Outstanding Chapter Criteria Summary Sheet
Category: Membership
Item 001 — initial membership postmarked/paid by October 20
————–>click here for membership promotion video
Item 002 — membership increased or maintained
————–>click here for Membership Incentive (Member at Large) program information
————–>online application link (online deadline January 17, 2022)
Item 003 — received visitors or traveled to promote FBLA
Item 003.1 — conducted online meeting with prospective chapters to promote FBLA
Item 004 — installed new chapters
Item 005 — 100% Class Participation Award (this program has been retired by National FBLA)
Item 006 — national Membership Madness Award (this program has been retired by National FBLA; will be resurrected in 2022-21 as a PA activity)
Item 007 — national Membership Mania Award ((this program has been retired by National FBLA; will be resurrected in 2022-21 as a PA activity)
Item 008 — national Membership Achievement Award (National FBLA will automatically provide ribbons to qualifying chapters at the NLC; no application)
Item 009 — State and National Local Market Share Award
————–>State Market Share Award Form (online deadline February 6, 2022, to state office)
————–>National Market Share Award Form (online deadline March 1, 2022, to national office)
Item 010 — Local Recruitment of Chapters Award (this program has been retired by National FBLA)
Item 011 — Professional Division members (this program has been retired by National FBLA)
Item 012 — letters to 9-12 business/business-related teachers (pre-approval required by state office regarding contacts)
Item 013 — letters to 9-12 school administrators (pre-approval required by state office regarding contacts)
Item 014 — letters to middle-level business/business-related teachers (pre-approval required by state office regarding contacts)
Item 015 — letters to middle-level school administrator (pre-approval required by state office regarding contacts)
Category: Membership
Item 016 — articles published in school/city newspaper/website
Item 017 — participation in TV/radio program
Item 017.1 — participation in PA FBLA/National FBLA webinars
Item 018 — articles for Penn Pal
————–>Penn Pal Online Submission Form
Item 019 — articles for Tomorrow’s Business Leader
————–>click here to submit chapter news for the TBL
————–>click here for previous issues of the Tomorrow’s Business Leader
Item 020 — (retired)
Item 021 — articles published in Tomorrow’s Business Leader
————–>click here for previous issues of the Tomorrow’s Business Leader
Item 022 — chapter web site, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram
Item 022.1 — members liked/follow the PA FBLA Facebook page
Item 022.2 — chapter liked/follows the PA FBLA Facebook page
Item 022.3 — members liked/follow the PA FBLA Instagram page
Item 022.4 — chapter liked/follows the PA FBLA Instagram page
Item 022.5 — members liked/follow the PA FBLA Twitter feed
Item 022.6 — chapter liked/follows the PA FBLA Twitter feed
Item 023 — Adviser Wall of Fame nominee
————–>Adviser Wall of Fame Form (online deadline May 1, 2022)
Category: Chapter Management
Item 024 — chapter meetings
Item 024.1 — chapter officers
Item 024.2 — chapter plan of work
—–>click here for a sample chapter plan of work
—–>click here for a sample Nebraska local chapter plan of work
Item 024.3 — chapter budget
—–>click here for a sample chapter budget
Item 024.4 — chapter public relations plan
—–>click here for a sample public relation plan
Item 024.5 — chapter committees
—–>click here for recommended chapter committees
Item 024.6 — chapter bylaws
—–>click here for sample chapter bylaws (Word file)
Item 024.7 — chapter meeting agenda
—–>click here for a sample chapter meeting agenda
Item 024.8 — chapter minutes
—–>click here for a sample chapter meeting minutes
Item 024.9 — chapter treasurer’s report
—–>click here for a sample chapter treasurer’s report
Category: Professional Development/Learning
Item 025 — guest speakers
Item 026 — FBLA/business-oriented field trips
Item 027 — present a workshop at RLW/RLC
Item 028 — present a workshop at SLW/SLC
Item 029 — present a workshop at NFLC/NLC
Item 030 — participation in PA FBLA partnership
Item 031 — Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week
————–>click here to visit the PFEW web site
Item 031.1 — PICPA Career Day
————–>click here to visit the PICPA web site
Item 032 — SLC or NLC conference intern (not active for the 2021-2022 year)
Category: Leadership Development
Item 033 — participation in national projects
Item 033.1 — Participated in the Lead4Change program
Item 033.2 — Participated in the Tallo Digital Badge Program
Item 033.3 — Participated in a project supporting the March of Dimes
Item 033.4 — Participated in the National FBLA/Facebook Certified Trainer Program
Item 033.5 — Participated in the National FBLA/Intuit Job Readiness Program
Item 034 — National Outstanding Chapter Recognition (retired after 2021-2022 year)
Item 034.1 — Participated in national Summer Starter program (online deadline September 15, 2021)
Item 034.2 — Participated in national Shaping Success program (online deadline October 31, 2021)
Item 034.3 — Participated in national Service Season program (online deadline December 15, 2021)
Item 034.4 — Participated in the national CTE Celebration Program (not available during 2021-22 year)
Item 034.5 — Received Champion Chapter recognition (not available during 2021-22 year)
Item 035 — received prior year BAA “FUTURE” award (retired after 2021-2022 year)
Item 035.1 — received BAA “CONTRIBUTOR” award
Item 036 — received prior year BAA “BUSINESS” award (retired after 2021-2022 year)
Item 036.1 — received BAA “LEADER” award
Item 037– received prior year BAA “LEADER” award (retired after 2021-2022 year)
Item 037.1 — received BAA “ADVOCATE” award
Item 038 — received prior year BAA “AMERICA” award (retired after 2021-2022 year)
Item 038.1 — received BAA “CAPSTONE” award
Item 039 — submit “Distinguished Business Leader scholarship application
————–>FBLA Distinguished Business Leader Scholarship Information
————–>FBLA DBL Scholarship Application Form (online deadline April 1, 2022/not published as of 01.01.22)
