Programming

Hospitality and Tourism Professional Development

Registration opens Monday, September 8th!

Location: Six Hundred Downtown, 108 S. Main Street, Bellefontaine, OH 43311. See below for more details!

Family and Consumer Sciences Professional Development - Featuring Zwilling

• Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
• Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Location: Columbus State Community College – Delaware Campus (5100 Cornerstone Dr., Delaware, Ohio 43015)
• Cost: $50
• Make checks payable to: Ohio FCCLA, 25 S. Front Street, MS 611, Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183
• Registration Opens: September 15, 2025
• Registration Closes: October 17, 2025
• Agenda: Coming Soon

Education and Training Standards Revision Teacher Panels

The standards revision for the Education and Training Pathway continues! We will be looking for a panel of instructors in Education and Training pathway programs to help re-write existing, and/or draft new standards based on the Industry Panel feedback from the data analysis of the Public Comment Survey. If you are interested in participating in the Instructor Review Panel to help complete this work, please be sure to complete the survey link below to have your name added as a candidate to the pool.

The Instructor Review Panels will meet for 1-2 hours once a week, Monday afternoons at 3:30 PM over the course of a few weeks, until the standards revision has been completed.

OCCRRA Early Childhood, Higher Education Summit

Registration is open for the 11th Annual Early Childhood Higher Education Summit on Friday, September 26, 2025! Event Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. with Opening Session beginning at 9:00 a.m.

This year, all presenters will be onsite so it is an in-person event at the OCCRRA Office, 2469 Stelzer Road, Columbus, Ohio 43219. Lunch will be provided free of charge. The session materials are available on OCCRRA's website and a link will be sent in early October.

We hope you will consider participating and sharing this opportunity with your colleagues. We welcome all early childhood faculty, department chairs and deans. A detailed agenda will be available soon. Topics will include:

• Higher Education Trends from NAEYC
• Updates from the Ohio Department of Children and Youth
• Ohio's Career Technical Education Programs
• Ohio's Early Childhood Education Associate Apprenticeship
• Updates from the Ohio Department of Higher Education
• New Child Development Professional (CDP) Credential from the Council for Professional Recognition

Thank you to our sponsor, the Ohio Head Start Collaboration Office.

Register here for the OCCRRA ECE Higher Ed Summit.

Ohio Schools to Expand Effective Access to Career-Technical Education

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is dedicated to supporting students, families, and educators to ensure all students are prepared for lifelong success. This begins with a strong academic foundation in the classroom and extends to the development of essential life skills and real-world experiences that will benefit students throughout their lives.

By providing a link between what they are learning and future possibilities, middle school career-technical education plays a pivotal role in shaping students’ futures; it introduces them to a wide range of college and career pathways early in their academic journey.

As of July 1, 2026, a change in Ohio law eliminated the authority of the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to waive the requirement that city, local, and exempted village school districts offer career-technical education to students enrolled in grades seven and eight. Beginning July 1, 2026, all city, local, and exempted village school districts will need to offer career-technical education to all students enrolled in grades seven and eight to begin preparing students for future occupations.



Early access to career-technical education in middle school not only equips students with essential transferable skills, but also enhances engagement and motivation, making it a powerful tool for career advising and student engagement. As students navigate the critical transition into high school, access to middle school career-technical education can provide the direction and support they need to stay on track and succeed.

Together, Ohio schools and the Department will ensure effective access to career-technical education by school year 2027. Contact the Department’s Office of Career-Technical Education at CTE@education.ohio.gov for more information.

Dirt To Dinner: In the Classroom

Are you looking for fun, interactive lessons that teach your students (grades 5-8 and grades 9-12) about the entire food system? Dirt To Dinner: In the Classroom has created ten lessons designed to fit two grade bands: 5-8, and 9-12. All lessons contain detailed lesson plans and supporting materials for an engaging and age-appropriate lesson. Our team has been hard at work this summer and we're delighted to share the fruits of that labor with you!

Four New Back to School Lessons:

• Aquaculture (Green Innovations) Do you know where your fish comes from? Explore how this delicious food makes its way into our food system!
• How to Write a Recipe (Nutrition) Show your students what it takes to build a recipe from ingredients to instructions and give them the chance to write their own! 
• International Trade (Supply Chain) Introduce your students to the fundamentals of trade policy before giving them real-world-inspired situations to solve.
• Water, Water, Everywhere (Farmers, Ranchers, Growers) Share with students how water moves around the planet and new innovations to keep water healthy and drinkable.

Ready to dive in?

Visit www.DirtToDinnerIntheClassroom.org today and check out all 10 of the lessons in each grade band!!

