HOSA Spring Leadership Conference,
January 13-14,
2012
The HOSA
Area I Spring Leadership Conference will be held at W. Charles Akins High
School, 10701 South First Street, Austin, Texas, beginning Friday, January 13,
2012, with officer candidate interviews at Omni Hotel 4140 Governors Row at
8:00 a.m. and ending Saturday, January 14, 2012 at approximately 5 p.m. at the
close of the awards ceremony at W. Charles Akins High School Theater.
ONSITE CHECK-IN
Onsite
check-in will be from 2:30 to 3:30 on January
13, 2012 at W. Charles Akins High School Theater Foyer. (Please keep
students on the buses until theater doors open at 3:00pm ) Each advisor
will be issued their conference registration printout, nametags, programs,
maps, etc. Team substitutions may be made only during onsite check-in.
During onsite check-in the following items will be collected:
Medical Art Posters
Student Eligibility forms
Advisor & Student Code of Conduct & Medical Liability forms
PARKING
School
buses may park in the Parking Lot in front of the Theater of the W. Charles
Akins High School.
FOOD: There are many restaurants at Southpark Meadows Shopping Center
SOCIAL
The
Area I Officers have planned a fun-filled evening for Friday night, January 13, 2012 .
Opening and Closing Ceremony Dress
It
is the responsibility of each advisor to help ensure that EACH of their student
delegates understands the conference dress policy PRIOR to arriving at the
conference. Please remind your student delegates that they have signed a HOSA
Conduct Code that states that they will adhere to the new dress code policy for
all general sessions. There should be no misunderstanding that when the student
delegate tries to seek admission to the general session and does not adhere to
the new dress policy that he/she will not be admitted.
Dress Code
Remember,
professional dress is required at opening and closing ceremony. Students are
not to wear, denim, jeans, hats, flip flops, tennis shoes, spaghetti straps,
strapless tops and dresses, leggings, short skirts, t-shirts, etc. This also
applies to courtesy corps, and students wearing scrubs and EMT uniforms.
Knowing that students participating in courtesy corps and certain skills events
don’t necessarily dress in professional business attire, those students will
need to change into appropriate dress for opening and closing ceremony.
Students who manage to get in wearing inappropriate dress are not allowed on
stage when their name is called. It is difficult to name every possible
situation we may encounter when it comes to inappropriate dress so please
explain to your students what business attire entails
NAME TAGS
Conference
nametags must be worn at all times during all HOSA activities.
COMPETITIVE EVENTS
Read
carefully the HOSA, TA Advisor Handbook regarding competitive events. Please
prepare students to have a positive attitude. They should understand that the
true benefit of competition is in the preparation, participation, and
networking - and not only winning.
ADVISOR RESPONSIBILITY
All
advisors must participate in conference management by sharing in conference
duties.
CODE OF CONDUCT AND MEDICAL LIABILITY RELEASE FORMS
Advisors
are responsible for having their students complete the HOSA Code of Conduct
form and Medical Liability Release form. A parent or guardian’s signature is
required on both forms. Advisors should sign the Advisor’s Code of Ethics form.
Please have all of these forms in your possession during the conference.
SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT EVENTS
Student
Eligibility Forms for students participating in First Aid/Rescue Breathing,
Personal Skills, Speaking Skills and Interviewing Skills must be turned in
during onsite packet pickup. If special accommodations need to be made for your
special needs student, please email these needs to Janet Villarreal at
texashosa@stx.rr.com .
AWARD PRESENTATION
All
participants should plan to attend the closing ceremony. If a competitor is
unable to attend the awards ceremony to receive his/her medal, the advisor
should collect those medals at the close of the award ceremony.
CHAPERONES
The
required ratio for adult supervision of students is 1 adult
sponsor (who is not a HOSA Board of Directors member) per 10 students for
all HOSA activities.
LOST & FOUND
Any
items (notebooks, purses, money, etc.) found should be taken to the Tabulation
Room. Individuals having lost an item may claim said item from the Tabulation
Room. Any items not claimed prior to the start of the closing ceremony will be
discarded.
POSTER & NOTEBOOK PICK-UP
All Medical Art Posters, Extemporaneous Health Posters,
Outstanding HOSA Chapter scrapbooks, etc. must be picked up from the Tabulation
Room at least one hour prior to the start of the closing
ceremony. Any unclaimed posters or notebooks will be discarded.
