Business Professional of America
Eastern Michigan University Chapter

Wednesday, March 12

Alice Dechert, a business teacher from Northville High School gave a presentation on True Colors. True Colors helps you to understand your personal strengths and to understand human behavior. At the meeting, we took a personality quiz to discover what color personality we have. Each color has particular strengths and each analyzes, conceptualizes, understands, interacts and learns differently. But these differences, if not acknowledged and understood, can become barriers to interpersonal communication, making understanding between people of different types difficult. The following handouts were distributed:
Teaching Styles of Each Color
Personality Attributes of Each Color
Relating to Other Colors (Gold and Orange)
Relating to Other Colors (Blue and Green)
Reframing (Gold and Green)
Reframing (Blue and Orange)

Professor Preston of EMU spoke on creation and delivery of on-line classes. The relevancy of this topic has been heightened by inclusion of an On-Line Course or Learning Experience in Michigan's high school graduation requirements.    
Websites used in the presentation include:
http://www.nea.org
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Online10.06_final_175750_7.pdf
http://people.emich.edu/jpreston/BPA.htm

Wednesday,
March 21

We were lucky enough to have Ann Marie Shannon, an Eastern Michigan graduate and Marketing teacher at Lincoln Park High School, come in and speak with us about ways to set up our classroom and activities we could use in the classroom.
She did a wonderful job presenting, and the information packet we received was very valuable.

Wednesay, February 21

Wednesday, January 24

Lisa and Kim were kind enough to complete a session about podcasting. Here is the link for their PowerPoint Presentation: Podcasting In the Classroom

We had three of our fellow BMMT students who had completed their student teaching during the Fall semester come in and discuss their experiences. They also brought in their portfolios so we could look them over.

Thank you very much to those who participated!

We reviewed the MTTC BMMT test #98. Presentations covering the objectives were given by the officers. Here is the PowerPoint presentation that was shown.

To sign up for the MTTC test click here.

To download a study guide for the MTTC test click here.

To download the EMU Business Content Guidelines/Standards Matrix click here.

David Wait, State Director of the Michigan DECA spoke about what DECA is all about and how you can get involved. Many high schools have chapters, so here is your opportunity to learn what it takes to become a part of this great organization. Check out the Michigan DECA website for more organizational information.

Michigan DECA | National DECA

We had Marji Wisniewski from Franklin Covey come in and present for us. She is a trainer for the Franklin Covey, which specializes in daily planners. Her presentation was about getting the most out of the 24 hours of the day!

7:30 p.m. in 143 Sill Hall
Nancy Harbour of the EMU Legal Professions will be getting us excited to teach Business Law at the secondary level. She has great ideas to help motivate students to get them interested in the topic. Election of 2006-2007 Officers. If you are interested in holding a position, please email Karen Hepner. Information regarding officer positions can be found on the Chapter Officers page. Hope to see you there!

7:30 p.m. in 141 Sill Hall
Karen Hepner, President of the EMU Chapter will be presenting Digital Tools and a neat project for students using Macromedia Flash and the PC Tablet. Dr. Fulkert will be covering the Vocational Certification documents required for vocational endorsement. As always, this is a great opportunity to meet fellow BPA members and network. Hope to see you there!

Flash Project Day 1 | Flash Project Day 2 | Flash Project Day 3 | Flash Movie

Wednesday,
February 15

7:30 p.m. in 141 Sill Hall
David Wait, State Director of the Michigan DECA will speak about what DECA is all about and how you can get involved. Many high schools have chapters, so here is your opportunity to learn what it takes to become a part of this great organization. Check out the Michigan DECA website for more organizational information.

Michigan DECA | National DECA

7:30 p.m. in 141 Sill Hall
Karen Hepner, President of the EMU Chapter will go over the benefits of joining BPA, distribute a list of useful education resources, and present Plan B, a presentation about preparing for the unexpected in your classroom.

Plan B Presentation | Movie Editing