About the Business Achievement Awards
The Business Achievement Awards (BAA) is a leadership development program for high school students that is easy to integrate into your classroom.
The co-curricular activities are aligned to the career clusters, NBEA standards, and FBLA goals. View the alignments.
Students enhance their leadership skills, expand their business knowledge, contribute to their local communities, and earn recognition by immersing themselves in their school, community, and FBLA programs.
Chapter advisers direct students through each level, while students work at their own pace to independently complete projects. There are four levels of the BAA, with each level increasingly challenging your high school students to expand their leadership skills and showcase their talents:
Reference Standards: https://web.fbla-pbl.org/baa3/default.asp?p=standards
The co-curricular activities are aligned to the career clusters, NBEA standards, and FBLA goals. View the alignments.
Students enhance their leadership skills, expand their business knowledge, contribute to their local communities, and earn recognition by immersing themselves in their school, community, and FBLA programs.
Chapter advisers direct students through each level, while students work at their own pace to independently complete projects. There are four levels of the BAA, with each level increasingly challenging your high school students to expand their leadership skills and showcase their talents:
- Future
- Business
- Leader
- America
Reference Standards: https://web.fbla-pbl.org/baa3/default.asp?p=standards
Service, Education, Progress: The Foundation of the BA
Each level of the BAA covers these core activities and concepts:
Service—Uncover the link between a community and the success of a business. Your members focus on activities that improve the member’s school, area businesses, community, and state.
Education—Understand business and the world of work. Your members focus on activities and curriculum that prepare them for corporate America, develop an appreciation of entrepreneurship, and understand the benefits of continuing education. With input from business educators, industry professionals, and college educators, your members will be more prepared for their futures at college and at work.
Progress—Explore the local, state, and national levels of FBLA-PBL and how they complement one another. Your members focus on activities that promote FBLA-PBL at the local, regional/district, state and national levels.
BAA Level 1: Future
The BAA Future level focuses on basic business skills, introduces your members to community service, and emphasizes the importance of FBLA involvement at the local level.
Service—Uncover the link between a community and the success of a business. Your members focus on activities that improve the member’s school, area businesses, community, and state.
Education—Understand business and the world of work. Your members focus on activities and curriculum that prepare them for corporate America, develop an appreciation of entrepreneurship, and understand the benefits of continuing education. With input from business educators, industry professionals, and college educators, your members will be more prepared for their futures at college and at work.
Progress—Explore the local, state, and national levels of FBLA-PBL and how they complement one another. Your members focus on activities that promote FBLA-PBL at the local, regional/district, state and national levels.
BAA Level 1: Future
The BAA Future level focuses on basic business skills, introduces your members to community service, and emphasizes the importance of FBLA involvement at the local level.
Overview of Awards
Future Award
This award focuses on basic business skills, introduction to community service, and FBLA involvement at the local level. Pins will be sent to the local chapter adviser for presentation at a local awards ceremony or local FBLA event.
Reference: https://web.fbla-pbl.org/baa3/default.asp?p=about
This award focuses on basic business skills, introduction to community service, and FBLA involvement at the local level. Pins will be sent to the local chapter adviser for presentation at a local awards ceremony or local FBLA event.
Reference: https://web.fbla-pbl.org/baa3/default.asp?p=about
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS
- Review the Overview of the Business Achievement Awards.
- Log into the Student Portal
- Chapter Number
- FBLA Membership Number
- Select and work on your activities.
- Upload your activities in the program.
- Inform your adviser when you are done
Preview of Future Award Activities - Select 10*
SERVICE
Complete 3 activities from this section. The first 2 are required.
Activity 1 Communications/Service Learning
*Required. Donate five (5) hours of community service.
Activity 2 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
*Required. Prepare a social media graphic, poster, flyer, bulletin board, or display promoting FBLA.
NO - Activity 3 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Help your chapter adviser(s) with community service projects, American Enterprise Day or FBLA-PBL Week.
NO - Activity 4 Communications/Service Learning
Participate on your chapter's community service project.
Activity 5 Service Learning/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Participate in a promotional or fundraising project for the March of Dimes, State Service Project, or local community organization.
Activity 6 Communications/Service Learning
Write a one-page report on the March of Dimes or State Service Project. In your paper, identify ways your school can support the service partner.
Activity 7 Service Learning
Other-As designated by local adviser.
Activity 8 Service Learning
Participate in a fundraiser or project to improve your school.
Activity 9 Communications/Service Learning
Interview someone who works at a local nonprofit about volunteer opportunities. Prepare a memo or email to your adviser and chapter president sharing what you learned.
Activity 10 Service Learning
Attend a community service event in your community. This event may include online attendance.
Complete 3 activities from this section. The first 2 are required.
Activity 1 Communications/Service Learning
*Required. Donate five (5) hours of community service.
Activity 2 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
*Required. Prepare a social media graphic, poster, flyer, bulletin board, or display promoting FBLA.
NO - Activity 3 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Help your chapter adviser(s) with community service projects, American Enterprise Day or FBLA-PBL Week.
NO - Activity 4 Communications/Service Learning
Participate on your chapter's community service project.
Activity 5 Service Learning/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Participate in a promotional or fundraising project for the March of Dimes, State Service Project, or local community organization.
Activity 6 Communications/Service Learning
Write a one-page report on the March of Dimes or State Service Project. In your paper, identify ways your school can support the service partner.
Activity 7 Service Learning
Other-As designated by local adviser.
Activity 8 Service Learning
Participate in a fundraiser or project to improve your school.
Activity 9 Communications/Service Learning
Interview someone who works at a local nonprofit about volunteer opportunities. Prepare a memo or email to your adviser and chapter president sharing what you learned.
