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Tennessee DECA Membership Update
Many chapters have already kicked membership recruitment into overdrive! Kudos to the chapters below! It's never "too early" to submit your chapter membership rosters or add additional members to be eligible for the various membership campaign awards. Our Tennessee DECA membership goal is 7,000+ by Dec. 1, 2016. The minimum chapter size required is 10 student members and one chapter advisor (or any combination of 11 paid members). The only exception is in the case of a new or reactivated chapter, which has two years to obtain the minimum chapter size. Here's a snapshot of our association's numbers as of Nov. 7:
| Chapter |
Total Members |
| Adamsville High School |
37 |
| Alcoa High School |
24 |
| Bradley Central High School |
26 |
| Briarcrest Christian High School |
61 |
| Carroll County Technical Center |
11 |
| Carter High School |
8 |
| Central Magnet School |
34 |
| Coffee County High School |
85 |
| Cookeville High School |
18 |
| Cordova High School |
130 |
| Cumberland County High School |
8 |
| David Crockett High School |
17 |
| Davidson Academy |
15 |
| Dyersburg High School |
65 |
| Franklin High School |
20 |
| Gatlinburg-Pittman High School |
58 |
| Greenback Public School |
13 |
| Harriman High School |
5 |
| Haywood High School |
88 |
| Henry County High School |
20 |
| Hillsboro High School |
32 |
| Independence High School |
77 |
| Karns High School |
42 |
| Lausanne Collegiate School |
8 |
| Loretto High School |
20 |
| Maplewood High School |
31 |
| McGavock High School |
65 |
| McKenzie High School |
34 |
| Memphis Business Academy |
19 |
| Middleton High School |
76 |
| Millington Central High School |
21 |
| Nolensville High School |
12 |
| Northview Academy |
12 |
| Oakhaven Early College High |
17 |
| Oakland High School |
52 |
| Pearl-Cohn High School |
12 |
| Portland High School |
130 |
| Red Bank High School |
11 |
| Ripley High School |
24 |
| Riverdale High School |
180 |
| Scotts Hill High School |
41 |
| Seymour High School |
11 |
| Siegel High School |
167 |
| Station Camp High School |
215 |
| Summit High School |
17 |
| Sunbright School |
14 |
| Tennessee DECA |
1 |
| Warren County High School |
72 |
| Wartburg Central High School |
28 |
| WHITE STATION HIGH SCHOOL |
119 |
| Whitehaven High School |
110 |
| Wilson Central High School |
19 |
| Wooddale High School |
29 |
| TOTAL Tennessee DECA Members as of 11-07-16 |
2461 |
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District Career Development Conference (DCDC) Dates
| District |
Conference Date |
Conference Location |
Conference Coordinator |
*NEW*
Conference Coordinator’s Email Address |
| 1 |
Friday,
Jan. 20, 2017 |
---TBD---
Memphis |
Dr. Taura Turner
Thelma Mott |
district1coordinator@decatn.org |
| 2 |
Tuesday,
Jan. 17, 2017 |
Union University
Jackson |
Jackie Howard |
district2coordinator@decatn.org |
| 3 |
Tuesday,
Jan. 24, 2017 |
Long Hollow Baptist Church
Hendersonville |
Dawn Walters |
district3coordinator@decatn.org |
| 4 |
Monday,
Jan. 23, 2017 |
Embassy Suites
Murfreesboro |
Pamela Thurman |
district4coordinator@decatn.org |
| 5 |
Friday,
Feb. 3, 2017 |
Knoxville Expo Center
Knoxville |
Angel Fowler |
district5coordinator@decatn.org |
Tennessee DECA District Conference Registration Deadline
Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 at 5 p.m. CDT
Tennessee DECA Online Testing Window
Monday, Jan. 9 through Friday, Jan. 13, 2017
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District Career Development Conference (DCDC) Registration
Online Registration for the 2017 Tennessee DECA District Career Development Conferences will be open from 8 a.m. (CDT) on Wednesday, Nov. 16 until 5 p.m. (CDT) on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. After the December 16 deadline, no changes, additions, or deletions can be made. Please register your participants before you leave for winter break to avoid last-minute problems when you return to school in January.
