Dear FBLA Advisers
Pennsylvania FBLA annually recognizes an individual who has been an outstanding adviser/educator during their FBLA years. The "Outstanding Adviser" in-person recognition and award (a plaque and a check) will be presented on Monday, April 17, at the Opening Session of the State Leadership Conference in Hershey. Applications are due: March 2, 2023, by 11:59 pm.
An adviser may nominate him/herself; an adviser may nominate another adviser; or the local chapter as a group may nominate an adviser for this award. An adviser must have five years' experience before being considered for this award.
To be considered for the recognition, the adviser or individual/group must submit the requested information found in the PA FBLA Outstanding Adviser Criteria. There are 76 different criteria that could possibly be completed, but not all criteria needs to be completed or could conceivably be completed. Advisers earn points based on what they have accomplished over their FBLA years, and the highest scoring adviser will be named Pennsylvania FBLA's Outstanding Adviser and will be nominated to National FBLA for recognition at this summer's National Leadership Conference.
An adviser who receives this award shall not be eligible to receive it again for a period of ten years.
Examples of criteria items include:
- # of years the adviser has had an active chapter
- # of years served as a local chapter adviser, region adviser
- Chapter's participation in PA FBLA programs such as Big 33, OCC
- Chapter PR activities, including social media sites
- Chapter management activities
- Projects conducted by the local chapter
- FBLA Week activities
- Members participation in Business Achievement Awards
- Regional, state, and/or national officers elected during the adviser's tenure
- Attended FBLA workshops/conferences, such as the SLW, RLC, SLC, NLC
- Awards won by chapter members
This award has been presented since the 1975-1976 school year. A complete list of the 47 award winners is found at this link.
Chapters do receive Outstanding Chapter Criteria credit for item #89. In order to qualify for this year's OCC, submissions must be made prior to February 15, 2023; otherwise, it will count toward the following year's OCC.
