State Leadership Conference
April 27-27, 2023
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Location: Ohio Expo Center – NEW Location Kasich Hall - 717 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211

Registration Opens: March 21, 2023
Registration Closes: April 13, 2023

Registration Rates:

• Affiliated Chapter Member: $40
• Non-Affiliated Chapter Member: $40
• Adviser(s): $15
• Adult Guests (Family Members): $35
• Administrators: Free
• Parking Pass (Multi-entry): $15 – School transportation vehicles do not require a pass.

Career Development Event Information

• All State Qualifiers must register for State Leadership Conference
• Baking and Pastry: $40 per entry
• Culinary Arts: $40 per entry
• All other Career Development Events no additional costs

On-site registration will be available

Ohio FCCLA Endowment: Contribute to Ohio FCCLA Endowment by checking the box for the amount you wish to donate (increments of $25).

Registration Required Questions: Participant question: Will you attend the 2023 National Leadership Conference in Denver, Colorado if you qualify?

Advisers are the Subject Matter Experts: Please check the Career Development Events you are willing to evaluate. For every three Career Development Events participants, provide additional evaluator information.

The Office of Career-Technical Education and State FCCLA Office have the expectation that advisers will help facilitate these competitions in the role of Subject Matter Experts at the regional, state, and national levels. Without chapter advisers serving as event volunteers, evaluation teams may lack critical context and subject matter information that could negatively impact final scoring. In addition, the expectation that all advisers will demonstrate professionalism while working with other advisers, volunteers, and state staff during the evaluation of members projects to provide a positive competitive event atmosphere.

All Subject Matter Experts serving in a volunteer role will receive documentation of the hours devoted to competitive events. This documentation may be used by volunteers to assist with professional development certification, as allowed by local policies.

All invoices are final once submitted.

General Conference Information

State Leadership Conference Dress Code Policy

Culinary Career Development Events: April 22, 2023, Columbus State Community College, Mitchell Hall, 250 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH 43215

Career Development Events: April 27, 2023 – Kasich Hall

Voting Delegates Policy: Number of delegates per chapter can be found on the Ohio FCCLA website under State Leadership Conference.

Stage Recognition: Chapter member(s) receiving onstage recognition must report to their assigned seating area 30 minutes prior to the start of the session. Members who choose not to comply with the Ohio FCCLA Dress Code Policy, forfeits the opportunity to be recognized onstage.

Individual and Chapter Awards: (Recipients must be present to receive the award)

• Early Childhood Education Signing Day
• FACTS National Program Award
• FCCLA/Life Smarts Knowledge Bowl Championship Qualifier
• FCCLA/Knowledge Matters Virtual Business Challenge
• Go For the RED Award – Ohio
• National Online STAR Events Qualifiers
• National Programs Award
• New Chapter Award
• Ohio FCCLA Endowment Scholarship
• Outstanding Chapter Award
• Power of One
• Say Yes to FCS
• Service Hours Award
• State Degree
• State Outreach Award
• State Project Award

Career Development Events:

• Tuesday, April 25 by 10:00 P.M. the top three finalist in the four culinary Career Development Events will be announced on the Ohio FCCLA website.
• Thursday, April 27 by 10:00 P.M. the top three finalist (each event, each level) will be announced on the Ohio FCCLA website.
• Friday, April 28  the top three finalist (each event, each level) will have stage recognition and must be in official dress.
• Culinary members may wear the Ohio FCCLA Culinary Uniform for Culinary CDE’s.
• Gold recipients will receive screen acknowledgement.
• Advisers can pick up gold medals at the end of Friday’s Recognition Closing Session at the registration desk.
• A photographer will be on site to take pictures of all award winners.
• Advisers will have access to all pictures following State Leadership Conference.

Career Development Events Recognition

All Career Development Event top finalists must arrive for the Closing General Session by 8:00 a.m. to check in and be seated in a designated reserved section. Those not checked in by this time will not be permitted onstage. Finalists will go onstage to hear their placement and receive an award. Participants not meeting dress code requirements will not be permitted onstage. Ohio FCCLA will recognize all national qualifiers on the Ohio FCCLA website within five business days after State Leadership Conference.

Gold medals and culinary rubrics must be picked up by advisers at the registration desk immediately following the recognition closing session. Ohio FCCLA will not mail any medals, awards, or rubrics. Rubrics will be available for downloading in the Adviser portal by 10:00 p.m. on May 2, 2023.