Take your leadership to the next level!
Running and holding an office provides students with a meaningful leadership role packed full of opportunities for personal and professional growth, networking with other leaders within FCCLA and beyond, and valuable lessons in teamwork as you’re relied upon as essential piece of a larger FCCLA community. Each leadership role has different guidelines for chapters in running candidates. Click here to view the full Board of Directors Policy regarding the Election of Minnesota Officers.
Click on the leadership tabs below to learn more about the different roles and to start completing your application form. View important dates and events associated with those commitments in those application and on the Leadership Dates 26-27 FCCLA Calendar.
All Applications close on February 23, 2026.
Peer Educators
Peer Educators play an important role in empowering other members to grow within MN FCCLA by leading trainings, workshops and talking to potential members about FCCLA. This may entail leading trainings or workshops within your own chapter, visiting nearby chapters to lead a session, facilitating a session at Leadership Camp, the Fall Summit, and even the State Conference. Peer Educators are invited to attend the Leadership Camp in the early summer, the Fall Summit and the State Conference for training, connecting with your Leadership Team, and for facilitating sessions.
There are no guidelines for limiting the number of Peer Educators across the state or from any given school as long as the responsibilities are understood and fulfilled.
- Attend Leadership Camp for training.
- Facilitate at least three workshops, trainings, or presentations to groups of students (not from your own FCCLA chapter).
- Attend Fall Leadership Summit, hosting a “Table Topic” and co-facilitating a workshop.
- Attend State Leadership Conference while running for office, taking the Peer Educators Test, interviewing and presenting an outline for a workshop.
- Attend State Conference at the end of term, leading a 45-60 workshop and working on aspects of the conference assigned to your Leadership Team.
State Conference – Peer Educator Candidate Process:
- Develop a 30 minute workshop outline on a National Program using this FCCLA Workshop Planning Guide
- Take the Peer Educator Test -Friday, March 27 at 12pm
- Hand in your Workshop Planning Guide and give a brief (10 minutes, 5 minutes for questions) overview of your proposal as your Peer Educator Interview – Friday, March 27th starting at 12pm
- Find out if you’ve been selected by the election committee at the Candidate Letter Drop – Saturday, March 28th
- Attend New Candidate Orientation – Saturday, March 28
Region Officers
Region officers are a critical part of the MN FCCLA structure as they provide leadership and guidance to chapters across their region. Region Officers are responsible for putting on the Region Meetings, promoting STAR Event participation, leading workshops, representing members concerns and interests, and promoting service projects. Region Officers are invited to attend the Leadership Camp in the early summer, the Fall Summit and the State Conference as well as their own Region Fall Rallies, and Region Midwinter Meetings.
Region Officer Positions include, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Junior High Rep. (JHC – grades 5-8 while running as a candidate). Per board policy, each school may run up to two Region Officer candidates. The Junior High Representative position does not count toward this total.. If your school has more than two members seeking an Region Officer position, have your chapter’s first two choices run as an Region Officer and your others as a Peer Educator. If a candidate is not elected, they may be considered and offered the opportunity to serve as a Peer Educator.
- Attend State Leadership Conference while running for office and take the Region Officer test, introduce yourself at the Region Meeting and give a short speech.
- Attend Leadership Camp for training.
- Plan and Facilitate their Region’s Fall Rally and Midwinter Meeting.
- Attend the Fall Leadership Summit, facilitating pre-conference activities and co-leading a workshop.
- Attend State Conference at the end of term, planning and facilitating the Region Meeting and working on aspects of the conference assigned to your Leadership Team.
State Conference – Region Officer Candidate Process:
- Take the Region Officer Test -Friday, March 27 at 12pm.
- Give a short speech (Topic TBD), 1-2 minutes, at the Region Meeting on Saturday, March 28th. Candidates are encouraged to memorize their speech or use limited notes on index cards.
- Answer a short question or two during the Region Meeting on Saturday, March 28th.
- Find out election results at the Candidate Letter Drop – Saturday, March 28th.
- Attend New Candidate Orientation – Saturday, March 28.
State Officers
State Officers are responsible for helping MN FCCLA pursue it’s mission to: Promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education, focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner, and community leader. State officers preside over all of the MN FCCLA chapters and speak, act, and plan on the behalf of all of MN FCCLA members. Each school may run up to 2 members for State Officer positions. Second year State Officers and the President Elect, count toward this 2 officer limit. See the full Policy regarding the Election of Minnesota Officers here.
Review the 2026 Officer Candidate Handbook for more details on the process.
Duties of all State Officer include:
- See specific responsibilities and roles for each State Officer position here
- Provide strategic planning and guidance to the MN FCCLA organization
- Promote and grow FCCLA membership
- Cultivate new leadership within MN FCCLA
- Provide direction and leadership on service projects throughout the year
- Play an active role in planning and facilitating leadership events throughout the year including the State Conference, Leadership Camp, Fall Conference, and Capitol Day
- Attend Officer Training
- Attend Leadership Camp
- Attend Fall Summit Summit
- Attend January Executive Council Meeting
- Attend Day at the Capitol
- Attend State Leadership Conference at the beginning and end of term
- Virtually attend monthly Zoom meetings
State Conference – State Officer Candidate Process:
- Develop a 30 minute workshop outline for a National Program or related topic using this FCCLA Workshop Planning Guide
- Take the State Officer Test -Friday, March 27 at 12pm
- State Officer Interviews, likely between 12pm-2pm (exact schedule shared with candidates closer to the conference) on Friday, March 27
- Hand in your Workshop Planning Guide at your interview and give a brief (10 minutes) overview of your proposal at your scheduled interview time on Friday, March 27
- Give a short speech (Topic TBD), 1-3 minutes, at the Opening Session at 4:30pm on Friday, March 27th. This speech should be memorized.
- Finalists receive a new speech prompt on Friday evening for a speech to voting delegates on Saturday, March 28th with questions from voting delegates to follow.
- Find out election results at the Candidate Letter Drop – Saturday, March 28th
- Attend New Candidate Orientation – Saturday, March 28th
- Potentially attend “Meeting of Incoming and Outgoing Officers” on Sunday, March 30th at 7:30am
National Officers
Running for National Office is an opportunity to gain an unparalleled leadership experience that will grow you personally and professionally regardless of the outcome. Ten youth leaders elected annually at FCCLA’s National Leadership Conference make up the National Executive Council and serve a one-year term as the representative body of FCCLA. The National Executive Council’s primary function is program development, program implementation, and public relations.
Connect with Patrick at the state office and let him know that you intend to run for National Office. Patrick will brief you on the process for running for the Minnesota Associations’ endorsement as a National Officer Candidate and send you an application, and guidelines for creating an FCCLA resume, both will need to be submitted by February 17, to move forward in the process. You can email Patrick or call 651.330.2950.
Find more information about this opportunity on the FCCLA National Officer page.
