MN FCCLA has received funding from United Health Heros grant funds to combat obesity sponsored by Youth service America in support of GYSDAY. This will help FCCLA work on peer education strategies for the Student body project of Eat Right, Be Fit and Make Healthy Choices.
MN FCCLA as a led state agency for Global Youth Service Day is offering mini grants to chapters through the generous support of Delta Dental Foundation. The application is available on the Website for advisors to access. www.mnfccla.org. Mini grants may be up to $1000 for projects that chapters and youth organizations develop for Global Youth Service Day. Global Youth Service Day is the largest youth service event in the world and will be held April 23-25, 2010.
Monday, January 25, 2010
State Exec Council develop exciting State Conference plans
The State Officers and advisors are excited to host the 2010 FCCLA State Conference, April 15-17, 2010 at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel with the theme “Life’s A Canvas… Create It!. The MN FCCLA Conference is a quality youth-led leadership experience. We expect youth leaders from 100 schools, their advisers and chaperones to attend. Qualifying regional STAR Events conference are being held in 8 locations in the state in February. State Officer Candidates, Regional Officer Candidates, Junior High Representatives, and State Peer Education teams will be elected and installed.
Speakers will include Sam Glenn and Greg Lenn. Workshops and speaker sessions have bee selected and will include learning about the Outreach service project with Children’s Miracle Network, the National Road Safety Foundation, Youthrive, learning about economic realties of food choices, distracted driving laws, public relations, Leadership 101 and Senator Amy Klobachar (invited).
Budget Ball, an interactive way to learn and play a game about budget realities will be done on Thursday with chapter representatives. A passport of Financial Fitness information will qualify delegates for an interactive Inflatable obstacle course .” A huge obstacle course will be set up on Friday for qualifying delegates to experience. A delegate interactive area will be new this year.
Speakers will include Sam Glenn and Greg Lenn. Workshops and speaker sessions have bee selected and will include learning about the Outreach service project with Children’s Miracle Network, the National Road Safety Foundation, Youthrive, learning about economic realties of food choices, distracted driving laws, public relations, Leadership 101 and Senator Amy Klobachar (invited).
Budget Ball, an interactive way to learn and play a game about budget realities will be done on Thursday with chapter representatives. A passport of Financial Fitness information will qualify delegates for an interactive Inflatable obstacle course .” A huge obstacle course will be set up on Friday for qualifying delegates to experience. A delegate interactive area will be new this year.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
STATE OFFICERS ATTEND MLK DAY MARCH and MET THE GOVERNOR!
INSPIRATIONAL! STATE OFFICERS ATTEND
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ACTIVITIES AND MEET THE GOVERNOR
The State Officers and their advisors participated in several Service learning activities over the weekend. The State Officers marched in the St Paul Martin Luther King Day Rally, March and Assembly at Central High School and Concordia College in St Paul. The March was a replication of the Historical March from Selma, Ala to Montgomery, Alabama in the days of Martin Luther King. We heard speakers and challenges. One message was to pull up the droopy pants because that originated in the prisons for inmates and does not have a positive youth development message. Other messages were to stay in school and finish your education. At the Assembly at Concordia, three of the state officers met Governor Pawlenty who was there to speak. They told him about FCCLA and the service work that they do. He said to them; "Thank you for your leadership and service!” A part of the day was visiting Second Harvest Distribution Center and volunteering to fill food bags, ( We filled over 900 2 lb. bags of rice) and learn about “Hunger 101”, a simulation workshop. The challenge was to take a case study of a family situation and find the money, food shelf help or assistance to get food for a family for the day. Most situations were eye opening and the amount of paperwork and the challenges for families was mind boggling.
The MN FCCLA Association, as a lead state association for Global Youth Service Day is kicking off the Season of Service with Martin Luther King Day! GYSDAY is APRIL 23-25, 2010.
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ACTIVITIES AND MEET THE GOVERNOR
The State Officers and their advisors participated in several Service learning activities over the weekend. The State Officers marched in the St Paul Martin Luther King Day Rally, March and Assembly at Central High School and Concordia College in St Paul. The March was a replication of the Historical March from Selma, Ala to Montgomery, Alabama in the days of Martin Luther King. We heard speakers and challenges. One message was to pull up the droopy pants because that originated in the prisons for inmates and does not have a positive youth development message. Other messages were to stay in school and finish your education. At the Assembly at Concordia, three of the state officers met Governor Pawlenty who was there to speak. They told him about FCCLA and the service work that they do. He said to them; "Thank you for your leadership and service!” A part of the day was visiting Second Harvest Distribution Center and volunteering to fill food bags, ( We filled over 900 2 lb. bags of rice) and learn about “Hunger 101”, a simulation workshop. The challenge was to take a case study of a family situation and find the money, food shelf help or assistance to get food for a family for the day. Most situations were eye opening and the amount of paperwork and the challenges for families was mind boggling.
