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SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is an applied method for preparing America's high performance workers in public career and technical programs. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills. It emphasizes total quality at work: high ethical standards, superior work skills, lifelong education, and pride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also promotes understanding of the free enterprise.

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About SkillsUSA

Where is SkillsUSA?
SkillsUSA has more than 240,000 student members annually, organized into more than 13,000 chapters and 53 state and territorial associations (including Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands).

SkillsUSA's Programs
SkillsUSA programs include local, state and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. At the annual national-level Skills USA Championships, approximately 4,000 students compete in 71 occupational and leadership skill areas. SkillsUSA- programs also help to establish industry standards for job skill training in the classroom. The SkillsUSA Total Quality Curriculum enhances SkillsUSA's Quality at Work movement by preparing students for the world of work starting in the classroom. The curriculum emphasizes the competencies and essential workplace basics skills identified by employers and the U.S. Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). The SkillsUSA Professional Development Program guides students through 84 employability skills lessons. These include goal setting, career planning and community service. This program encourages local business involvement in the training of tomorrow's entry-level workers.

Programs:

Auto Body
Auto Mechanics
Cabinetmaking
Carpentry
Dental
Electronics
Electronic Publishing
Graphic Design
Machine Trades
Multimedia
Web Design

SkillsUSA's Partnerships
Currently, some 13,500 teachers and school administrators serve as professional SkillsUSA members and instructors. Nationally, more than 1,000 business, industry and labor sponsors actively support National SkillsUSA through financial aid, in-kind contributions, and involvement of their people in SkillsUSA activities. Many more work directly with state associations and local chapters.

For more information, contact:

SkillsUSA
P.O. Box 3000
Leesburg, VA 20177
Phone: (703) 777-8810
FAX: (703) 777-8999
web site: www.skillsusa.org

Officers of SkillsUSA:

President
The president presides over all chapter meetings; is able to work with people and encourage them to work for the chapter; possesses the ability to delegate effectively; is able to make impartial judgments; keeps members informed; conducts meetings using parliamentary procedure.

Vice President
The vice president presides at meetings in the absence of the president; must be well informed of the issues and skilled in handling the chapter's business; carries specific responsibility for the program planning; with the parliamentarian, is responsible for the arrangement of the meeting room; assists the president.

Secretary
The secretary keeps all chapter records for continuous reference to all that has happened; sets the agenda; advises the president on agenda matters during meetings; reads previous minutes and takes new minutes at every meeting; counts votes; takes care of chapter correspondence.

Treasurer
The treasurer keeps the record of chapter fund; bills for annual dues; sends out membership records; pays all approved bills; maintains accurate records of income and expenses; prepares financial statements.

Reporter
The reporter gets news about the chapter before the public; is able to write, or willing to learn to write, news stories on chapter activities; prepares and distributes news releases to local media.

Parliamentarian
The Parliamentarian acts as the chapter authority and consultant to the president on procedural matters; has a working knowledge of parliamentary law and gives opinions based on it; calls attention to errors in procedure.

Historian
The Historian keeps records of chapter news, information, events, and accomplishments in an up-to-date History Record Book. Works closely with the Reporter and Secretary collecting items for the History Record Book. Responsible for submitting pictures, news items, and events to the State Historian for addition to the State SkillsUSA History Record Book.

Join SkillsUSA!

To join the SkillsUSA chapter at Hennepin Technical College please contact the Advisor, Andy Thul, at 952-995-1558 or e-mail him at athul@hennepintech.edu.

Links:

SkillsUSA National

Minnesota SkillsUSA

Local SkillsUSA Chapter

Contact HTC at 952-995-1300 or info@hennepintech.edu