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Will YOU be a DECA member, compete at District and State and go

with me??

AGENDAThe Basics

Test Taking Tips

Series Events

Join us in

District Competition

January 2015

State Competition

February 25-27, 2015

Downtown Sheraton, Dallas, Texas

International Competition

April 25-April 28, 2015

Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Individual Series Events• Accounting Applications• Apparel and Accessories• Automotive Services Marketing• Business Finance Series• Business Services Marketing• Food Marketing • Hotel and Lodging Management• Human Resources• Marketing and Management• Quick Serve Restaurant Management• Restaurant and Food Service Mgmt.• Retail Merchandising• Sports and Entertainment Marketing

Individual Principles of Business Administration Events

• Principles of Business Management and Administration

• Principles of Finance• Principles of Hospitality and Tourism• Principles of Marketing

• For 1st year students Only

NEW This Year… Personal Financial

Literacy

Team Decision Making Events

• Business Law and Ethics• Buying and Merchandising• Financial Analysis• Hospitality Services• Marketing Communications • Sports and Entertainment Marketing• Travel and Tourism Marketing

7 total student teams … 2 students per team per teacher

Test Taking Tips• Read the question before you look at the answer.• Come up with the answer in your head before looking

at the possible answers, this way the choices given on the test won’t throw you off or trick you.

• Eliminate answers you know are not right.• Read all the answers before choosing your answer.• If there is no penalty for guessing, always take an

educated guess and select an answer.• Don’t keep changing your answer, usually your first

choice is the right one, unless you miss-read the question.

• A positive choice is more likely to be true than a negative one.

Vocabulary Is Important

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Textbook glossary

Tests, Performance Indicators, written events, role play interviews, any interaction with a judge

Test NotebookHow to take a test is important.

What you do when you grade the test is equally important. We celebrate the answers we got correct BUT what do we do with all of the wrong answers??

Role Play• Prep Room Essentials• Take with You:• 2 - #2 Sharpened Pencils• 1 – 5 Function Calculator• Be in Dress Code• Have Your Photo ID

• You will Receive:• Participant Instructions• 2 Sheets of Scratch Paper• May create item for judge with 1 sheet of paper

Role Play• Participant Instructions• 10 minutes to Prep• Scan the scenario• Read the Performance Indicators on the bottom• Each PI worth 18 points on Judge

Evaluation• Make Notes• Use During Prep• Hit all PI’s• Use during meeting with Judge

The Case Study

Role Play• Meeting/ Presenting to Judge• Greeting – Depends on the

situation• Do you stand or sit?• Eye Contact• Immediately get into your role• Judge asks Minimum 3 questions• Don’t let judge get off track• How do you exit or close?

Role Play Practice• Practice Today• Role Play with a partner • Receive role play scenario• 10 minutes to prep• Students will present to judge & answer 3

questions• Students will receive Immediate feedback from

judge• Students will have 2 role plays with 2 different

judges at State (1 role play at District)

Want the PPT electronically?• Email Sandra Hinesly• Texas DECA State Advisor• hinesly.texasdeca@gmail.com