The MN FCCLA Association, as a lead state association for Global Youth Service Day is kicking off the Season of Service with Martin Luther King Day! GYSDAY is APRIL 23-25, 2010.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
State FCCLA Leadership Conference April 15-17
The State Executive Council is planning for an awesome youth leadership event April 15-17, 2010 in Bloomington, MN. We expect to see awesome speakers, leadership training sessions and engage 1300 youth in service projects, STAr Events and leadership training. Look for updates on the website www.mnfccla.org
MN FCCLA is a State Lead Agency for Global Youth Service Day April 23-15. Plan now to do a service project in your community. GYSDAY is the largest service-learning event in the world. Find more informaiton on www.ysa.org website.
MN FCCLA is a State Lead Agency for Global Youth Service Day April 23-15. Plan now to do a service project in your community. GYSDAY is the largest service-learning event in the world. Find more informaiton on www.ysa.org website.
Monday, November 23, 2009
The recent ACTE Conference and National Cluster Meeting in Washington DC highlighted many new opportunities for FCCLA and FCS teachers and students. One aspect is the new Competitive Events in FCCLA. These are opportunties like the Family and Consumer Sciences buzzer contest, t-shirt and poster contests and 65th Anniversary celebrations.
See the FCCLA website www.fcclainc.org for more details.
The ACTE conference in Nashville brought together many national leaders in career and technical education. The national coalition for family and consumer sciences education met and shared information about the trends in FCS education, the national data survey for participation of students and teachers in FCS educaiton. The website for the national coalition on www.facsecoalition.org.
To quote one national leader in FCS education; "You need to embrace career clusters. If you do not, you will be left behind."
One session was on Math in foods classes. In order to integrate math into career and technical classes, consider adding these Math components;
adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions, rounding, estimating, ratios, percentages, conversions. These can be done in pricing menu item, ordering food, measuring ingredients, preparing food, serving food, storing food, processing money, tracking income and expenses.
Another session on Sustainability brought to mind that FCS classes can integrate components of sustaining the earth with content about waste, transportation, water resources, food supply, and consumption. A good resource would be to show the film The 11th Hour. Sustainability is becoming a new 21st century skill.
Check out the US partnership for U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development (www.uspartnership.org.
How does FCS education relate to sustainability?
FCE standard 3.0 Consumer services:
2.5 Analyze relationships between the economic system and consumer actions.
3.1.4 Analyze the effects of the consumer service industry on local, state, national, and global economies.
Area of Study 5.0 Facilities Management and Maintenance
Area of study: 7.0 Family and Community Services
7.1.4 Analyze the effects of family and community service occupations on local, state, national, and global economies.
Area of Study: 16.0 Textiles, Fashion and Apparel.
16.1.4 Analyze the effects of textiles and apparel occupations on local, state, national, and global economies.
These are just a few areas of family and consumer scienecs standards where sustainability can play an important role.
Recently FCCLA has added the STAR Event "Environmental Ambassador" as well as "Recycle and Redesign" which are geared to allow members to investigate and take action to save resources. ILlustrated Talks could also be about sustainability and Community Service projects could be developed to save resources, do community projects for reducing the carbon footprint, educating peers and cleaning up the environment. It is estimated that many new careers will involve sustainability or green type of jobs.
See the FCCLA website www.fcclainc.org for more details.
The ACTE conference in Nashville brought together many national leaders in career and technical education. The national coalition for family and consumer sciences education met and shared information about the trends in FCS education, the national data survey for participation of students and teachers in FCS educaiton. The website for the national coalition on www.facsecoalition.org.
To quote one national leader in FCS education; "You need to embrace career clusters. If you do not, you will be left behind."
One session was on Math in foods classes. In order to integrate math into career and technical classes, consider adding these Math components;
adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions, rounding, estimating, ratios, percentages, conversions. These can be done in pricing menu item, ordering food, measuring ingredients, preparing food, serving food, storing food, processing money, tracking income and expenses.
Another session on Sustainability brought to mind that FCS classes can integrate components of sustaining the earth with content about waste, transportation, water resources, food supply, and consumption. A good resource would be to show the film The 11th Hour. Sustainability is becoming a new 21st century skill.
Check out the US partnership for U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development (www.uspartnership.org.
How does FCS education relate to sustainability?
