In preparation for an active leadership role, todays classroom instruction is not enough to develop strong, assertive leaders. Through Future Business Leaders of Amercia (FBLA), members learn how to lead and participate in group discussions, preside at meetings and conferences, work effectively within committees and engage in practical problem solving and decision making. Members learn the value of competition on local, district, state and national levels by experiencing the responsibility of success as well as the challenge of defeat.
Through contact with teachers, advisers, employers and interested business-people, FBLA members gain confidence in themselves and their abilities. At the same time, they learn that to develop these abilities to the fullest is a personal responsibility as well as an organizational goal.
FBLA-PBL is officially endorsed by the American Management Association, Association for Career and Technical Education, Career College Association, March of Dimes, National Association of Parlimentarians, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Business Education Association, national Management Assocation and the US Department of Education.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is a local, state and national organization for secondary students who are participating in business and business-related programs. Future Business Leaders of America can function as an integral part of the instructional program of the business curriculum in secondary schools. FBLA is composed of active, professional, honorary life and national honorary life members and is the secondary division of FBLA-PBL, Inc. All chapters and the national organization are guided in their plans and activities by advisory committees--business instructors, professional member, school administrators and/or business men and women.
The purpose of FBLA is to provide, as an integral part of the instructional program, additional opportunities for secondary students (grade 9-12) in business and/or business-related fields to develop career and technical supportive competencies, and to promote civic and personal responsibilities.
Phi Beta Lamba (PBL) is the national organization for postsecondary and college students who are enrolled in business careers or in business education programs.
The purpose of PBL is to provide opportunities for postsecondary students to develop career and technical supportive competencies for business careers and business teacher education. PBL is an integral part of the instructional program and promotes a sense of civic and personal responsibility.