1. Incorporating FBLA-PBL Into the classroom
Chris Dzurick
State Adviser, Missouri FBLA-PBL

2. What is a CTSO? A CTSO is a career and technical student organization
10 CTSOs authorized under Perkins
Designed as intra-curricular activities for vocational education
Note: This is not co-curricular or extra-curricular
Missouri is host to FBLA-PBL, DECA, FCCLA, FFA, SkillsUSA, HOSA, and TSA

3. What is FBLA-PBL?
FBLA-PBL is Future Business Leaders of America – Phi Beta Lambda
FBLA for high school
PBL for college (and now graduate studies)
Middle Level for 5th-8th grade
Professional Division for business, industry, and educators
Missouri is home to the second largest state chapter in the Nation
Official CTSO of business education
Required for approved business programs in Missouri

4. Foundations of FBLA-PBL
Service
Devoted to teaching students the value of customer service and the education benefits that come long with volunteering.
Education
Competitive events that are cross-walked with NBEA and career clusters.
Hosts conferences that allow for hands-on learning opportunities.
Supplemental Business Achievement Awards program
Progress
FBLA-PBL trains students to champion career and technical education

5. Integration: Service Planning a Community Service Project for FBLA
Great activity for a Business Management Class
Skills learned include:
Project management
Financial management and budgeting
Advertising
Target markets and customer outreach
Build curriculum around the project, from development to implementation
Project tasks are coursework for a grade
Can also incorporate Graphic Design and Personal Finance classes

6. Integration: Education
Competitive Events
Crosswalked with NBEA and career clusters
Range from Accounting to IT to Web Design to Personal Finance
Competitive Events available at DLC, SLC, and NLC

7. Integration: Education
Competitive Events
Make a competition at your school
Provide students with an FBLA Entrepreneurship prompt and real rating sheets
Students must present in front of a panel of judges (fellow educators, Chamber, Board)
Top scoring team competes at DLC
Integrate test scores into your coursework
Achieve at least 60% in an FBLA test to receive credit or bonus points
Use a topic as a project
Have all students in a class follow an FBLA prompt (Web Design, Graphic Design, 3D Animation) for a grade
Winning team presents at DLC

8. Integration: Education
Conferences
ELC: Executive Leadership Conference
SMLC: Show Me Leadership Conference
DLC: District Leadership Conferences
SLC: State Leadership Conference
NLC Bootcamp
NLC: National Leadership Conference
Have students write reports on workshops in proper business format
Have a student present a workshop

9. Integration: Education
Business Achievement Awards
Four level program
Future, Business, Leader, America
Mirrors NBEA standards
Program is completely free
Worksheets and templates for many activities available online
Top 2 levels (Leader & America) recognized at SLC
Top 1 level (America) recognized at NLC

10. Integration: Education
Business Achievement Awards
Activities include:
Future: Write a one page paper on a business career
Introduction to Business Class
Business: Design a poster encouraging students to join your local FBLA chapter
Graphic Design or Desktop Publishing Class
Leader: Identify and create a presentation on how businesses compete against each other
Business Management Class
America: Help prepare a skit about the benefits of saving money and present it to middle school students
Personal Finance Class

11. Integration: Progress
Governmental Awareness
Challenge a business class to understand the affects of government policy and trade on business.
LifeSmarts
Interactive, quiz bowl and activity based program for consumer and marketplace skills.
Sponsored by FBLA-PBL and FCCLA with middle and high school divisions.
Students can advance to National Competitions.
Stock Market Game
Students invest “money” into the stock market and learn about trade and market factors hands on
Proven to increase class participation and attendance.

12. Resources for Middle Level
High 5
Leadership journey through five areas
Covers 20 total skills
Entire curriculum, worksheets, and rubric available for free to Middle Level chapters
Strengthens 20 skills, including:
Awareness
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Networking
Teamwork
Writing Strategies

13. Crosswalking of Events
Each National Event is crosswalked with NBEA standards
Free online to assist in curriculum development