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June 2020
Volume 1, Issue 10
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In This Issue
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- Message from Board Chair
- CDE News from State Adviser
- Highlights from State Program & Events Manager
- 2020-2021 Calendar Update, Including a New Adviser-Only Virtual Event!
- Cy-Pres Financial Literacy Grant Program Continues into Fall!
- 2020 NLE Invoicing
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Message From Your Board of Directors Chair
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Dear CA FBLA Advisers:
I hope this message finds you and your families healthy and safe as you manage the continued impacts of this unprecedented time in our country. The advisers of this organization have always impressed me with their dedication to providing their students with the unique opportunities afforded our youth through CA FBLA. I cannot begin to imagine the impacts you have felt not being able to fully interact with your chapter members and all your students. Know that you are appreciated by myself and our Board and the Management Team.
I am taking this opportunity to reach out and provide you with some updates regarding the CA FBLA Staff and Board of Directors. Beginning at the onset of our new fiscal year on July 1, 2020, some roles with the organization are shifting. Laura Martin, who we thank for her many efforts, will be moving on. The Board has asked Melanie Dias to assume the program responsibilities along with her conference coordination and her new title will be Program & Events Manager. Sue Christensen will remain the coordinator of communications and will assume additional administrative duties for the organization under the title of Business Manager. We are excited to have these professionals assisting CA FBLA, and encourage you to reach out to them, along with CDE State Adviser Molly Anderson.
My term as Chair of the Business & Industry Board of Directors concludes the end of this month. As we step into our new year, your Board leadership team will be: Chris Gomez (Chair), myself (Vice Chair), Rohit Ramchandani (Treasurer), and Jill Wright (Secretary). We are very excited to welcome the following individuals as new members of the Board: Martin Baltierra, Cal State TEACH (Central Section); Gregory Fox, Workspan (Bay Section), and Tamera Mallery, Attorney at Law (Northern Section). They all have experience with our organization and look forward to serving our advisers and members. Please note that we still have a few Board openings and specifically would like to add directors from the Southern area of California. We encourage your recommendations. If you have a chapter business partner, judge, or parent that may have an interest, please get in touch with Sue to receive a Board job description and application. You can also feel free to give me a call to chat about the role of our Board (559-280-3519).
While there are still many unknowns for our organization in the new school year, rest assured that your Management Team has been working diligently to provide quality programming for the students and advisers of CA FBLA. Adaptability has been key for all these past few months and will remain key in the future. Already the Leadership Summit for State and Section Officers is going virtual as has the new National Leadership Experience. The hope of the Management Team, with the support of the Board, is to launch new adviser support through training and resources while also continuing the delivery of leadership programming our youth have become accustomed to. Currently we await word from CDE on the funding that will be available to Career Technical Student Organizations. This will be a driving force behind the finalization of plans, along with the outlook for COVID-19’s continued impact. We hope you will remain patient, alongside all of us, as more of the unknowns become known.
Finally, I want to thank each of you for the opportunity to serve as your Board Chair the past two years. Many, many years ago I had the pleasure of serving the CA FBLA membership as State FBLA President, and I never dreamed that my future would bring me onto the Board of Directors and this role. Jacob Avila told me that I essentially went ‘full circle’ and he is correct. My passion for the mission of CA FBLA has kept me involved as a volunteer well beyond my high school FBLA and college PBL days. I was fortunate to gain from my experience and will always give back to this awesome student organization. I admire each of you for the commitment demonstrated to the students and mission of CA FBLA. You are true FBLA Champions. Thanks for all you do! Enjoy your summer.
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Warm Regards,
Donnette Silva Carter
CA FBLA Board Chair
CA FBLA Business & Industry Board of Directors
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CDE News From Your State Adviser
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FBLA Advisers:
I hope this message finds you unwinding from what had to have been the most challenging year in your teaching career. I have a feeling 2020-21 is going to have its fair share of challenges, too!
As I write this note to you on Tuesday, June 16, I am reminded again that we are in a fluid situation. Information changes on a near daily basis. COVID-19 has changed nearly everything that was routine, familiar, and predictable for us. As teachers, this is extremely difficult as you are, by nature, planners! I understand that and work hard to be both supportive and informative with my messages to you.
Here’s what I know – again, as of the morning of June 16 – we do not have a CA signed budget. BUT, we are hearing good things. The legislature is not happy about any cuts to education. Therefore, I am working on a CDE contract for CA FBLA with the same funding as we had last year. Once taxes are paid and California has a better idea of our true financial standing, it is likely that we could see a change in October. Therefore, I propose we start the year strong and support our students and our programs, keeping in mind that there may be things in the Spring (e.g. funding for a State Leadership Conference and/or chapter support grants) that may take a hit.
