February 2023, DeLayne Havlovic, NBEA 2022-2023 President | Past Issues | View as Webpage
The New NBEA Online Community!
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Get access to your Facebook-like community for resources, advice, a mentor, and more. Non-members can participate in the general channel for free. There are pending questions in the community that you could help with. To access:

  1. Update your NBEA member or guest profile here and include your photo and profile info.
  2. Then, log in with your NBEA credentials to http://community.nbea.org and join #General-free channel.
  3. Read the posts, start contributing, and make a difference.
  4. Free to members and non-member guests.

Experienced teachers can also signup to be a mentor to newer teachers. Access the community the join the #Mentoringconnections channel.

NBEA is giving away $10 Amazon gift cards to ten new teachers who join and participate in the community between February 3rd and 20th. Access the Community Information Page or Enter Directly with your NBEA credentials

Latest Community Activity
The NBEA Book Club is On for 2023
Interested in sharing excellent insights and networking with your colleagues? Meetings are quarterly for approximately 45 minutes. Dr. Marie Coleman and Melissa Gross will Co-chair the club.

The Club will meet on:

  • Tuesday, March 7 4pm CT (5pmET, 2pmPT)
  • Tuesday, May 2, 4pm CT
  • Tuesday, July 11, 4pm CT
  • Tuesday, Sept. 26, 4pm CT
  • Tuesday, Nov. 14, 4pm CT

For the March 7 meeting, we will be reading/discussing The Way of the Shepherd by Dr. Kevin Leman. Additional books will be provided after the first meeting. Want to be part of this popular and growing group? Members can join at http://nbea.org/bookclub
2022 Scholarship Recipients Thank NBEA Donors
Listen to these touching thanks from the 2022 NBEA McCauley-Crank scholarship recipients. Last year more than sixty donors from the NBEA provided more than $7,000 in scholarships to deserving students. Want to donate now for 2023 and have your name listed on this donor wall? DONATE NOW
Notice of Executive Board and Officer Openings?
NBEA will fill several important positions at its next executive board meeting in April 2023.

Nominations for the following position are now open:

  • NBEA President-elect (2023-2024) - Please complete this notification form by February 20, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time if you meet eligibility requirements. Election to this position is a three-year commitment involving the duties of the president-elect, president, and immediate past and present.
  • * NBEA Executive Board Representative for the Southern Region (2022-2025).
  • *Nominations will also be received from all councils, including CIBE, CBTR, and NBHS. Council board representatives are appointed for a maximum of three consecutive one-year terms or three total years of service.
The Winter 2023 Business Education Forum is Now Available
Contents include:
  • Experiential Learning and a Skills-Based Curriculum: Developing Workplace Skills for First-Year Business Students By Rebecca Crews and MariClaire Warnock
  • Teaching Integrity in Leadership By Carol S. Wright and Timothy W. Clipson
  • Strategies for Delivering More and Better Student Feedback with Less Effort By The Forum Editorial Team
  • Career Academies Pay Strong Dividends in High School and Higher Education By Melinda Rangel
  • Forum Flashback—Key Skills We Can Teach Our Students To Help A Bad Economy By Joseph McClary
  • Research Review—Creating an Effective Online Teaching Presence By Denise Roseland and Karla Saeger
  • Finding a Career in an Every-changing World by Karen Hirschy
  • Planbook—Consortiums as a Cost Reduction Tool in the Supply Chain Toolbox by James Kirby Easterling and Sandeep Chatterjee
Interested in Leaving a Legacy in Business Education?
NBEA can now endow a scholarship in your name or the memory of someone else. Life passes quickly, and many have worked hard and been professionally dedicated to business education. NBEA is now providing opportunities for those that would like to leave an enduring legacy for decades to come by endowing scholarships into legally restricted funds in their names for future scholarships. Rosemarie McCauley, Floyd, and Doris Crank opened their hearts to business students by endowing scholarships through NBEA. By doing so, people won't forget what they were dedicated to. You can now do so too. Want more information about how your legacy can last through estate giving? Contact NBEA Executive Director Joe McClary for more information.
What’s New for the 2023 Kansas City Convention?
Check out a preview below
The NBEA Convention will see a few changes in 2023 to better serve our members! We are only about a month away from passing the early bird discount period. We are investing more in you than ever with more high-quality workshops, speakers, meal functions to save you time and help you LOVE the experience.
 
Convention dates
Monday, April 3 – Thursday, April 6, 2023
In 2023 our convention shifts backward from the typical days by one day, with the events running from Monday, April 3, through Thursday, April 6.
 
Pricing
You’ve asked, and we listened. NBEA is introducing new pricing tiers and discounts for retirees, undergraduate students, and virtual registration! And don’t forget all on-site registrations INCLUDE tickets to the awards luncheon on Thursday.

