Recognition
Explore Business and Leadership through Innovative Learning Opportunities
Students preparing for careers in business need opportunities to enhance their leadership skills and career preparation. Schools can provide an optimal learning environment for their students through FBLA. FBLA Recognition programs educate, elevate, and celebrate student learning and advancement in business education. These recognition programs provide practical learning experiences while also integrating development of business and leadership skills across all levels.
High School Students
| Business Achievement Awards |
The Business Achievement Awards are an individual achievement award program for FBLA students. Participating students have the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills, expand their business knowledge, contribute to their local communities, and earn recognition by immersing themselves in their school and communities through online learning modules. There are four levels to the Business Achievement Awards: Contributor, Leader, Advocate, and Capstone. | Learn More Submission Link |
| Who’s Who in FBLA | This award honors exemplary FBLA members who have made outstanding contributions to the association at the local, state, and national levels. | Submission Link |
| L. Byram Bates Scholarship | The L. Byram Bates memorial scholarship award recognizes outstanding California FBLA students who will be furthering their education upon graduation from high school. | Submission Link |
Middle School Students
| LEAD Awards | The LEAD Awards are the individual acheivement award program for FBLA Middle School students. Participating students have the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills, expand their business knowledge, contribute to their local communities, and earn recognition by immersing themselves in their school and communities through online learning modules. There are two levels to the LEAD Awards: Explore Award and Aspire Award. | Learn More Submission Link |
| Young Leader Award | The Young Leader Award recognizes FBLA middle school students with extraordinary commitment to leadership and community service. Members must have achieved at least the LEAD Explore Award to be eligible for this award. | Submission Link |
High School Level
| Champion Chapter | Champion Chapter is a series of chapter engagement-focused challenges that chapters may complete for national recognition. By completing activities, chapters accrue points. Completing activities across four sections (to accrue points) will result in Champion Chapter recognition, with a banner for the adviser’s classroom/meeting space or school award case. Additional incentives such as ribbons at conferences, national recognition in publications, and plaques are available. | Learn More Submission Link |
| California Gold Level Plus | California FBLA recognizes it’s top performing chapters through the California Gold Level Plus recognition program. To be eligible for this award, chapters must achieve the Gold Level of Champion Chapter and complete the California Gold Level Plus activities. All chapters completing these activities will be recognized at the State Leadership Conference and are also in the running for the prestigious National Gold Seal Chapter recognition. | Download Guidelines Submission Link |
| Gold Seal Chapter: Hollis & Kitty Guy Award of Merit | The Hollis and Kitty Guy Award recognizes outstanding local chapters that have actively participated in projects and programs identified with the goals of FBLA. The top 15% of active local chapters in California are nominated by the California FBLA Management Team for this prestigious National award. | All California FBLA chapters participating in Champion Chapter and California Gold Level Plus (see above) are automatically considered for this nomination. The selected Gold Seal Chapters will be announced at the State Leadership Conference and recognized at the National Leadership Conference. |
Middle School Level
| Merit Award | The Middle School Merit Award is a chapter engagement-focused challenge that chapters may complete for national recognition. Chapters work toward building a basic program of work through a calendar of activities to complete throughout the year. Recognition will be given at the Middle School and High School National Leadership Conference to the top 10 states and top 10 local chapters based on the number of point accumulated and quality of entries. | Learn More Submission Link |
| California Gold Level Plus | California FBLA recognizes it’s top performing chapters through the California Gold Level Plus recognition program. To be eligible for this award, chapters must achieve the Excellent Award Level of the Merit Award and complete the California Gold Level Plus activities. All chapters completing these activities will be recognized at the State Leadership Conference and are also in the running for the prestigious National Gold Seal Chapter recognition. | Download Guidelines Submission Link |
| Gold Seal Chapter: Hollis & Kitty Guy Award of Merit | The Hollis and Kitty Guy Award recognizes outstanding local chapters that have actively participated in projects and programs identified with the goals of FBLA. The top 15% of active local chapters in California are nominated by the California FBLA Management Team for this prestigious National award | All California FBLA chapters participating in the Merit Award and California Gold Level Plus (see above) are automatically considered for this nomination. The selected Gold Seal Chapters will be announced at the State Leadership Conference and recognized at the National Leadership Conference. |
Advisers
| Outstanding Local Chapter Adviser of the Year | This award honors exemplary FBLA advisers who have made outstanding contributions to the association at the local, state, and national levels. | Submission Link |
| Adviser Wall of Fame | The Adviser Wall of Fame is a national level recognition for FBLA advisers. This award recognizes and celebrates advisers with 20 or more years of service to FBLA and oustanding contributions to the organization. | Learn More Submission Link |
State Projects for Chapters
| Adopt-A-Chapter | Chapters are encouraged to adopt new, reactivated, or developing chapters in order to provide more students with the opportunities FBLA offers. By assisting and helping adopted chapters develop their programs, the FBLA experience can continue for generations to come. |
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| Government Awareness | Keeping government officials informed about the benefits of FBLA is an essential component of our organization’s public relations program. This project encourages chapter outreach to government leaders to raise awareness about FBLA. | Download Guidelines Submission Link- High School Submission Link- Middle School |
| Community Fundraising | Serving the community is one of FBLA’s cornerstone activities. The Community Fundraising project encourages chapters to fundraise for local charities and causes in the community. | Download Guidelines Submission Link- High School Submission Link- Middle School |
State Projects for Students
| Financial Literacy | Financial literacy is essential for FBLA students to learn for their future careers and in life. Through this project, FBLA students will complete a series of personal financial literacy activities including topics like spending habits, credit, investments, and more. | Download Guidelines Submission Link |
| Green Initiative | The Green Initiative Project is designed to help FBLA students understand and embrace sustainability in the business world. The learning activities within this project guide students through activities and hands-on experiences to educate on sustainability practices. | Download Guidelines Submission Link |
| Leaders in Action | This project is designed to help FBLA members build on their leadership capacities through activities that make a positive impact within FBLA and their communities. | Download Guidelines Submission Link |
| Professional Profile | The Professional Profile project helps FBLA students prepare for their future careers by guiding them through career exploration and career preparation activities. | Download Guidelines Submission Link |
The FBLA Competitive Events Program recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business and career-related areas. Competitive events prepare students for successful careers in business by providing opportunities to explore classroom concepts in a workforce-simulated competitive environment. They also provide foundational elements of career awareness and exploration as part of a Work-Based Learning continuum.
To learn more about California FBLA’s Competitive Events Program, visit www.cafbla.org/competitions