Beef in the Classroom Grant

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https://www.ohiobeef.org/education/classroom-resources/beef-in-the-classroom-grant-program

Beef in the Classroom Materials

https://www.ohiobeef.org/education/classroom-resources

WebXam Teacher Reviews

The purpose of the WebXam review workshops is to allow Career-Technical Education instructors a formal opportunity to review and comment on WebXam operational test forms. The workshop reviews should also be viewed as a tool the instructors can use to drive future instruction. The review workshops will be held onsite at CETE or, as a second option, hosted offsite at a local district through special arrangements. Individuals participating in the reviews will be required to sign a nondisclosure agreement that includes policy stating that sharing of any information attained during the review is strictly prohibited. The cost per teacher is $60. 

• October 16, 2025
• November 11, 2025
• December 9, 2025
• January 13, 2026
• February 9, 2026
• March 11, 2026

WebXam Calendar 2025-2026 ​

August 13: Fall pretesting window opens​

October 3: Fall pretesting window closes​

October 13: Post-testing window opens​

January 5: Winter pretesting window opens​

January 30: Winter pretesting window closes​

May 29: Post-testing window closes ​

WebXam Inline Translation

WebXam is pleased to offer inline translations of assessments.

• Inline translations are available in Spanish
• Translations are context-aware to improve accuracy
• Text within images is not translated
• Text-to-speech will read the translated text (Google Chrome)
• Once enabled translations will continue to be provided until the user turns them off or the testing session ends
• Available to all students, no accommodation required

WebXam Report Changes

Summary Report

• Now provide (optional) date range instead of just month and year.
• “Date since” or “Date Until”

Testing Report

• Three new fields
• Times Taken: time taken WebXam assessment, up to and including time this row is reporting
• Times Proficient: times scored Proficient or Advanced on assessment, up to and include time this row is reporting
• Times Advanced: times scored Advanced on assessment, up to and include time this row is reporting

WebXam Assessment Recommendation 

Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) programs must administer EoC tests to students in grades 9-12. These valid and reliable tests are a tool that can be used for continuous improvement of courses offered. Because these courses are not classified as workforce development, the tests are not used in calculating the state technical skill attainment indicator of performance (2S1). However, the test will be utilized in the annual review of FCS programs. FCS test data will be collected in the EMIS Assessment Window.

Retake Policy 

WebXam end-of-course assessments may be retaken in the same school year by any CTE student currently enrolled or previously enrolled in a course with a testing requirement. Students should be provided an opportunity to retest after allowing for additional instruction time. This enhances opportunities for students to demonstrate technical skills attainment for the purpose of graduation and report cards. The policy for WebXam same-year retakes includes: 

• Students may take an end-of-course test no more than twice per academic school year (each school year begins July 1 and ends June 30) 
• A retake must be scheduled at least 30 days after the original assessment was performed 
• Field tests may not be retaken due to the length of the tests and earlier closing of the field test window

Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs)

The Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE) in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce and Department of Higher Education, launched an end of test student acknowledgement survey, enhancing a students’ ability to access college transfer credit earned through one of Ohio’s Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs). The student survey appears at the completion of each WebXam test a student takes associated with one of Ohio’s Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs).

The student survey allows students, who are proficient on the taken test, to grant permission to Ohio’s public colleges or universities to post transfer credit earned through meeting the requirements of the associated Career-Technical Assurance Guide (CTAG). The student survey enhancement address needs for a uniform method of communication between Ohio’s secondary students and Ohio’s public colleges and universities to simplify awarding credit through career-technical credit transfer (CT²). 

For more information about Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs), please visit the Ohio Department of Higher Education Career-Technical Articulation and Transfer Page.

FCCLA Opportunities

2025-2026 State Advisory/Career Development Events Committee Application

Ohio Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) invites affiliated advisers to take on leadership roles in support of the ongoing enhancement of Ohio FCCLA programs and Career Development Events.

Career Development Events Committee:

• Developing and continuously improving industry relevant Career Development Events. 
• State Career Development Events should reflect the application of technical knowledge and skills relevant to industry demands. 
• Career Development Events are intended to be an extension of the classroom and laboratory instruction. 
• In addition, it is appropriate for the state organization to develop Career Development Events that simulate instruction in emerging areas that reflect both current and future local, state, national and global workforce needs.

