Oregon DECA is an essential vehicle for helping students meet Oregon’s tough graduation requirements and challenging academic standards. DECA is co-curricular, integrated into marketing education curriculum and for students interested in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. Through their involvement in this Career and Technical Student Organization, one of seven in Oregon, students are able to directly apply what they are learning in the classroom to real world situations. Additionally they have the opportunity to interact with business leaders and to serve their local communities.
DECA Competitive Events and The Oregon Diploma Requirements (Excel Matrix)
One way students are able to meet graduation requirements are through DECA’s comprehensive program of 37 competitive events. Although participation in the competitive events is just one of the many aspects of the total DECA program of student activities, the above matrix crosswalks these events with the four current components of The Oregon Diploma: |
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By 2012, there will be changes to two of the components, which are outlined in Essential Skills and Career-Related Learning Standards Alignment and Transitions. |
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The Oregon Diploma Resources
To learn more about The Oregon Diploma, check out these two sites provides by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE): |
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DECA Competitive Events and Career Clusters (PDF)
DECA’s competitive events not only help meet graduation requirements, but they also help students to explore 4 of the 27 career clusters in the Oregon Skill Sets: |
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- Business, Administration and Management
- Finance
- Marketing, Sales and Service
- Hospitality and Tourism
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Oregon DECA State Career Development Conference 2009 Collaborative Research
In a collaborative partnership with the National Research Center for College and University Admissions (NRCCUA), Oregon DECA and DECA Inc. collected data at the 2009 State Career Development Conference (SCDC) and the 2008 International Career Development Conference (ICDC), providing a comprehensive report on the attendees. The report also compares the data to general Oregon state data.
The Impact of Career and Technical Education in Oregon
In 2007-2008, the Klamath Union DECA Chapter conducted research on Career and Technical Education and wrote a Creative Marketing Project written event, one of the Chapter Team Events and DECA’s 37 competitive events. The authors, Jessica Chan and Justin Claypool, placed first with this written event at SCDC 2008 and went onto to compete at ICDC 2008. |
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