AREA 6 Career Development Conference
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES
DECA’s Career Development Conferences (CDCs) are where emerging leaders and entrepreneurs showcase their educational mastery, leadership experience, and professional skills!
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DECA is a global organization offering with nearly 4,000 high schools around the world participating in DECA’s 50 Career Development Competitive Events Program. Competitive events are a cornerstone of becoming college and career ready graduates and are validated by industry and education for rigor and relevance.
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DECA Competitive Events are performance-based requiring demonstration of knowledge and skill in a project or role play scenario concentrated in entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, hospitality, and management.
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Competitive Events start in the classroom where teachers and students work together on projects, case-studies, role plays, and even virtual simulations during the year. Then, each January-May is DECA Competitive Event season around the world at DECA Career Development Conferences at the regional, state, and international levels.
AREA CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES
Over 200,000 DECA students around the world, and 11,000 in Washington, begin their climb to international recognition at one of eleven Area Career Development Conferences held throughout the state. Top performers at Area CDCs advance to the DECA state championship level in March.
AREA 6 CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
Area 6 DECA primarily runs their Career Development Conference in the month of January at the Three Rivers Convention Center located in Kennewick, WA. Area 6 is always looking for volunteers to act as judges for the event. If you would like to register as a judge you can follow the link below.