Service Project. After dinner, we returned to our hotel to prepare a few surprises for National Leadership Conference. We can’t wait to share them with you! The next day we attended CTSO Officer Training and bonded with the other Iowa CTSO officers (DECA, HOSA, FBLA, BPA). We made some great friends and shared ideas on fundraising, recruitment, community service, and conference ideas. Our favorite part was the Improv-Rap-Battle-Ice-Breaker! We hope to incorporate all of the ideas we’ve learned to an event with you! On the final day of or meeting, we developed and addressed over 120 sponsorship letters. We left the meeting with our heads spinning with ideas and more excited than ever for National Leadership Conference. We hope to see you there! The 2015-2016 Iowa FCCLA State Executive Council had their first meeting on May 9th-10th. To start the meeting, we each brought in five “pieces of me” to share, and learn more about each other. We also talked about who are stakeholders in Iowa FCCLA. We came up with the members, the school, parents and family, business owners, communities, and the government. Without any one of these six groups FCCLA either wouldn’t exist or would be based around something completely different. After that, we worked on our communication skills as a leader. We learned about each other’s strengths and weaknesses in leadership abilities. This helped us learn how to be leaders on the inside and out. The best part of the day was getting to try on our Red Jackets for the first time!
That night, we worked on our Program of Work goals and decided on a theme for the upcoming year! The next morning we talked about sponsorships and making SMART goals. After this, we ended our meeting with talking about the plans for National Leadership Conference in Washington DC! By the time we left, the State Executive Council felt we really connected with each other, and we formed memories we will never forget at our first meeting. We look forward to our next meeting in preparation for nationals! |
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