Activity Examples:

*Activities can be completed by the chapter as a whole, individual chapter members, or chapter advisors to count towards the program.

• BPA Week Campaign:  BPA week is the second full week in February, National BPA and Oklahoma BPA put out activities to participate in. Local chapters can also plan and host their own activities during this week to showcase BPA at their schools.
  • The new BPA Cares week that occurs in November counts towards the Star Chapter Award for “How did your chapter celebrate BPA week”

• Non-Competitive Event Contests:  These can be trading pin designs, national anthem singer auditions, t-shirt designs, partner contests…etc

• OK BPA Recognition Award:  These are awards such as Advisor of the Year, Member of the Year, and the Lifetime Achievement Award. These are found on SLC page and opened for submission when SLC registration opens.

• Advisor and Student Certification Series:  These can be found on the BPA Membership Gateway (BPA Member Gateway). If you have already completed the ADVISOR series in its current format you can use a past completion for this program. Students must complete each year.
  • Due to changes from National BPA, Advisors can watch a minimum of 5 hours of the recorded Advisor Learning Series to meet this requirement for Star Chapter. Attending the live sessions also count. Access webinars here:  https://members.bpa.org/webinars/

• Additional OK BPA events: Examples include OKC Dodger’s Day, Thunder Pro Sports Day, Advisor Bootcamp, Curriculum Integration Committee Meetings, BMITE Day at the Capitol, Winner’s Workshop…etc.

• Additional BPA events: Examples include the nationally hosted Fall Leadership Summit, any National Officer virtual chats. nationally hosted advisor trainings…etc.

• Scholarships: State and/or National BPA Scholarships will count.