State Advisory Committee:

• Evaluating structured student programming through feedback from the membership
• Facilitating cooperation and communication between the state advisory committee and membership
• Assist in the development and re-design of the Ohio Family, Careers and Community Leaders of America Association structured programming that have been identified as needing restructured
• Assist in the developing of necessary knowledge and skills as well as performance levels of Ohio Family, Careers and Community Leaders of America members through participation in Ohio Family, Careers and Community Leaders of America programs

Eligibility 

• Currently serving as an affiliated chapter adviser
• Must have served as an affiliated chapter adviser for two years
• Positions available: Serve a three-year term from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028

Career Development Events Committee - Open Position

• Education and Training (1)

State Advisory Committee - Open Positions

• Education and Training (1)
• Hospitality and Tourism (1) 

Application Deadline: September 9, 2025

Ohio FCCLA Spotlight

Ohio FCCLA is excited to offer a new opportunity to stay conneCTEd this year! If you have seen a member, adviser, or chapter going above and beyond this year, we want to hear about it and recognize them. Spotlight nomination forms are now available to fill out, follow along on Instagram to see all of our hardworking Ohio FCCLA members, advisers, and chapters!

Adviser spotlight responder link: https://forms.gle/wtTMoziY7JRAWQJW7

Chapter spotlight responder link: https://forms.gle/mESLuxZ43x93CoW37

Member spotlight responder link: https://forms.gle/ZkTfnXMfSFYisYF1A

2025-2026 FCCLA Affiliation

Whether a student's passion lies in Human Services, Hospitality & Tourism, Education & Training, or Visual Arts & Design, FCCLA is here to guide students on a path to College-and-Career success as they navigate their future. 

• Individual: $8.00 (state) plus $9.00 (national) - $17.00 per member and per adviser 
• Middle School Package: $560 (state) plus $250 (national) - $810 per chapter plus $17.00 per adviser  
• Up to 25 Package: $200 (state) plus $395 (national) - $595 per chapter plus $17.00 per adviser  
• Up to 25 Package Benefits:
• FCCLA Testing Readiness Resource
• Knowledge Hub Subscription
• One Adviser Academy Registration
• One National Program of Choice
• Unlimited Package: $688 (state) plus $775 (national) - $1,463 per chapter plus $17.00 per adviser 
• Unlimited Package Benefits:
• FCCLA Testing Readiness Resource
• Knowledge Hub Subscription
• One Adviser Academy Registration
• One National Program of Choice
• Chapters must affiliate a minimum of 12 members

Ohio FCCLA Adviser Retreat

The Ohio FCCLA State Staff is excited to offer an adviser retreat that is designed for both new and veteran advisers. Whether you are building on your first year or looking to dive deeper into all things FCCLA, this retreat will offer interactive sessions, hands-on learning, and valuable resources to help you grow your FCCLA chapter.

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Location: Columbus State Community College – Delaware Campus (5100 Cornerstone Dr., Delaware, Ohio 43015)

Cost: $50

Parking: Free

Make checks payable to: Ohio FCCLA, 25 S. Front Street, MS 611, Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183

Registration Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025

Fall Leadership Training

Fall Leadership Training is an exciting opportunity for Ohio FCCLA members and advisers to connect, collaborate, and grow. This statewide event focuses on developing strong leadership skills, strengthening team dynamics, and deepening your understanding of FCCLA programs. Through interactive workshops and hands-on activities, participants will gain practical tools and insights that translate directly into real-world success. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the Ultimate Leadership Experience, where inspiration meets action!

Location: Nuhop – 1077 Township Road 2916, Perrysville, Ohio 44864

Dates: Session 1: October 20-21, 2025; Session 2: October 21-22, 2025 (125 attendees per session)

Registration Fee: $225; includes t-shirt, lodging, meals, training, materials, and supplies

Registration Opens: Monday, August 11, 2025

Registration Closes: Monday, September 29, 2025​

2025-2026 Executive Council Chapter Visit ​

The Ohio FCCLA Executive Council is available for either in person or virtual presentations depending on your needs. They are looking forward to meeting members this year and helping them on their Ultimate Journey through FCCLA! ​

To secure an Ohio FCCLA Executive Council member, complete the request on the Ohio FCCLA Website.

New EVERFI Resource

This 15-minute professional development provides an overview of EVERFI's digital resources, an introduction to the Personal Finance STAR Event, and instructions on how to get started on EVERFI's platform. You can review the chapters on the right-hand side to navigate throughout the PD. 

Empowering Future-Ready Students with EVERFI & FCCLA

Job Postings

Akron Public Schools

Anthony Wayne High School - Long Term Substitute

Bedford High School/Heskett Middle School

New London Local Schools

OAFCS

The Ohio Association of Family & Consumer Sciences is accepting poster & presentation proposals for our conference on March 19 & 20, 2026. Proposals are due November 30, 2025.

Poster & presentation Proposal Information 

If you have any questions contact Shannon Heffernan.