1. Planning Process
The Planning Process is a decision-making tool that supports the organization’s overall philosophy about youth-centered leadership and personal growth. It can be used to determine group action in a chapter or class or to plan individual projects.

2. Objectives Identify parts of the FCCLA Planning Process
Use the planning process to create a sample project

3. Identify Concerns
The circle represents a continuous flow of ideas and has no beginning or end. As a target, it symbolizes zeroing in on the one idea around which you would like to build a project.

4. Identify Concerns Brainstorm concerns Evaluate list of concerns
Narrow to one item

5. Example
Identify Concerns

6. Group Up Break into groups of 2 or 3 in your content area
On your post it notes, write as many projects as you can think of relating to your content area.
Put them in order of preference or importance

7. Set A Goal
The arrow stands for deciding which direction you will take. It points toward the goal or end result.

8. Set A Goal Decide what you want to accomplish Write it down
What do you want to accomplish?
When do you want to accomplish it?
What information do you need to have to accomplish it?
Evaluate the goal
Is the goal realistic?
Be specific about what you want to goal to be
Make sure the goal is measurable

9. Example
Set A Goal

10. Group Up Take your top choice of project
Decide what you want to accomplish
When do you want to accomplish it
What info do you need to accomplish it

11. Form A Plan
The square represents the coming together of ideas—the who, what, where, when, and how of your plan.

12. Form A Plan Plan how to achieve the goal Decide the following:
What will be accomplished?
Why was the goal set?
Who is going to participate?
Where will the event be held?
When will it be done?
How will your goal be accomplished?

13. Example
Form A Plan

14. Group Up Form a plan for your project What will be accomplished?
Why was the goal set?
Who is going to participate?
Where will the event be held?
When will it be done?
How will your goal be accomplished?

15. Act
The different squares in this symbol represent the activities to be carried out to meet your goal. It represents acting on the plan.

16. Act Carry out the project using the plan you formed above
All the planning for the project does not matter if the goal is not accomplished.

17. Example
Act

18. Follow-Up
The broken squares suggest examining the project piece by piece. This symbol also represents a “window" through which to review and evaluate the plan.

19. Follow-Up One of the most important parts of the process.
Evaluate the project.
Review the form a plan and act portions of the process.
How successful were they?
What could be done to improve the project?
Thank the people who were involved.
Recognize the participants.

20. Example
Follow-Up