FCE standard 3.0 Consumer services:
2.5 Analyze relationships between the economic system and consumer actions.
3.1.4 Analyze the effects of the consumer service industry on local, state, national, and global economies.
Area of Study 5.0 Facilities Management and Maintenance
Area of study: 7.0 Family and Community Services
7.1.4 Analyze the effects of family and community service occupations on local, state, national, and global economies.
Area of Study: 16.0 Textiles, Fashion and Apparel.
16.1.4 Analyze the effects of textiles and apparel occupations on local, state, national, and global economies.
These are just a few areas of family and consumer scienecs standards where sustainability can play an important role.
Recently FCCLA has added the STAR Event "Environmental Ambassador" as well as "Recycle and Redesign" which are geared to allow members to investigate and take action to save resources. ILlustrated Talks could also be about sustainability and Community Service projects could be developed to save resources, do community projects for reducing the carbon footprint, educating peers and cleaning up the environment. It is estimated that many new careers will involve sustainability or green type of jobs.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The MN FCCLA November Summit was a huge success! A key component of the conference was lots of networking time with the National FCCLA Prosident Christopher Brockhoft. FCCLA members, officers and advisors learned about PR from Bana Yahnke, a national FCCLA staff member, diversity from youthrive youth leadership members, and student body project ideas from a panel of experts in nutrition and fitness! The Summit was 2 days of action packed leadership! The conference was held at a new site, the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Brooklyn Center. The evaulations were very positive and FCCLA members who attended went home with many new friends, loads of ideas and had lots of fun learning and networking.
Monday, November 2, 2009
FCCLA meets Miley Cyrus!
On October 29, MN FCCLA was invited to help promote the Get UR GOOD ON campaign of Miley Cyrus in partnership with Youth Service America. Our MN FCCLA State President, State Vice President of Community Service and State Vice President of Public Relations along with Executive Director went backstage for a "Meet and Greet" with Miley. She met about 50 people in the room and sang her song "Climb" to us with her guiltarists and their acoustic guitars. Then she asked for questions. People asked her what she liked about being famous. She said it was neat to be able to travel. The Get UR Good On delegation was asked to stay until all other had left the room. So, before the awesome concert, our FCCLA officers got to meet her, have pictures taken and ask her to sign a FCCLA backpack for a state conference silent auction item. The Get UR Good On campaign is on the website www.geturgoodon.com . Meeting Miley was a totally cool and unique FCCLA happening!!
Here is what Miley Cyrus is encouraging youth to do:
Make ur own video
It's easy to show how you get ur good on with a video! All you need to do is create an account at GETURGOODON.org, put together a video about what you are doing, and upload it!
Upload videos of your service project for Global Youth Service Day, a recent volunteer activity you participated in, information for people to get involved with your favorite organization, or your idea on how to fix a global issue like clean water or poverty. The possibilities for Get UR Good On videos are endless
Not a movie pro? Think again. There are a lot of easy ways to make a movie out of your photos. You can even take videos with your cellphone and send them to a special email address. Check out the bottom of your Settings / Profile Edit page, but watch out -- you'll be charged whatever your cell phone provider charges for sending video messages (but you won't be charged by GETURGOODON).
Here are some handy tools you can use to make and edit videos
If you have Windows, Movie Maker should already be on your computer. If not, you can download it from Microsoft for Vista or XP.
For Mac users, you can use iMovie.
There's also a handful of free tools like virtualdub and the bootable CD with LiVES.
You can even convert powerpoint slideshows to video.
Fancy effects and edits are great and all, but it's what's in the video that really matters.
Here is what Miley Cyrus is encouraging youth to do:
Make ur own video
It's easy to show how you get ur good on with a video! All you need to do is create an account at GETURGOODON.org, put together a video about what you are doing, and upload it!
Upload videos of your service project for Global Youth Service Day, a recent volunteer activity you participated in, information for people to get involved with your favorite organization, or your idea on how to fix a global issue like clean water or poverty. The possibilities for Get UR Good On videos are endless
Not a movie pro? Think again. There are a lot of easy ways to make a movie out of your photos. You can even take videos with your cellphone and send them to a special email address. Check out the bottom of your Settings / Profile Edit page, but watch out -- you'll be charged whatever your cell phone provider charges for sending video messages (but you won't be charged by GETURGOODON).
Here are some handy tools you can use to make and edit videos
If you have Windows, Movie Maker should already be on your computer. If not, you can download it from Microsoft for Vista or XP.
For Mac users, you can use iMovie.
There's also a handful of free tools like virtualdub and the bootable CD with LiVES.
You can even convert powerpoint slideshows to video.
Fancy effects and edits are great and all, but it's what's in the video that really matters.
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