Activity 10 Service Learning
Attend a community service event in your community. This event may include online attendance.
EDUCATION
Complete 3 activities from this section. The first 2 are required.
Activity 11 Technology/FBLA Organization and National Programs
*Required. Complete the FBLA Knowledge Quiz with a score of 92 percent or higher.
Activity 12 Marketing
*Required Create a TALLO online leadership profile.
Activity 13 Accounting
Using a spreadsheet, create a one-month budget for yourself.
https://www.cicmoney101.org/Calculators/Budget-Worksheets/High-School-Student.aspx
Activity 14 Career Awareness and Exploration
List at least 5 goals (related to school, career, and personal) and include a description of how you plan to accomplish each one. Use the SMART goal process to determine how you plan to accomplish each goal.
Activity 15 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Read a business article or story from Tomorrow's Business Leader, FBLA's national publication. Write a one-page letter in proper business format summarizing and reacting to this article. Address the letter to your local chapter adviser.
Activity 16 Career Awareness and Exploration
Write a one-page paper on a business career. Include career description, education or training needed, job outlook and compensation ranges.
Activity 17 Career Awareness and Exploration
List five (5) personal strengths and one personal weakness. Write a 100-word summary on what you can do to overcome the weakness.
Activity 18 Career Awareness and Exploration
Research all the business classes offered at your school and a brief description of each. Create a poster or commercial advertising these classes.
Complete 3 activities from this section. The first 2 are required.
Activity 11 Technology/FBLA Organization and National Programs
*Required. Complete the FBLA Knowledge Quiz with a score of 92 percent or higher.
Activity 12 Marketing
*Required Create a TALLO online leadership profile.
Activity 13 Accounting
Using a spreadsheet, create a one-month budget for yourself.
https://www.cicmoney101.org/Calculators/Budget-Worksheets/High-School-Student.aspx
Activity 14 Career Awareness and Exploration
List at least 5 goals (related to school, career, and personal) and include a description of how you plan to accomplish each one. Use the SMART goal process to determine how you plan to accomplish each goal.
Activity 15 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Read a business article or story from Tomorrow's Business Leader, FBLA's national publication. Write a one-page letter in proper business format summarizing and reacting to this article. Address the letter to your local chapter adviser.
Activity 16 Career Awareness and Exploration
Write a one-page paper on a business career. Include career description, education or training needed, job outlook and compensation ranges.
Activity 17 Career Awareness and Exploration
List five (5) personal strengths and one personal weakness. Write a 100-word summary on what you can do to overcome the weakness.
Activity 18 Career Awareness and Exploration
Research all the business classes offered at your school and a brief description of each. Create a poster or commercial advertising these classes.
PROGRESS
Complete 4 activities from this section.
NO - Activity 19 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Bring a friend who is a nonmember to a local chapter FBLA meeting.
NO - Activity 20 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Attend at least three (3) local chapter meetings and prepare a one-page paper that includes the date of each meeting and a bulleted list of meeting highlights.
Activity 21 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Complete the Programs Worksheet. (Embedded Bingo Game in FBLA)
Activity 22 Communications/Career Exploration
Interview a FBLA alumni member about their career paths and memories of FBLA. OR interview a local business member. Write an article for your local chapter website, newsletter or school newspaper detailing what you learned from the interview.
NO - Activity 23 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Attend a local chapter activity/event. Prepare a 100-word summary describing this event or activity.
Activity 24 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Recite the FBLA Creed at a chapter meeting or event and explain your understanding of this creed as it relates to your future and to the business world in a memo to your local chapter adviser.
I believe:
Activity 25 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs/Career Exploration
Research the events offered through the National Awards Program. Choose two events that you might like to participate in a region/district or state conference. Identify two references for each event that will help you prepare.
https://www.fbla-pbl.org/fbla/competitive-events/
Complete 4 activities from this section.
NO - Activity 19 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Bring a friend who is a nonmember to a local chapter FBLA meeting.
NO - Activity 20 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Attend at least three (3) local chapter meetings and prepare a one-page paper that includes the date of each meeting and a bulleted list of meeting highlights.
Activity 21 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Complete the Programs Worksheet. (Embedded Bingo Game in FBLA)
Activity 22 Communications/Career Exploration
Interview a FBLA alumni member about their career paths and memories of FBLA. OR interview a local business member. Write an article for your local chapter website, newsletter or school newspaper detailing what you learned from the interview.
NO - Activity 23 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Attend a local chapter activity/event. Prepare a 100-word summary describing this event or activity.
Activity 24 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs
Recite the FBLA Creed at a chapter meeting or event and explain your understanding of this creed as it relates to your future and to the business world in a memo to your local chapter adviser.
I believe:
- education is the right of every person.
- the future depends on mutual understanding and cooperation among business, industry, labor, religious, family, and educational institutions, as well as people around the world. I agree to do my utmost to bring about understanding and cooperation among all of these groups.
- every person should prepare for a useful occupation and carry on that occupation in a manner that brings the greatest good to the greatest number.
- every person should actively work toward improving social, political, community, and family life.
- every person has the right to earn a living at a useful occupation.
- every person should take responsibility for carrying out assigned tasks in a manner that brings credit to self, associates, school, and community.
- I have the responsibility to work efficiently and to think clearly. I promise to use my abilities to make the world a better place for everyone.
Activity 25 Communications/FBLA Organization and National Programs/Career Exploration
Research the events offered through the National Awards Program. Choose two events that you might like to participate in a region/district or state conference. Identify two references for each event that will help you prepare.
https://www.fbla-pbl.org/fbla/competitive-events/