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DECA CONNECTS

Connect to Courses, Curriculum + Careers

DECA’s Comprehensive Learning Program integrates into classroom instruction, applies learning, connects to business and promotes competition. Examine your course of study and integrate activities from DECA’s comprehensive learning program to show that DECA is connected and relevant.

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DECA's Comprehensive Learning Program provides a variety of instructional resources that would be suitable for these courses and more.

Principles of Business Administration
Principles of Hospitality
Event Planning
Hospitality Management
Hotel and Lodging
Travel and Tourism

Each career cluster contains several career pathways, or specialized career areas that are comprised of careers that require similar knowledge and skills.

Event Management
Lodging
Restaurant Management
Travel and Tourism

Instructional areas are broad areas of content knowledge that are comprised of many performance indicators. Performance indicators are specific knowledge and skills employees are expected to demonstrate or achieve.

Business Law

Communications

Customer Relations

Economics

Emotional Intelligence

Entrepreneurship

Financial Analysis

Human Resources Management

Information Management

Knowledge Management

Market Planning

Marketing

Operations

Pricing

Product/Service Management

Professional Development

Promotion

Quality Management

Risk Management

Selling

Strategic Management

The following are examples of career opportunities and occupations that are available within this career cluster.

Catering and Banquets Manager

Club Manager

Concierge

Convention Services Manager

Destination Manager

Director of Convention and Visitors Bureau

Director of Tourism Development

Director of Visitor Services

Event Manager

Event Planner

Executive Housekeeper

Food and Beverage Director

Food and Beverage Manager

Front Desk Supervisor

Front Office Manager

General Manager

Group Sales Manager

Lodging Manager

Meeting Planner

Night Auditor

Reservations Manager

Restaurant Server

Rooms Executive

Services Manager

Special Events Producer

Sports and Entertainment Manager

Tour Operator

Tourism Marketing Specialist

Trade Show Manager

Travel Agent

COMPETITIVE EVENTS

Enrich the Classroom

DECA’s Competitive Events Program is an incredible tool for curriculum. As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with National Curriculum Standards.

DECA’s flagship evaluation process involves students in both a written component such as an exam or report and an interactive component with an industry professional serving as a judge. DECA’s competitive events reinforce creativity, problem solving and presentation skills.

The potential for recognition, awards and travel for learning classroom content is a tremendous motivator – not to mention the scholarships and cash awards recognizing DECA members for outstanding achievement.

With more than 60 events, DECA offers a competitive event for every course and every student.

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Event Planning

Hotel and Lodging

Restaurant and Food Service Management

Travel and Tourism

Case Studies + EXAMS

Integrate into Classroom Instruction

Case studies provide a student-centered engagement activity to help DECA members apply learning through problem-based scenarios that require creative solutions and practical outcomes. DECA’s case studies challenge DECA members to demonstrate industry-relevant knowledge and skills through performance indicators. DECA’s case studies are developed through industry research to reflect current issues and trends in business and industry.

DECA’s exams are rigorous, industry-validated, multiple-choice, 100-item exams based on National Curriculum Standards. Each exam item is also linked to an instructional area and specific performance indicator.

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