Below are step-by-step instructions to complete your registration.
Step 1: Go to the online registration website: www.decaregistration.com/tn-sites.
Step 2: Click "Registration" to the left of the screen.
Step 3: Enter your log-in credentials. (Same as your membership registration)
Step 4: Register your online testing proctor.
- Click "Add Non-Student."
- Type in the proctor's First Name and Last Name.
- Select "Testing Proctor" from the Participant Type drop-down menu.
- Type in the proctor's email address.
- Type in the proctor's phone number.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page; click "Save."
Important Things to Remember:
- You are welcome to register as many proctors as needed for your students to test efficiently.
- All proctor instruction emails will be sent on the weekend of Jan. 7-8, 2017.
- Please verify the correct spelling of your proctor’s email address to prevent delays in testing.
- All online testing must be administered during the week of Jan. 9-13, 2017 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (CDT) each testing day.
- You are highly encouraged to test your students early in the week. Please avoid waiting until the last day to test your students.
Step 5: Register your members (student membership must be in the national membership system for a student to be registered for the district conferences).
- Click "Add Student Member."
- Enter the number of years the students have been in DECA.
- Verify each attendee’s Gender and Grade.
- Select “Student” from the Participant Type drop-down menu. Do this only for those who are attending the conference.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page, click "Save."
- Select “Edit & Select Events” beside the first student’s name.
- List any special needs for the student in the “Special Needs” box.
- Select the student’s event.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page, click “Save.”
Repeat steps 6-9 for all remaining students.
Step 6: Register additional advisers or chaperones.
- Click "Add Non-Student."
- Type in the adviser/chaperone's First Name and Last Name.
- Select "Adviser" or "Chaperone" from the Participant Type drop-down menu.
- List any special needs for the adviser/chaperone.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page, click "Save."
Repeat steps 1-5 for each adviser/chaperone.
Step 7: Double-check your chapter's registration.
- Click "View Registration."
- Scroll down and click "View by Event" above the listing of individual names.
- Verify that each member has be registered for the correct event. Suggestion: Print this page and post for student's to review their registered event.
- Click "Back to Invoice."
- Click “Back to Registration.”
Step 8: Submit Registration.
- Click "Finished Registering."
If you have changes to make, that is fine. Simply log back into the registration system, make any changes/adjustments, and click "Finished Registering" again. You can click "Finished Registering" as many times as needed between Nov. 16 and Dec. 16, 2016 at 5 p.m. (CDT).
Your chapter will be financially responsible for all students and advisors entered into the registration system as of 5 p.m. (CDT) on Dec. 16, 2016.
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District Career Development Conference (DCDC) Inclement Weather Plan
In order to prepare for the possibility of weather-related school closings, please carefully read the information below. We will send out text alerts through the REMIND text alert system. You will need to sign up for the text alerts (instructions below) prior to the conference and have this information on hand the morning of the event. An email alert will also be sent to advisors in addition to the text alert.
District Conference Cancellation Policy
- If the school system in the county hosting the conference (Shelby, Madison, Sumner, Rutherford, or Knox) is closed, the conference will be cancelled.
- If the school system in the county hosting the conference (Shelby, Madison, Sumner, Rutherford, or Knox) is on a one or two hour delay, the conference will be cancelled.
- If more than 25 percent of the participating schools contact us to say that they cannot come due to weather and/or school closings, the conference will be cancelled.
- Please see below for information on how to report inclement weather and road conditions as well as instructions on how to sign up to receive text alerts in the event that the conference is cancelled.
- NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED IF A DISTRICT CONFERENCE IS CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.
Reporting a Cancellation or Delay
- Send an email to Steven.Mitchell@tn.gov and “CC” your district conference coordinator.
