WEST VIRGINIA BUSINESS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT Marcia Carr, President 2008 2010 2009
TABLE OF CONENTS GOALS...3 WVBEA 2008 2010 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE...4 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES...5 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP DATA...6 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP EXCELLENCE...7 SPRING CONFERNCE...8 ANNUAL CONFERENCE...9 WVBEA Business Meeting...9 FBLA ACHIEVEMENTS...11 PBLA ACHIEVEMENTS...13 SBEA 2011...15 2
GOALS The goals of the West Virginia Business Education Association as set forth in the Constitution and Bylaws are as follows: To establish and maintain active leadership in the promotion of business education in the State of West Virginia To provide an organization in which to carry on a study of the problems, trends, and changes in business education To build a better rapport among business education teachers within the state and the business community To provide opportunities for leadership To stimulate professional growth and participation on the local, state, and national levels. To endorse the purpose of WVACTE, ACTE, and NBEA/SBEA as set forth in their constitutions. ` 3
WVBEA 2008-2010 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Marcia Carr......................... Princeton Middle School, macarr@access.k12.wv.us Past President Stacy Ward.................... Taylor County Technical Center, stward@access.k12.wv.us President Elect Vacant Secretary Cassie Hash Cooper...........Boone Career and Technical Center, ccooper@access.k12.wv.us Treasurer Debra Conrad, Retired.................... Randolph Technical Center, dconrad@meer.net Regional Vice President, North (Region I) Brenda Collins..................Parkersburg South High School, brcollin@access.k12.wv.us Regional Vice President, East (Region II) Elwood Sites........................Randolph Technical Center, esites@access.k12.wv.us Regional Vice President, South (Region III) Virginia Taylor Mounts.................. Tug Valley High School, vmounts@access.k12.wv.us Regional Vice President, West (Region IV) Mary Perdue.........................Garnet Career Center, mperdue@access.k12.wv.us Membership Director Dianna Carpenter, Retired............. Roane Jackson Technical Center, dicarpen@gmail.com Webmaster Robin Strader.................... WV Industrial Home for Youth, rstrader@access.k12.wv.us Ex Officio Abigail Reynolds........................... WV State Business Education Lead Coordinator, areynold@access.k12.wv.us 4
FBLA WV State Fall Leadership Conference November 2008 Charleston, WV WVBEA Executive Board Meeting February 28, 2009 Flatwoods, WV WV State Leadership Conference Charleston, WV March 30 31, 2009 WVBEA Spring Workshop Elkins, WV April 24 25, 2009 FBLA National Leadership Conference Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA June 23 28, 2009 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES West Virginia Annual Technical and Adult Education Conference WVBEA Annual Business Meeting Charleston, WV July 29 31, 2009 5
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP DATA Membership statistics for WVBEA is as follows: 2008 2009 NBEA/SBEA WVBEA ACTE 65 55 13 6
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP EXCELLENCE Virginia Taylor Mounts 2008 2009 Teacher of the Year for Tug Valley High School and a Totally Wired Teacher, Mingo County, Naugatuck, WV Technology Integration Facilitator for Mingo County Schools Career and Technical Education Technology Integration Specialists for 2008 Cheri Chenoweth, South Harrison High School, Clarksburg, WV Jackie Fox, Hannan High School, Hannan, WV Cathy Grim, Hurricane High School, Hurricane, WV Sarah Dennison, Gilmer County High School, Glenville, WV Bobbie Tuggle, Monroe County High School, Lindside, WV Career and Technical Education Technology Integration Specialists for 2009 Melinda Spencer, Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley, WV David Armentrout, Harman School, Harman, WV Eva Hinkle, Garnet Career Center, Charleston, WV Karen Propst, Pendleton High and Middle School, Franklin, WV National Board Certified Teacher Cathy Grim, Hurricane High School, Hurricane, WV West Virginia s Outstanding Local FBLA Adviser Kathy Rollins, Mason County Career Center Globaloria West Virginia Business educators are entering the 21 st Century Global learning community by offering gaming through the World Wide Workshop s Globaloria program. Certified Mentor Teacher Delores Conley, Tug Valley High School, Mingo County, Naugatuck, WV 7
