The links provided below open the pages for each specific event.  Don't forget to access the Questions & Answers document, case studies, and known corrections/updates on the STAR Events Resources page!   Click here to access the STAR Events section of the Competitive Events Guide.

STAR EVENTS:

Advocacy     An individual or team event, recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and ability to actively identify a local, state, national, or global concern, research the topic, identify a target audience and potential partnerships, form an action plan, and advocate for the issue in an effort to positively affect a policy or law. 

Applied Technology      An individual or team event - recognizes participants who develop a project using technology that addresses a concern related to Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related occupations. The project integrates and applies content from academic subjects.

Career Investigation      An individual event - recognizes participants for their ability to perform self-assessments, research and explore a career, set career goals, create a plan for achieving goals, and describe the relationship of Family and Consumer Sciences coursework to the selected career.

Chapter Service Project (Display and Manual )      A team event - recognizes chapters that develop and implement an in-depth service project that makes a worthwhile contribution to families, schools, and communities. Students must use Family and Consumer Sciences content and skills to address and take action on a community need.

Chapter Showcase (Display and Manual )      A team event - recognizes chapters that develop and implement a well-balanced program of work and promote FCCLA and Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related occupations and skills to the community.

Culinary Arts        A team event - recognizes participants enrolled in occupational culinary arts/food service training programs for their ability to work as members of a team to produce a quality meal using industrial culinary arts/food service techniques and equipment.

Early Childhood       An individual event - recognizes participants who demonstrate their ability to use knowledge and skills gained from their enrollment in an occupational early childhood program. 

Entrepreneurship      An individual or team event - recognizes participants who develop a plan for a small business using Family and Consumer Sciences skills and sound business practices. The business must relate to an area of Family and Consumer Sciences education or related occupations.

Environmental Ambassador       An individual or team event - recognizes participants that address environmental issues that adversely impact human health and well-being and who actively empower others to get involved.

Focus on Children      An individual or team event - recognizes participants who use Family and Consumer Sciences skills to plan and conduct a child development project that has a positive impact on children and the community.

Food Innovations      An individual or team event - recognizes participants who demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts of food product development by creating an original prototype formula, testing the product through focus groups, and developing a marketing strategy.

Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation     An individual or team event, recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge of the hospitality, tourism, and recreation industries and ability to translate their knowledge into a hypothetical or real business. Project must relate to culinary, lodging, recreation, tourism, or event coordination.

Illustrated Talk      An individual or team event - recognizes participants who make an oral presentation about issues concerning Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related occupations. Participants use visuals to illustrate content of the presentation.

Job Interview     An individual event - recognizes participants who use Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related occupations skills to develop a portfolio, participate in an interview, and communicate a personal understanding of job requirements.

Leadership      An individual event, recognizes participants who actively evaluate and grow in their leadership potential.  Participants use the Student Leadership Challenge and supporting materials, to investigate their leadership ability and develop a mentorship relationship to further their leadership development.

Life Event Planning      An individual or team event - recognizes participants who apply skills learned in Family and Consumer Sciences courses to manage the costs of an event.

National Programs in Action      An individual or team event - recognizes participants who explain how the FCCLA Planning Process was used to implement a national program project.

Nutrition and Wellness      An individual event, recognizes participants who track food intake and physical activity for themselves, their family, or a community group and determine goals and strategies for improving their overall health. 

Parliamentary Procedure       A team event - recognizes chapters that develop a working knowledge of parliamentary law and the ability to conduct an FCCLA business meeting.

Promote and Publicize FCCLA!      An individual or team event - recognizes participants who use communications skills and techniques to educate their schools and communities about FCCLA with the intention of growing chapters and strengthening FACS and FCCLA programs.

Recycle and Redesign       An individual event - recognizes participants who select a used fashion or home apparel item to recycle into a new product.

Teach and Train       An individual event - recognizes participants for their exploration of the education and training fields through research and hands-on experience.

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