- Subject Line: DECA District Conference Weather Alert
- Body of Email:
- Specify whether your system has cancelled school or has been placed on either a one or two-hour delay.
- School Name
- Advisor Name
Text Alerts
TN DECA will use the REMIND alert system to alert advisors and judges in each district about conference cancellations or delays. In order to receive the text alert in the event of a delay or cancellation, you must follow the directions below. The phone numbers below are generated by the Remind system and cannot be used for two-way communication. Those individuals wishing to receive text alerts do not have to register for an account in order to receive alerts. Simply locate the appropriate district below and text the code to the number. This one-way text system is free to sign up; data charges may apply from your carrier. The system will be used only to relay important information regarding cancellations or delays to advisors. You should receive a confirmation text indicating that you have successfully signed up to receive alerts.
District 1: Text @decad1 to 81010
District 2: Text @decad2 to 81010
District 3: Text @decad3 to 81010
District 4: Text @decad4 to 81010
District 5: Text @decad5 to 81010
Email Alerts
An email from Steven J. Mitchell will also be sent to all advisors if the conference is delayed or cancelled. Please monitor your phone and/or email address the evening before and the morning of the event.
Tennessee DECA State Career Development Conference Qualifiers
If a district conference is cancelled, test scores will be used to determine competitors advancing to compete at the Tennessee DECA Career Development Conference in March.
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Chapter Allocations for the District Conferences (DCDC)
- Each Tennessee DECA chapter can register 1-2 students per Principles of Business Administration (POBA) event and 1-2 students per Individual Series (IS) event.
- Each Tennessee DECA chapter can only register one student per Professional Selling and Consulting event and only one student for the Personal Financial Literacy event.
- Each Tennessee DECA chapter can only have representation of one team (1-3 members, depending on the category) in the Team Decision Making Events, Business Operations Research Events, Chapter Team Events, Entrepreneurship Events, Marketing Representative Events, and Online Events.
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Occupational License New Teacher Training Registration
Occupational License New Teacher Training will be held Jan. 9-13, 2017 in Nashville. New occupationally licensed teachers are required to attend all five days of this training within their first year of teaching, and all teachers in attendance should have a valid teaching license. During this training, teachers will engage in sessions ranging from planning and instruction to classroom management techniques.
Teachers planning to attend the training should register (here). If you have questions, please reach out to Andrea.Thorsbakken@tn.gov.
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DECA Written Events Submission Deadline
This year, all DECA written events must be mailed and RECEIVED by Jan. 13, 2017 at 5 p.m. CDT. Please be sure that each written event entry is printed and placed inside the appropriate DECA written event folio.
Please mail all written event documents to the following address:
TENNESSEE DECA
(Attn: Steven J. Mitchell)
710 James Robertson Parkway
Andrew Johnson Tower, 11th Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
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Required CTSO Release Form for 2016-17
All 2016-17 CTSO conference participants must have a signed CTSO release form on file before participation can be granted. Please click here to download a copy of the form. Advisors must keep all release forms in their possession at all times and be prepared to show them at the registration table at any DECA conference. Attendees without a signed form on file will be sent home from the conference and will be unable to participate.
All required Tennessee DECA forms can be found here.
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DECA Membership Campaign Deadlines
The Tennessee DECA Membership Campaign deadline and DECA National Membership Campaign deadline are both on Dec. 1, 2016. Please submit your rosters today to help our association reach its goal of exceeding 7,000 members this school year.
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Important Dates and Deadlines
November 2016
15 Initial Online Membership Registration Due
18–20 Ultimate DECA Power Trip in Washington, D.C.
December 2016
1 Tennessee DECA Membership Campaigns Due
1 DECA, Inc. Chapter Campaigns Due
16 State Officer Candidate Intent to Run Forms Due
16 District Career Development Conference Registration Deadline
January 2017
9–13 District Career Development Conference Online Testing
13 All Written Events Due by Mail
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