Future Business Leaders of America is the largest high school and college student organization in the world. With over 230,000 students joining and participating in FBLA activities each year. Future Business Leaders of America is an educational association of student members preparing for careers in business or who are just simply interested in learning more about the free enterprise system.
The Lehigh Career & Technical Institute chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America is proud to celebrate 24 years of student achievement at LCTI.
FBLA helps students develop leadership abilities, and prepare for entry into, and advancement within, a business or business-related occupation. Members learn how to engage in business enterprise, how to direct the affairs of a group, and how to compete honorably in competitive events. These activities help prepare students to be better employees and better citizens.
BUSINESS MATTERS
If you’re going to be in business
or deal with business,
you should consider becoming
a member of FBLA!
FBLA-PBL provides innovative leadership development programs to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship. Participation in FBLA-PBL can have a direct impact onReady for competition at the Hotel Hershey. FBLA State Leadership Conference. the direction and success of a young person’s career. Millions of students have learned through active membership in FBLA-PBL about the world of business and what is expected of them in the workplace. Organizational goals include:
- develop competent, aggressive business leadership
- strengthen the confidence of students in themselves and their work
- create more interest in and understanding of American business enterprise
- encourage members to develop individual projects that contribute to the home, business, and community
- develop character, prepare for useful citizenship, and foster patriotism
- encourage and practice efficient money management
- encourage scholarship and promote school loyalty
- assist students in the establishment of occupational goals
- facilitate the transition from school to work
BIGGER IS BETTER
FBLA is the largest student business organization in the world.
That means more
opportunities, more
contacts, & more for your future.
There are nearly 190,000 active high school members in over 12,000 chartered chapters in 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Territories, and foreign chapters worldwide. In Pennsylvania during the last school year, there were 301 active chapters organized into 28 different regions. There were more than 12,975 members during the 2018-2019 school year. Membership is open to students in Grades 9-12, and middle-level membership is open to students in Grades 5-8.
THE FUTURE BEGINS NOW
FBLA believes in meaningful,
lifelong connections.
The network connections that you make now are forever.
Why not connect with future leaders from all over the world?
State Leadership Workshop: a statewide leadership development workshop for local members and advisers that helps prepare them for a successful FBLA year; held in early November.
Region Leadership Workshop: a local leadership development workshop sponsored by the local chapters in each of Pennsylvania’s 28 regions; usually held in a local high school during October or November
National Fall Leadership Conference: held annually in five geographic regions to provide student members and advisers opportunities to share ideas, reaffirm common goals, and participate in leadership development seminars; held on a Friday and Saturday in November
Region Leadership Conference: a local activity in which members participate in competitive events to qualify for the State Leadership Conference and to elect region officers for the following school year; held at a local high school or on a participating college/community college/business school campus; usually held in December or January
State Leadership Conference: the major event in the PA FBLA year in which qualifying members participate in numerous competitive events, attend leadership development seminars, and campaign for state office; advisers administer the competitive events and participate in professional development sessions; usually held in early to mid April and attended by 5,500 student members and advisers
National Leadership Conference: held annually in a major American city in late June or early July at the conclusion of the year’s activities to set the stage for the next school year; qualifying members engage in the competitive events program, participate in leadership development workshops, meet corporate executives, and elect national student officers
BE A LEADER
Some people lead.
Others follow.
We’re the Future Business Leaders of America.
What are you?
FBLA is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and is organized on the local, state, and national levels. Local chapters operate with the guidance of educators as advisers. State chapters are guided by executive directors, state advisers, and Department of Education staff members who report to the national organization. In Pennsylvania, the executive director’s office is located in Jersey Shore (Lycoming County); the conference coordinator in Belle Vernon (Fayette County); the state adviser in Myerstown (Lebanon County); and the competitive events coordinator in Towanda (Bradford County).
A national Board of Directors, composed of professional educators, business leaders, and division presidents, sets policy and appoints a President/CEO who employs a national staff and directs association programs. Pennsylvania is governed by its own state Board of Directors that sets policy and appoints an executive director, a conference coordinator, a state adviser, and competitive events coordinator to conduct the state chapter’s activities.
PA FBLA members elect nine students state officers annually at the state conference. In addition, PA FBLA is organized into 28 different regions, and each is guided by a region adviser elected from among the advisers in that particular region.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
Transform your life in a meaningful way.
Invest in yourself.
Become a member of Future Business Leaders of America!
FBLA is endorsed by the American Management Association, the American Vocational Association, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Business Education Association, the National Management Association, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Education.
I believe that I have what it takes to be a Leader!
I’d like to join Future Business Leaders of America.
SIGN ME UP!
And begin the process of leading the world through our learning and participation in Future Business Leaders of America.
Because with FBLA, TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE!
