Missouri FBLA-PBL has a series of events called "Straight to State," which means the first level of competitions for these events is not until the State Leadership Conference in April.
- 3D Animation
- American Enterprise Project
- Coding & Programming
- Community Service Project
- Computer Game & Simulation Programming
- E-Business
- Local Chapter Annual Business Report
- Management Information Systems
- Mobile Application Development
- Network Design
- Partnership with Business Project
- Who’s Who in Missouri FBLA
In a Straight to State event, a member can begin working on the prompt at the beginning of the year, providing them extra time to do research or code the answer. With deadlines to either test or submit a prejudged portion in March, there is event ample time in the spring for you as an adviser to teach half of a semester of an additional course to give your students event more knowledge.
Straight to State events can even be completed by a student who may not qualify at DLC for SLC but wants to continue on still. These students can register for these events for SLC and compete as if they had advanced, giving them an extra chance to compete.
Check out the below tips for succeeding at a Straight to State Event.
- Be sure to look at the topics early on, as you might be able to incorporate some of them into your classroom.
- Make sure you have the right software for the tech events so you are not scrambling at the last minute to acquire the technology needed to compete.
- Recognize that an entry in a Straight to State event counts as one of a member's two entries to SLC, meaning if they perform well at DLC, they may have to drop an event when SLC registration begins.
- All submissions for Straight to State events are collected digitally, so you no longer need to worry about mailing anything to the State Office.
- In all of the above events, the number of competitors who perform on site is limited to the top scores on the prejudged or test component (excluding Who's Who, which is prejudged only).
- Many reports have samples that can be viewed on the National FBLA website, and since this is the first round of competition and you won't have feedback on these events from DLC, this is a good place to start for formatting and content ideas.
