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With nearly a 70-year history, DECA has impacted the lives of more than ten million students, educators, school administrators and business professionals since it was founded in 1946. The organization prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in middle schools, high schools, and colleges around the globe. It represents the program of student activity known as co-curricular, rather than extracurricular, since DECA activities are designed to reinforce the competencies taught in marketing and management classes.
The Competitive Events Program is only one of the numerous ways DECA provides its members with an opportunity to excel. DECA’s competitive events recognize academic and vocational excellence as the building blocks to successful careers in marketing, merchandising, and management. DECA members and advisors utilize the Competitive Events Program to demonstrate the relationship between the marketing curriculum and the needs of business and industry. DECA’s competitive events are a vital part of its dynamic, student centered program of personal and leadership development. They are successful for one reason only; they work to the advantage of the student, the community and the state.
DECA’s competitive events serve the student, the community, and the state by:
- Motivating students to assume responsibility for self-improvement and self-discipline.
- Providing a vehicle for students to demonstrate competencies through individual and group activities.
- Giving students an opportunity to demonstrate competencies in an environment of competition and cooperation.
- Offering high visibility for everyone involved in, or contributing to, the education goals and objectives of marketing and distribution.
- Contributing to the development of competencies needed for careers in marketing, distribution, merchandising, and management.
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Evaluating student achievement by means of carefully designed testing devices.
- Providing continuing opportunities for both student and group recognition and awards.
- Opening constructive avenues for individuals and/or group expression.
To provide a realistic competitive experience, we ask local businessmen and women to judge the student events. As a judge, you will be evaluating 8-10 of the region’s top marketing students in different occupational events (i.e. finance, hospitality, entrepreneurship, retail, sales and service). Event types range from role-play situations to prepared speeches to management decision-making events. Judges are fully trained on the day of competition and are fully prepared to evaluate the students before competition begins. No prior experience is required!
If you are able to serve as a judge this year, please click on the link below and register to serve! Please also pass this link on to other community members.
DECA Judges REGISTRATION - Click Here!
The following link provides a copy of the scenario that the student receives as well as the scoring rubric for the judges: Example Role-Play Scenario and Rubric
If you would like to view a sample role-play situation that will take place in competition, please click on the link: Role-Play Example
To learn more about DECA, click on the link for the National DECA website here or the Georgia DECA website here.
We greatly appreciate your service to our community. If you have questions regarding Region Competition, please contact:
Emily Lewandowski (elewandowski85@forsyth.k12.ga.us)
Jill Olson (f34592@forsyth.k12.ga.us)
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