To address the needs of very diverse teaching assignments, DECA has developed a smorgasbord of competitive events. Competitive events are tied to the knowledge and skills in specific careers and taught in various courses. Very few schools participate in all competitive events, nor should you try.

The best teachers select those competitive events and activities that fit their current courses. This site is designed to help you select those competitive events that are best suited to the specific content you are teaching. These are suggestions for using competitive events in your classroom. They are not intended to restrict you or your students to certain competitive events. Any DECA member can enter any competitive event.

The site can be searched by career clusters or pathways or by individual courses.

If you select the cluster (Hospitality & Tourism, Finance, Administration & Management, or Marketing Sales & Service) a chart of the courses arranged by grade level for each pathway will appear. The courses are grouped by Career Clusters and pathways commonly used by many states.

Select a Career Cluster and view courses in sequence from the 9th through the 12th grade.

If you select an individual course title you will be linked to the course description and the competitive events associated with that course.

To view courses by course title, click here.