We are also hearing that there will be an RFA (Request for Application) for 2020-21 CTE incentive grant funds sometime in late August with dollars to be distributed to school districts in January. The legislature supports CTEIG funding, we just have not confirmed the dollar amount. So, be on the lookout for further details.
FBLA and all CTSO’s in California may look and feel a bit different as we move toward more virtual experiences and less in-person large gatherings and conferences. I believe we have all proven to ourselves that we can still do significant things via a virtual platform. I applaud you all for the personal and professional growth you have made given the current state of education. Stay strong…. Stay patient…. And feel free to e-mail with any questions you have.
Be well,
Molly Anderson
CA FBLA State Adviser/CDE Liaison
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Highlights From Your Program & Events Manager
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Hello Advisers:
Hope you and your families are enjoying the start of your summer break! As mentioned, this coming year we have a couple of organizational changes, which will allow me to work with you all more as our Program and Events Manager. I plan to increase our adviser engagement and provide more assistance for current and new Advisers. Along with this, we will be hosting online an Adviser Training Conference this fall. We will provide more details later, but hope that that you all are able to participate in this virtual opportunity to learn more about CA FBLA, leave with tools that will help elevate your chapters and membership, engage with other advisers, and much much more.
Thank you to those of you who have helped your members register to participate in NLE this year! We know it will be a different experience this year, but are proud to have California represented in competitive events and participating in the leadership program, as well as recognition awards. As you can imagine, next year's conferences may look a little different, but we still plan to provide our members with as much impactful leadership experience and knowledge as possible. Stay tuned for fall leadership conference details! I look forward to working with you all in the year ahead!
Best regards,
Melanie Dias
CA FBLA Program & Events Manager
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The CA FBLA Management Team is still making decisions regarding dates and "venues" for our major fall events--the section Officer Adviser Training (OAT) Days and the Leadership Development Institutes (LDIs). We are awaiting word on CDE funding and Covid-19 restrictions for student/teacher travel in the Fall. For now, just know that we are attempting to place all events on the same relative dates on next year's calendar. The 2021 SLC is scheduled for
April 22-25
in Sacramento, and the 2021 NLC is scheduled for
June 29-July 2
in Anaheim.
We are excited to share that an Adviser Training Virtual Conference will be offered on two different weekends from which to choose early in the school year! CA FBLA is partnering with Tri Leadership to offer these virtual adviser training events (which will have breakouts to support advisers at any stage--new or "seasoned" or in between), and the trainings will be followed by a year of direct phone and email support for newer advisers, as well as access for all advisers to Tri's TeachFBLA web portal resources!
Be on the lookout in late July for the July/August edition of the
Adviser Update
newsletter, which will contain much more specific program information and links to our final calendar (poster and online version).
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Financial Literacy Grant Program
Grant Submissions Extended to November 30!
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The Cy-Pres Financial Literacy Grant program was originally set to wind up on March 31, 2020, and all awards and recognitions were set to occur at the SLC. In order to make adjustments in light of the current health crisis, any grant sub-programs with March 31, 2020, deadlines have had their deadlines
extended until November 30, 2020.
Basically, all parts of the program remain available for both new applications and for submission of final documentation for reimbursements and awards EXCEPT for two programs that are already completed: the Section Directors grant sub-program and the student video contest (already awarded--congrats to the team from Los Osos HS).
Advisers with previously approved grant applications received their reimbursements and cash stipends (in lieu of gift cards) during May/June provided their documentation was received by March 31. All other reimbursements and stipends will be provided within six weeks of documentation submissions. If you need to review the guidelines in order to make a new application,
here is a link to the Cy-Pres Financial Literacy Grant page on our web site
. Links to the applications forms and/or other instructions necessary appear under each sub-program description:
https://www.cafbla.org/Page/2348
If you have any questions about the Cy-Pres Financial Literacy Grant Program, please contact Sue Christensen, Business Manager, at
businessmanager@cafbla.org
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Timely Suggestion
: Check out the CalCRN Resource option! Get a $25 gift card for simply perusing and finding ways to use the resources in your lessons for teaching virtually! Also, sign up NOW for summer and fall NGPF Fincamps!
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If chapters registered students for the National Leadership Experience (NLE) and did not pay at that time using a credit card, the chapter adviser must call the FBLA National Center to request an invoice that can be used to draw a check from the school or district.
Also, the state chapter (CA FBLA) is covering NLE registration for 2020-2021 state and section officers in order to supplement the Leadership Summit, which is also happening virtually this year. If the chapter or student prepaid by credit card for their registration but should be reimbursed because of their 2020-2021 section or state officer status, the adviser will need to first contact the National Center to receive an Invoice/Statement, and then send a copy of that invoice/statement to Sue Christensen, Business Manager at
businessmanager@cafbla.org
, along with the name(s) of any section or state officers included in the invoice/statement for which the registration should be reimbursed. Be sure to indicate to whom the reimbursement checks should be made payable.
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