Special Retiree Rate: $299
*For onsite attendance only
*Must be a current member of NBEA
*Must register by March 6, 2023
Virtual Attendance
Member: $249 by 3/6/23; $296 after 3/6/23       
Non-member: $398 by 3/6/23; $445 after 3/6/23
Onsite Attendance
Member: $399 by 3/6/23; $475 after 3/6/23
Non-member: $548 by 3/6/23; $624 after 3/6/23

Early bird deadline: March 6, 2023
Attention Retired Members...or Those Interested in Helping a New Teacher?
If you are interested in helping a new teacher with questions about classroom management, curriculum, or other teaching advice, register your name and a brief bio, including what you teach and your location, by posting in NBEA's news #MentoringConnections channel. New teachers are welcome to reach out to you with their questions. NBEA members can join the #MentoringConnections channel here. NBEA membership is required.
Save The Date - NBEA Entrepreneurship, Business, and Marketing Summit
NBEA is about to help make sense of the entrepreneurship, business, and marketing education ecosystem in a new way on October 19-20, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Evergreen Lakeside Resort at Stone Mountain.

How is this summit different from past NBEA or SBEA meetings? The answer is simple, FOCUS. All the sessions will engage attendees in entrepreneurship, marketing, and general business classes. Instead of casting a wide net, we want to deepen the experience to give every educator teaching these courses a clear view of the strategies, curriculums, and resources used for these topics.

If you teach entrepreneurship, business, or marketing, this is your chance to discover the best tools and practices available. The Summit brings teachers together to share the best ideas when teaching entrepreneurship. This is a national event hosted by NBEA in cooperation with its innovative members from its Southern Region. This event is only possible with the leadership and vision of the Southern Business Education Association leadership. NBEA and its southern contingent are pivoting away from regional meetings to host nationally significant meetings on specific topics members need to focus on. Find out more
Use Hashtag #NBEA2023 on Twitter for the Convention
Start tweeting what you are excited about at the upcoming convention using hashtag #NBEA2023. Prizes will be awarded to participants tweeting their photos, takeaways, and more. See more on Twitter here. Start posting now and you may win a prize.
NBEA Now Offering Exciting Live Professional Development Events for School Districts and State Education Departments
NBEA has many different professional development offerings available to school districts, state education departments, and more. We travel to your locations to deliver these relevant and popular presentations. These popular sessions are led by an NBEA facilitator with experience in business education, instructional design, and delivery. From one-hour programs about "How to Motivate Students Who Don't Care" to four-day workshops providing a crash course for industry professionals entering education for the first time, NBEA is helping contribute to teacher professional development in new, exciting ways.

News from NBEA Associate Members
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Earn Your W!SE Personal Finance Certification at NBEA's Convention
You can earn W!SE Personal Finance Certification at the NBEA conference this year, with tests being administered on April 6, 2023, in Kansas City. Working in Support of Education (W!SE) created a Certification in Personal Finance Test. The Test is intended for educators who are currently teaching or are interested in teaching personal finance to high school students, other educators, or adults. It is an online exam and has 75 multiple-choice questions. All testing is administered online via the same secure and user-friendly online testing platform as our student test. Results are available immediately. The topics assessed are aligned with national and state standards on personal finance, and educators are provided an excellent opportunity to build on their knowledge of personal finance. Educators who pass the Test earn a Certification in Personal Finance, which validates their qualifications to teach personal finance. W!SE appreciates the opportunity to offer the Test to all educators attending the NBEA Convention on April 6th. A webinar is scheduled on March 16th in which the content of the Test will be introduced, and attendees will be provided guidance for achieving success on the Test. 
Professional Development that Empowers Educators
Deepen knowledge, develop new skills, and improve student outcomes with in-person or virtual PD. Learn ready-to-use ideas and strategies that energize the classroom and increase student engagement. Learn more
Free Resources for Teaching Unity
Tight budgets don’t need to keep you from accessing needed resources for your classroom, especially if you teach Unity. Unity is the leading content-creation platform for AR/VR, real-time 3D, and mobile 2D. Unity is used by students and professionals around the world to create everything from games to movies, 3D models to VR simulations. Unity applications are available for free (that’s right!), plus the Unity education team has compiled an entire library of resources to help you effectively teach Unity in the classroom. If you’re looking for ways to bring Unity into the classroom, we have good news. You can access software for free. Read more
Building Awesome Student Portfolios FREE
In this recorded webinar, participants will learn what a digital portfolio is and the key components to creating a powerful learning journey narrative. Regardless of what digital profile builder you use, these key components will apply!
  • We will start with examples of what a digital portfolio is, and what its essential parts of it are, and
  • finish with strategies to help connect your business curriculum to personal skills and opportunities for your students.
  • The participants will uncover 3 reasons to use portfolios in business classrooms and 3 ways digital portfolios can break down barriers from academics to workplace opportunities for youth. 
Presenter
Peter Hostrawser has taught high school business for over 20 years and consults with EdTech companies worldwide including Spikeview. He has helped create and grow successful high school business programs at five different high schools in the Chicagoland area. He is also a curriculum designer, and the host of the Disrupt Education Podcast, which discusses different ways of doing education with guests.

What's New in the NBEA Library


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Important NBEA Deadlines
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February 1, 2023 COB - Deadline for Spring National Business Honor Society chapter applications.

March 1, 2023 COB Deadline to receive early bird convention pricing.

March 10, 2023 COB Deadline to receive discounted convention hotel room in NBEA's room block.

May 1, 2023 COB Deadline to apply for committee and task force memberships for 2023.
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