SPRING CONFERNCE WVBEA was the host of a Technology Workshop held at the Randolph County Technical Center in Elkins, West Virginia, on April 24 and 25, 2009. Participants received hands on experience in the following software application programs presented by Denise Stalnaker. Dreamweaver Photoshop Movie Maker Microsoft Office 2007 Wikis/Blogs Game Design Business Educators at the Randolph County Technical Center graciously hosted dinner on April 24 th ; in addition to breakfast and lunch on April 25 th for the participants. Also, students at the Center entertained the participants with a retro fashion show. 8
ANNUAL CONFERENCE The West Virginia Business Education Association held its annual meeting at the West Virginia Career and Technical Education Conference, July 29 31, 2009, at the Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia. There were a total of 88 Business Educators present. Members participated in the following activities at the WVCTE conference: Project Based Learning and Assessment Global 21 Learning and Skills Digital Portfolios Performance Assessments Wikis Globaloria Game Design Webtop Applications WVBEA Business Meeting Highlights from the business meeting were as follows: Meeting was called to order by Marcia Carr, President. Stacy Ward, Past President, noted that we have about 55 WVBEA members and 65 NBEA members. Deb Conrad gave the Treasurer s Report. Balance is $6,090.19. She also noted that we need to select a future business educator for the Bob Shaw Scholarship. Connie Fox, Bridgemont Community & Technical College, spoke about Delta Pi Epsilon members and past members merging with NBEA to publish research papers. She also informed us that Dr. Beverly Jo Harris, President, Bridgemont Community & Technical College published an article on keyboarding. 9
WVBEA submitted a bid to host the SBEA Convention for 2011. Mr. Terry Roach from the SBEA Site Selection Committee attended the State Conference and toured hotel and convention facilities in Charleston, WV. Mr. Roach also talked to the membership about the duties and responsibilities for our members if our site is selected. Abby Reynolds, State Supervisor, introduced Kathy Mays, the new State FBLA Advisor. Ms. Mays said that she was going to be Ms. Reynolds FBLA State Advisor this year and also the Hospitality Education person. She reminded us of Fall Leadership Conference and State Leadership dates by passing out a handout. Old Business Vacancy of the President Elect position. The position has been vacant for a year. Connie Fox asked Stacy Ward to consider the vacancy. Mrs. Ward said that she was honored to be asked to serve, but could not due to the ages of her children. The position is still vacant. New Business VP North Vacancy Brenda Collins resigned. This position will run through 2011. The position was not filled. Marcia Carr thanked Randolph County Technical teachers, Debbie Conrad and Denise Stalnaker for the great job they did for our Spring Workshop. Also, there was discussion for a Fall Workshop. It was decided to go back to Randolph County for more technology training and in the spring have a conference at Bridgemont Community and Technical College. Debbie Conrad did a drawing for the members that had joined WVBEA/SBEA/NBEA/ACTE this year. There were five people that had joined all the organizations. Cassie Hash Cooper was the winner of a laptop computer donated by Debbie Conrad. There was a short officers meeting scheduled at the conclusion of the business meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m. 10
FBLA ACHIEVEMENTS West Virginia Students Compete at National Conference Posted: July 21, 2009 CHARLESTON, WV Students from Braxton, Pleasants and Wirt counties were among the top contenders at the Future Business Leaders of America- Phi Beta Lambda 2009 National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The June 23-28 event was part of an annual competitive program sponsored by FBLA-PBL, an association for students pursuing business and businessrelated careers. Individuals, local chapters, and state teams competed in about 60 events representing a range of leading edge business, career and leadership development activities. 11
The winners were selected from the organization s 250,000 members, and had won state competitions to qualify for the national awards program. About 120 West Virginia students competed in 30 events. The 7,300 delegates to the 58th annual conference elected national student officers and attended business and leadership workshops in addition to competing in business and career skill events. The following students and adviser from West Virginia received awards and recognitions during the conference: first place, Business Presentation, Darrin Nichols, Sarah Smith and Brittany Williamson, Wirt County High School; second place, Desk Top Publishing, Wesley Cos and Josh Valentine, Wirt County High School; second place, Help Desk, Jordan Mueller, Mid-Ohio Valley Technical Institute, Pleasants County; seventh place, Electronic Portfolio, Kevin Cool, Braxton County High School; seventh place, Local Chapter Annual Business Report, Samantha Hardbarger, Wirt County High School; and West Virginia s Outstanding Local FBLA Adviser, Kathy Rollins, Mason County Career Center. FBLA-PBL is an outstanding organization which provides our students with business opportunities inside and outside of the classroom, Abigail Reynolds, state FBLA-PBL chairman. West Virginia students gained additional leadership skills and had the chance to network with students from across the nation at this conference. Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda has 250,000 members and advisers in 15,000 chartered chapters in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Guam, the Cayman Islands and Europe. For more information, contact Abigail Reynolds at (304) 558-3703, or the West Virginia Department of Education s Office of Communications at (304) 558-2699. 12
PBLA ACHIEVEMENTS BRIDGEMONT COMMUNITY & TECHNICALCOLLEGE 619 Second Avenue Montgomery, WV 25136 Phone (304) 734.6636 Fax (304) 734.6630 Press Release Contact: Kelly Grose Phone: (304) 734.6636 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2009 BRIDGEMONT CTC RECOGNIZED WITH TOP HONORS AT PBL NATIONAL CONFERENCE 4 TH YEAR IN A ROW MONTGOMERY, WV, JUNE, 2009: Future Business Leaders of America Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA PBL), the largest and oldest student organization celebrated their National Leadership Conference at the Hilton in Anaheim, California, June 20 23. Conference participants from around the country, and the world, were in attendance for this amazing conference and the FBLA PBL Institute for Leaders. Terry Rose from Hico, Fayette County, a student in the Business and Health Management Department at Bridgemont Community and Technical College (formerly the CTC @ WVU Tech), Montgomery, WV, received national recognition at the PBL National Awards of Excellence Program on June 23. Terry competed in both Human Resource Management, where she placed 10 th in the nation, and Management Analysis and Decision Making. Accompanying Terry were fellow competitors Sara Hawkins, who competed in Word Processing; Beth Covington, who competed in Computer Applications; Alicia Syner, who competed in Job Interview and Business Communications; Elisha Adkins and Tara Cooper who competed in Desktop Publishing (team event); and Angela Lycans, who competed in Business Communications. Advisors Kelly Grose, Connie Morris Fox, and Tamra Dearing accompanied the students to the conference. Recent national winners from the Business and Health Management Department were Terry Rose, 1 st place in Health Care Administration and 7 th place in Management Concepts (2008, Atlanta, GA); Krista Marrs, 3 rd place, Word Processing (2008, Atlanta, GA); Alicia Syner 13
and Krista Marrs, 5 th place, Desktop Publishing (2007, Chicago, IL); and Andrea Evans and Kristy Scruggs, 6 th place Desktop Publishing (2006, Nashville, TN). With over 30 previous national awards, winning is nothing new to this department. Ms. Kelly Grose, Chair of the Business and Health Management Department, had this to say about the conference, I m so proud of our students! Terry, in particular, has proven herself to be quite the competitor! Considering the level of competition at an event of this caliber, to win national awards four years in a row speaks much about the quality of both our program and our students. The award was part of a comprehensive competitive events program sponsored by FBLA PBL. Individuals, state teams, and local chapters were encouraged to compete in any of the over 50 events representing a wide variety of business areas. The winners of these highly competitive and prestigious awards were selected from among FBLA PBL s membership of 250,000 students and advisers who represent some of the best and brightest of today s youth. Participants must win state competitions to qualify to compete at the national level. Future Business Leaders of America Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association with 250,000 members and advisers in 12,000 chartered college, high school, and middle school chapters worldwide. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs. The association is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC. For more information on Bridgemont CTC or the Business and Health Management Department, visit www.bridgemont.edu or call Kelly Grose, Department Chair at 304.734.6636. 14
SBEA 2011 West Virginia Business Education Association was selected to host the SBEA Conference in 2011. The conference will be held in Charleston, West Virginia. WVBEA would like to invite our southern sister states to join us and experience firsthand our wild, wonderful mountaineer hospitality. We hope to see you in 2011. 15