About FCCLA

Mission

To promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner and community leader, members develop skills for life through:

• Character development
• Creative and critical thinking
• Interpersonal communication
• Practical knowledge
• Vocational preparation

Purposes

1. to provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life
2. to strengthen the function of the family as a unit of society
3. to encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community
4. to encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony
5. to promote greater understanding between youth and adults
6. to provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities
7. to prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today's society
8. to promote family and consumer sciences and related occupations

FCCLA Program Emphasis

• is the only in-school student organization with the family as its central focus.
• is a vocational student organization that functions as an integral part of the family and consumer sciences education curriculum and operates within the school system.
• provides opportunities for active student participation at local, state and national levels.

Governance

Ten national officers (students) are elected by the voting delegates at the annual National Leadership Meeting and together make up the National Executive Council. State associations and local chapters elect their own youth officers. State programs come under the direction of family and consumer sciences education staff. Chapter advisers are family and consumer sciences teachers.

National Publications

Teen Times, the official magazine of FCCLA, is published quarterly during the school year and distributed to affiliated members. The national staff also publishes a variety of other resource materials for members and adult leaders. A free publication catalog is available upon request.

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For questions about this information, contact Cheryl L. Bowes (608) 267-2280

Last updated on 2/25/2008 1:23:25 PM