Item 040 — ran candidate for national office/not elected
Item 041 — ran candidate for state office/not elected
Item 042 — ran candidate for regional office/not elected
Item 043 — national officer elected
–————–>check www.fbla-pbl.org for national officer application materials
Item 044 — state officer elected (online application deadline December 15, 2021)
————–>click here for state officer election process information
————–>click here for state officer candidate application (student portion)
————–>click here for state officer candidate application materials (adviser portion)
————–>approvals page
Item 045 — region officer elected
Item 45.1 — region adviser or region co-adviser
Item 046 — leadership track completed at SLW
Item 047 — Institute for Leaders track completed at NLC (this program has been retired by National FBLA)
Item 048 — Big 33 form submitted
————–>click here for more information on Big 33 (forms/overview)
Item 048.1 — received prior year National Community Service (item retired after 2021-2022 year)
Item 049 — member selected for National Business Honor Society
————–>click here for more information on NBHS (online deadline March 2, 2022)
Item 050 — member received Keystone Leadership Award (not active for the 2021-2022 year)
————–>click here for more information on KLA (not active for the 2021-2022 year)
————–>Keystone Leadership Award Online Submission Form (not active for the 2021-2022 year)
Item 051 — member appointed to national committees/boards
Item 052 — adviser on National BOD or NAP Committee
Item 053 — PA Board of Directors members
Category: School and Community Projects
Item 054 — raised funds for state project (Feeding Pennsylvania)
————–>click here for monetary contributions scale to determine points
————–>click here for Feeding Pennsylvania information
Item 055 — service project for state project (Feeding Pennsylvania)
————–>click here for the service project form
Item 056 — submitted state project proposal for consideration (online deadline March 2, 2022)
————–>click here for the online submission form
————–>click here for Charity Accountability Snapshot example from www.give.org
Item 057– participated in American Enterprise Day (celebrated November 15, 2021)
Item 058 — participated in Stock Market Game
Item 059 — participated in national Community Service Day (celebrated February 19, 2022)
Item 060 — participated in FBLA-PBL Week activities (celebrated February 13-19, 2022)
————–>FBLA Week Resource Site (12-page resource manual)
Item 060.1 — participated in national Share Your Story Day (celebrated February 15, 2022)
Item 060.2 — participated in National President’s Forum during FBLA Week (broadcast February 15, 2022)
Item 060.3 — obtained FBLA Week Proclamation(s)
————–>Click here for a sample proclamation — Word version
Item 060.4 — promoted FBLA to state and federal legislators
Item 061 — participated in national Professional Attire Day (celebrated any day, February 13-19, 2022)
Item 062 — participated in National Theme Day (celebrated February 13, 2022)
Item 063 — participated in FBLA Adviser Appreciation Day (celebrated February 14, 2022)
Item 064 — participated in national Chapter Networking Day (celebrated February 16, 2022)
Item 065 — participated in national FBLA Spirit Day (celebrated February 18, 2022)
Item 065.1 — participated in national Business Development Day (celebrated February 17, 2022)
Item 066 — participated in the Virtual Business Challenge or LifeSmarts Challenge
————–>click here for more information on the Virtual Business Challenge
————–>click here for more information on the LifeSmarts Challenge
Item 067 — cooperated with a civic organization
Item 068 — conducted a chapter initiated project
Item 069 — submitted Businessperson/Business Partnership of the Year (online deadline March 2, 2022)
Item 070– conducted activity with Phi Beta Lambda
————–>click here to visit the PA PBL web site
Item 070.1 — conducted/partnered with another CTSO
Category: Financial
Item 071 — secured SLC trophy sponsor
————–>click here for sample sponsorship letter
Item 072 — donated to Selden Scholarship Fund
Item 073 — used a national fundraising project
Category: Conferences and Workshops
Item 074 — attended the State Leadership Conference
Item 075 — attended the National Leadership Conference
Item 076 — attended the State Leadership Workshop
Item 077 — attended the National Fall Leadership Conference
Item 078 — attended the Region Leadership Workshop
Item 079 — attended the Region Leadership Conference
Item 080 — attended the Region Advisers Summit
Item 081 — attended the New Chapter Advisers Summit
Item 082 — hosted an RLW and/or RLC
Item 083 — co-hosted an RLW and/or RLC
Item 084 — attended an RLW and/or RLC planning meeting
Category: Competitive Events/Recognition
Item 085 — submitted an American Enterprise Project (online deadline February 13, 2022)
Item 086 — submitted a Local Chapter Annual Business Report (online deadline February 13, 2021)
Item 087 — submitted a Community Service Project (online deadline February 13, 2022)
Item 088 — submitted a Partnership with Business Project (online deadline February 13, 2022)
Item 089 — submitted an Outstanding Adviser Application (online deadline March 2, 2022)
————–>click here for the Outstanding Adviser Information
Item 090 — submitted an Who’s Who Application (online submission deadline February 21, 2022)
Item 091 — member received an FBLA scholarship
Item 092.0 — received a Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit
Item 092.1 — this item as been retired
Item 092.2 — received national Connect 10 recognition (National FBLA will automatically provide ribbons to qualifying chapters at the NLC; no application)
Item 093 — 20xx-xx Region Leadership Conference winners (this item as been retired)
Item 094 — 2021-22 Region Leadership Conference winners (for SLC use only)
Item 095 — 2020-21 State Leadership Conference winners
————–>click here for a list of 2021 SLC award winners
Item 096– 2020-21 National Leadership Conference winners
————–>click here for a list of 2021 NLC winners
Item 097 — chapter submitted 2021-22 special video project(s) (not active for the 2021-2022 year)
