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Cass Techs Business Professionals of America NOVEMBER 10, 2014

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Business Professionals of America Pledge We are met in a spirit of friendship and goodwill as we prepare for careers in a world-class workforce. We work together to develop professionalism and leadership through Business Professionals of America and pledge our loyalty to our nation.

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Goals For BPA

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Members Community Service We will orchestrate the Community Service days and events by using a sign up website called Sign-Up Genius. Monthly Newsletter o This will help assist with communication within our chapter and to increase member involvement within the chapter. Team Building Activities o I would like to plan a Cass Tech BPA Leadership Retreat. This day would be focused around us, as a group, becoming better leaders and better business professionals. Increasing Responsibilities o We will be creating committee for different events we may hold to allow members to gain leadership skills.

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Email & Website The Cass Tech BPA Email is casstechbpa@gmail.comcasstechbpa@gmail.com Members can email this account as well as our advisors for any questions or concerns The Cass Tech BPA Website is http://www.bpa.org/c/casstechbpa Members can access valuable information about our chapter and upcoming events from our website

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BPA.Org Log-In Every Student In Cass Tech BPA Has an ID Number for BPA. The ID Number looks like 04-0032-#### The last 4 digits can be found on our BPA Website Under The Who Are We Subheading This ID Number will allow you to login to bpa.org and access downloads for documents needed in BPA. Every Students Password is Their LAST-NAME, all lowercase

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Edmodo Account The Cass Technical High School BPA Edmodo Link is https://edmo.do/j/tkysgn The Cass Technical High School BPA Edmodo Code is zqr2wv

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Participating in community service will allow our chapter to grow mentally and emotionally. Giving back to the community will allow us to see life in a different light. For the months of November and December we have holiday based community services planed. November-Adopt a less fortunate family and Provide Food December-Start a Fundraiser and Toy Drive and give Gifts to children at Childrens Hospital Further Information will be posted on Sign-Up Genius

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Sign-Up Genius Directions to Create an Account 1.Create a SIgn-Up Genius Account Click To Create AccountClick To Create Account 2.Once You Have Created Your Sign-Up Genius Account Hover Over The Help Menu and Select Find A Sign-Up Click to Find Sign-UpClick to Find Sign-Up 3.When you reach the page, enter casstechbpa@gmail.com when asked: casstechbpa@gmail.com "If you know the person that created the sign up, enter his/her email address below:" 4.After you find the Cass Tech BPA Sign-Up page you will be able to Sign-Up for various Community Service Opportunities. *Further Instructions Can Be Found On Cass Tech BPA Website

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This Year Our BPA Chapter Has An INSTAGRAM!!! casstech__bpa The Historian, President and the advisors will have access to the INSTAGRAM account BUT, using the hash-tag #ctbpa,We will be able to share all of our members memories on our account

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Fundraising Candy Sales Monthly Candy Specials Old Fashion Candy also offer smaller candy that would allow us to test what our market, hungry teenagers, like and do not like. Pizza Coupons The students will buy the coupon from us a pizza restaurant, to be named at a later date, and the coupon will allow them to get a free pizza from the restaurant. Entertainment Book Sales The Entertainment Book Sales would be targeted to parents and staff. Scratch Cards Old Fashion Candy sells Donation Dots, which allows members to ask potential donors to scratch off a dot. The dot they scratch is the amount they donate.

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Newsletter The monthly newsletter will outline events that are going to occur within the month. This will help assist with communication within our chapter and to increase member involvement within the chapter. The newsletter will be posted on the Cass Tech BPA Website Monthly, with the approval of our advisors.

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Competitive Events The WSAP Competitive Events program is the biggest part of what makes BPA tick. Students prepare for and compete in contests in over 50 categories, under the four broad topics of Finance, Information Technology, Administrative Support, and Management/Marketing/Human Resources. Members need to become familiar with the competitive events, so they can choose the one they want to participate in. We have two physical copies of the WSAP Event Listing Books and it is located on our BPA Website under BPA Competitions.BPA Competitions We Must Know Which Competition You Want To Compete In By The End Of This Week!

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BPA Scholarships Business Professionals of America partners with organizations to offer scholarships to its student members. The majority of these scholarships are for Seniors, in order to be eligible We need your most current GPA.

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Committees Committees are often formed to do research and make recommendations on a potential or planned project. In our BPA Chapter we will use Committees for the following objectives: Starting and Completing Project Planning Community Service Communication Creating a Monthly Newsletter

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Committee Descriptions Project Committee This Committee will be in charge of completing BPA projects that will assist the chapter. The members in this committee would include a committee leader and 3 additional BPA Members. Members in this committee should have experience in material research,prices, quantity, and quality, creating word documents and working well within a team. Community Service Committee This Committee will be in charge of organizing community service events for our chapter members and getting the events approved by the advisors and officers The members in this committee would include a committee leader and 3 additional BPA Members. Members in this committee should have experience working with other individuals, have professional communication skills and have experience with organizing events. Communication Committee This Committee will be in charge of working with the Historian to update our social member accounts and take pictures when our chapter is participating in a BPA related event The committee leader will be the Historian and this committee will have 4 additional members. The members for this committee should be comfortable taking pictures, using picture editing software, using social media, and have experience with interviewing individuals. Newsletter Committee This Committee will be in charge of creating a monthly newsletter highlighting events occurring in our chapter for the month. Members in this committee would include a committee leader and 3 additional BPA Members. The members in this committee should have experience with writing, creating word documents and have a creative mind when creating documents.

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Available Positions For Office In Order For Our Chapter To Be Successful We Must Work Together and Share Responsibilities. This Will Occur With The Election of 4 Officers - Vice-President - Secretary -Historian -Treasurer Committee Leaders -Project Committee -Community Service Committee -Communication Committee(Historian) -Newsletter Committee

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Available Positions-Officers Vice- President The office of vice president carries specific responsibilities for program planning. Secretary The secretary record and correspond meetings Historian The historian will provide pictorial and factual information to be kept as permanent records of the chapters activities. Treasurer The treasure keep accurate financial records.

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We Will Now Take Candidates For The Positions Available Vice President Officer Secretary Officer Historian Officer Treasurer Officer Project Committee Committee Leader Community Service Committee Leader Newsletter Committee Committee Leader

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I believe that if steps like the ones in this report are taken into consideration our chapter would become one of the BEST BPA CHAPTERS in the BPA COMMUNITY I Leave You With This: Imagine! Believe! Become!