Please Follow the Instructions Below Carefully

Please follow the instructions below carefully.

Submission Procedure

PART ASubmit to turnitin.comFriday, January 15th, 2016 by 5:00pm

• Only ONE person of the group is to log into Turnitin.com, create a student profile and submit the paper.
• Do NOT submit rough drafts. When you re-submit the final paper, it will show a high plagiarism percentage.
• DO NOT wait until the last minute to submit your FINAL paper on line. Excuses of technical difficulties, server issues, and power outages will not be accepted as reasons for not submitting on time.
• Failure to follow instructions will lead to a penalty deduction.

• ADC, FMP and SEPP all must submit papers. They will be read by the Judges before Provincials.
• FCE, HTPS and PSE must submit their research notes or power point slides.

1. Register as a new student and log on – only ONE person from the team has to do this
2. Cut and paste this link to your browser:
3. Sign in as a New User as a STUDENT to complete profile

1. Only ONE team member submits the final version. DO NOT submit rough drafts because your final copy will be seen as 100% plagiarized.
2. Class IID: 9164540; Password: proposals
3. Save your Written Proposal as a PDF or Microsoft Word document

File Naming Convention: EVENT CODE–SCHOOL-LAST NAMES

[i.e. ADC 1 – East York CI – Plagianakos, Smith]

1. Submit under 2016 Proposals as a PDF
2. Click the green arrow to upload your submission
3. BEFORE you log off, print a confirmation receipt to ensure you correctly uploaded the document.

PART BSubmitONE Good Copy to DECA Ontario RECEIVED by Friday, January 15th, 2016 by 5:00pm

1. Submit to DECA Ontario at the Provincial Competition
2. Ensure submission is in the following order, staples in the top left corner:
3. Written Events Check List DECA Guide – page 72

ii. Statement of Assurances – Must be Signed DECA Guide – page 73

1. Title Page and Written Proposal

1. Submit written proposals in person, mail, or courierto the DECA Ontario office at 100 Richmond Street West, Suite 341 (office is actually in the Toronto Sheraton Centre, south side of building, Richmond Tower).We must have it by Friday, January 15th by 5:00PM. No exceptions for delayed mail or courier service. Send it early and get a tracking number if possible.

Notes:

-Each school may submit a maximum of two written proposals per event category.

-Written Proposals are submitted before the Provincial Competition to be assessed for plagiarism and adherence to the DECA Competitive Event Checklist.

-Folios are NOT required. Simply staple ONE good copy. Make sure it’s properly stapled and that pages are not loose.

-Three hole punch the paper submission.

ALL papers must use:

a) 1″ margins (top, bottom, left and right)
b) arial font, size 11 (size may vary only in items in the Appendix, Tables or Financial Statements)
c) sound can be used in presentations for Written Business Proposals (no external speakers are to be used)
d) if you choose to create a powerpoint presentation, NO LCD Projector or screen will be provided. You will simply turn your laptop screen towards the Judge to be viewed
e) ADC, FMP and SEPP are 100% presentations BUT you still must submit papers. See DECA guide for outlines. Since FCE, HTPS and PSE do not have guidelines, research notes/powerpoint slides or handouts are to be submitted. One good copy, as all the other events are to be submitted online on the 15that Turnitin

Research and report writing are important elements of modern business activities. Great care must be taken to assure that the highest ethical standards are maintained by those engaging in research and report writing. To reinforce the importance of these standards, all written entries in DECA’s Competitive Events Program must submit this statement as part of the entry. The statement must be signed by the DECA member(s) and the chapter advisor.

I understand the following requirements are set forth by DECA Inc. for all Competitive Event entries containing a written component. These requirements are additional to the general rules and regulations published by DECA Inc. By signing this statement, I certify that all are true and accurate as they relate to this entry.

1. The contents of this entry are the results of my work or, in the case of a team project, the work of current members of this DECA chapter.

1. No part of this entry has previously been entered in competition.
2. This entry has not been submitted in another DECA Competitive Event.
3. Credit for all secondary research has been given to the original author through the project’s bibliography, footnotes or endnotes.
4. All activities or original research procedures described in this entry are accurate depictions of my efforts or, in the case of team projects, the efforts of my team.
5. All activities or original research described in this entry took place between the 2015 Chartered Association Career Development Conference and the 2016 Chartered Association Career Development Conference.
6. I understand that DECA has the right to publish all or part of this entry. Should DECA elect to publish the entire entry, I will receive an honorarium from DECA. Chapters or individuals with extenuating circumstances may appeal the right to publish the entry to the executive committee of the board of directors prior to submission of the project for competition.

This statement of assurances must be signed by all participants and the chapter advisor, and submitted with the entry, or the entry will be given 15 penalty points.

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Participant’s Signature Participant’s SignatureParticipant’s Signature

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Print/Type Participant Name(s)

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Competitive Event Name/School/Chartered Association (Province)

To the best of my knowledge, I verify that the above statements are true and that the student’s (students’) work does not constitute plagiarism.

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Chapter Advisor’s Name Chapter Advisor’s Signature

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Chapter Advisor’s Email

Hole punch and place in front of the written entry. Do not count as a page.

PROJECT ORIGINALITY

In many written events, chapters have settled on a strategy that uses the same well-developed projects year after year. Succeeding chapter teams often take the previous year’s successful project and seek to improve it. If that strategy works in achieving a chapter’s goals and the experience teaches the principles of DECA, the strategy serves the chapter, the community and DECA well.

Chapters submitting entries for chapter team events, however, should be challenged to do more than update the previous year’s written project. Project committees should avoid even reviewing the previous year’s entry. Judges (whose assignment is to evaluate a project according to established guidelines) will be impressed by the originality of a chapter’s project.

Plagiarism of projects judged previously will automatically disqualify a chapter from competition and eligibility for awards.

WRITTEN ENTRY CHECKLIST, 2016

Written Entry Checklist Participant(s):______

Event Name______

Please refer to Format Guidelines for the Written Entryfor a more detailed explanation of these items.

Penalty

Points Page

Checked Assessed No.

1. The Written Event Statement of Assurances must be

signed and submitted with the entry. ______15 ______

2. Entries submitted in an official DECA Written folio. NO DEDUCTIONS AT PROVINCIALS

3.Sheet protectors may not be used. ______5 ______

4. Limited to the number of pages specified in the guidelines

(plus the title page and the table of contents). ______5 (per page) ______

MAY be double sided.

5. All pages are numbered in sequence starting with the

executive summary and ending with the final page of the. ______5 ______
appendix. Do not use separate sheets between sections or as
title pages for sections.

6. Major content must be at least double-spaced (not

space-and-a-half). Title page, table of contents, executive

summary, bibliography, appendix, footnotes, long quotes,

material in tables, figures, exhibits, lists, headings, sample

letters, forms, etc., may be single-spaced. ______5 ______

7. Entry must be typed/word processed. Handwritten corrections

will be penalized. Charts and graphs may be handwritten. ______5 ______

8. Paper is 81/2 inches x 11 inches. No fold-outs,

attachments, tabs used. ______5 ______

9. The written entry follows the format guidelines. Additional

subsections are permitted In the body of the written entry. ______5 ______

Total Penalty Points Assessed ______

A check indicates that the item has been examined.

A circled number indicates that an infraction has been noted.

A page number indicates the location of the infraction.