Sabin-Schellenberg DECA
WHAT IS DECA?
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
DECA enhances the co-curricular education of members through a comprehensive learning program that integrates into classroom instruction, applies to learn, connects to business and promotes competition.
DECA’s activities assist in the development of academically prepared, community-oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders.
DECA Inc. is as 501(c)(3) not-for-profit student organization with more than 200,000 members in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Canada, China, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The United States Congress, The United States Department of Education and state, district and international departments of education authorize DECA’s programs.
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DECA Core Values:
DECA’s core values and attributes are competence, innovation, integrity, and teamwork. These values are central to DECA’s mission and purpose in classrooms around the world.
Governance:
DECA Inc. is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It was founded in 1946.
Guiding Principles:
DECA’s eight guiding principles are organized around the organization’s emblem, the DECA Diamond. The inner four points of the DECA Diamond represent the guiding principles which address the purpose of DECA’s comprehensive learning program:
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Integrates into Classroom Instruction
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Applies Learning
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Connects to Business
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Promotes Competition
The outer four points of the DECA Diamond address the results of DECA’s comprehensive learning program. DECA prepares the next generation to be:
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Academically Prepared
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Community Oriented
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Professionally Responsible
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Experienced Leaders
Purposes:
DECA Inc. has three primary purposes:
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to assist state/provincial associations in the growth and development of DECA;
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to further develop education in marketing and distribution which will contribute to occupational competence; and
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to promote understanding and appreciation for the responsibilities of citizenship in our free, competitive, enterprise system.
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Membership:
DECA has chartered state associations in all 50 states, as well as members in the District of Columbia, the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, China, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Student membership includes over 200,000 high school members in 3,500 high school chapters, as well as over 15,000 collegiate members attending over 275 colleges and universities in Collegiate DECA.
Mission Statement:
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
Regions of DECA:
Western Region (13 states plus Guam)
Central Region (13 states and Manitoba, Canada)
North Atlantic Region (12 states, the District of Columbia, and Ontario, Canada)
Southern Region (12 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)
Divisions of DECA:
High School Division, Collegiate Division, Alumni Division and Professional Division.
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Competitive Events:
DECA’s competitive events program directly supports our mission. As an
integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive
events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career
clusters of marketing, business management, and administration, finance,
and hospitality and tourism. 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 directly contribute to every student being college and career ready when
they graduate from high school.
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