FBLA-PBL

careers in business and business-related fields. FBLA-PBL is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and national levels. Business teachers, advisers, and advisory councils guide local chapters. State advisers and committee members coordinate chapter activities for the national organization. The FBLA concept was developed in 1937 by Dr. Hamden L. The first high school chapter was chartered in Johnson City, Tennessee on February 3, 1942. In 1958, the first PBL collegiate chapter was chartered in Iowa. The

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) is our nation's premier student business organization. For 75 years, FBLA-PBL, a non-profit 501(c)3 education association, has brought business and education together through innovative leadership and career development programs. Today, FBLA services over 210,000 high school students and 20,000 middle school students, while PBL comprises over 9,000 college students. FBLA’s programs are designed to advance business education and expose

Future Business Leaders of America. Article II. Purpose A. The purpose of FBLA, as specified in the national bylaws is “to provide, as an integral part of the instructional program, additional opportunities for secondary students (grades 9-12) in business and/or business related fields to develop vocational and career supportive competencies and to promote civic and personal responsibilities”. B. The specific goals of FBLA are to: 1. Develop competent, aggressive business leadership. 2. Strengthen

FBLA AND ITS STRONG IMPACT. FBLA is a very important organization to Otterville High School. We have 67 members out of the 77 kids in the High School. FBLA stands for Future Business Leaders of America. They are divided into schools, districts, states, then countries. We have schools from all of the United State like Puerto Rico, Florida, California, New York, and even some people come from China. All of these schools come and meet at the National FBLA Conference (NLC) in the determined city. Some

Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a teacher. I remember sitting in grade school thinking, “Someday, I’d love to be doing what my teacher is doing now.” And amazingly, as I grew older, the age level at which I wanted to teach got bigger and bigger. However, as I approached the completion of my high school years, I realized that while teaching was a passion, it wasn’t a profession. It wasn’t the money necessarily (though that is daunting to a student going into education) but I realized

L.L. Bean. She started out at the company as a summer hire right before attending graduate school at Harvard University’s divinity school to study Organizational Ethics. I came into contact with Sarah while attending The State of New Hampshire’s PBL/FBLA conference where she was the keynote guest speaker and she shared her email with the students attending and opened the door to connect with her. I felt this was a good opportunity to learn more about L. L. Bean and the field of human resources. So