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 WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERY FBLA CHAPTER MEMBERS, THAT ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.  PLEASE USE THE COMMENTS COLUMN OR SEND AN E-MAIL TO jrwrightofcr@aol.com  to register.

Details, dates and times for Alburnett

Click here to read the general time table and progression  for each session.

We now meet in the evenings from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

We will meet on Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon.

Please click here to veiw dates and time for November 2012 at Alburnett

Please click here to view dates and times for December 2012 at Alburnett

Please click here to view dates and times for January 2013 at Alburnett

The Alburnett Community School District will provide educational opportunities which enable students to become confident, competent, and responsible contributors to society.

By providing quality education to the 640 students K-12 in the Alburnett Community schools, being acquainted with families as well as the students , by preparing students today for the challenges and opportunities ahead of them tomorrow the faculty can be very proud of the success of our students-over 70 percent of Alburnett students continue their education following graduation. (The preceding are excerpts from the District’s web site.)

Key Links

The Alburnett FBLA web site click here

The Alburnett High School Website Click here

Alburnett preparation session plans

           FBLA–SCORE Joint-Venture

                Alburnett High School

                Linn-Mar High School

Our mission: Augment classroom with real world experience!

      The immediate benefit of such an endeavor is to prepare the students for Regional and State Competitions.  These multi-layer exercises delve into nearly all of the topics that will be encountered by an individual attempting to develop, start-up, run and grow a business in today’s world.  Now that Linn-Mar has joined Alburnett in these opportunites we look for both increased competition and educational prospects.

       Ultimately we feel that this collaboration will give the FBLA and the business programs a head start on creating more knowledgeable and better prepared business people for the future.  We also believe that not every individual is suited to or desires to open and run a business.  But just like so many subjects that are required in the educational process, the body of work we do here will give tomorrows consumer, worker and entrepreneur a more complete understanding of their place in the world. This is truly a win-win situation.

       In the broadest sense, we are shaping a better future for us all.  Academic curriculum, being a structured atmosphere, can not replicate the truly personal nature of business enterprise. The collaboration of SCORE’s seasoned Mentors and the Academic world brings the subject matter into the real world. In addition, the brain drain that the Midwest is experiencing may be curtailed a bit by having tomorrow’s leaders better prepared for success. This will encourage them to stay at home rather that migrate to larger population centers.

SCORE Goal: Help the students win!

       Since we will be working, one on one, and in small groups we will be able to provide much more in-depth education.  With the proper use of time we will allow for students clarifying questions. In fact, multiple sessions will be in order to handle the subject matter. This will insure that each session(s) meets expectations.

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                                 Go to Prairie Home Page

      The HOME PAGE will detail all scheduled FBLA–SCORE activities. Entries will have a synopsis  and will provide a link to supporting information.  These links will consist of posts created within this site as well to other items on the internet.  Most links will appear on separate tabs (pages) so that you will only need to click the tab out (X) to return to HOME.  If no tab is created use your Browser arrow to return to HOME.

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We have set a target date of March 20, 2013 for completion or our joint preparations.

Go to Alburnett Home Page

                 Go to Linn-Mar Home Page

                                 Go to Prairie Home Page

The topics for team participation are:

NETWORK DESIGN– The FBLA Link is here    

Interested? Network design not only facilitates the transfer of information locally but provides a link to the world.

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MARKETING– The FBLA Link is here

Interested?  Commodities are a challenge to market, read on from the Harvard Business Review

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MANAGEMENT & DESCION MAKING– The FBLA Link is here

Interested?  Here is an article from the Harvard Business Review that may help make your descion

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS–The FBLA Link is here

Interested? Here is a short definition (M.I.S.) on this complex subject from WIKIPEDIA

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The topic (as of this date) for individual participation is:

BUSINESS PLANS- The FBLA Link is here

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SCORE Volunteers to be involved in the Outreach

The names and biographies of each will appear as we finalize preparation and scheduling of each topic.

  One of the major tutoring methods used will be question and answer sessions with each team.  We will have at our disposal approximately 200 sample questions similar to those used during preliminary competion eliminations. Each team will vie against the others in an attempt to garner the best score possible.  Although the purpose of these sessions are competition preparation much on the information covered will be valuable in the students future lives.

This brings us to the session plan. We will structure each meeting following these basic steps:

  • Introduction of the basics of each topic

  • A short synopsis of each Mentor’s experience and skills

  • Detail the method of handling the question and answer sessions

  • Explain how we handle added pertinent subjects concerning the topic

  • Try to move quickly/thoroughly, avoiding extraneous material

  • Insure that each session covers the answers to the sample questions

  • Record progress, take a list of students present, with e-mail

  • Report any issues, list any problems, and detail any questions that were unanswered

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