SkillsUSA is a national organization serving a quarter million secondary and post-secondary student members annually. Its mission is to help prepare high performance workers for America ’s quality-driven business and industry. SkillsUSA provides quality training in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development, and helps to reinforce self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills. It emphasizes total quality at work, high ethical standards, superior work skills, life-long education and pride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also promotes understanding of the free enterprise system and involvement in community service activities.
SkillsUSA programs include local, state and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. During the annual national-level SkillsUSA Championships, more than 4,500 students compete in 77 occupational and leadership skill areas. SkillsUSA programs also help to establish industry standards for job skill training in the classroom.
Approximately 14,500 teachers and school administrators serve as professional SkillsUSA members and instructors. More than 1,000 corporations, trade associations and labor unions actively support SkillsUSA on a national level through financial aid, in-kind contributions, and involvement of their people in SkillsUSA activities. Many more work directly with state associations and local chapters.
SkillsUSA has teamed up with NTHS to promote outstanding student achievement within career and technical education, and is encouraging chapters to consider participation in the honor society as part of their annual program of work. To learn more, go to http://www.skillsusa.org
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