Copy
SkillsUSA Update
View this email in your browser

SkillsUSA Update
Sept. 14, 2017

In this issue...

Resources Available for Professional Members of SkillsUSA

An advisor's professional membership to SkillsUSA includes access to the SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards. The standards will be posted in the membership portal by October once the revisions from technical chairs are complete. Advisors will have access through online membership site only if they are professional members of SkillsUSA.
Student membership must be submitted and paid by the event’s registration deadline to be eligible to compete in regional and state conferences. Please note the affiliation deadline requires that all contestants, including potential alternates, must be members by March 1, 2018, to be eligible to participate in national competitions.
Click here to access the SkillsUSA affiliation site, and enter your chapter’s membership. For step-by-step instructions, click here.

Important Affiliation Information

Membership Affiliation Fees:
$14 for student membership
  • $8 national dues
  • $6 state dues
$28 for professional membership*
  • $20 national dues
  • $8 state dues
*Professional dues include access to the SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards, Career Essentials: Foundations Curriculum, and the Jump into STEM Curriculum.
In order to be recognized for affiliation and be eligible to compete, each section of a chapter must have seven affiliated members or 100 percent of the class affiliated as SkillsUSA members.

Fall Leadership Conferences

The seven Tennessee Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) will be coming together for one-day regional leadership conferences this fall (see dates and locations below). The theme is "The Science Behind Leadership." The cost will be $30 per attendee and will include training, an attendee gift, and lunch. Conference registration will be confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis. Your chapter’s registration will not be complete until your online registration and check are received. You will receive an email confirmation invoice for your registration after submitting your registration online. Online registration will open on Sept. 18 at 8 a.m. CDT and close on Sept. 29.
Note that each Tennessee CTSO requires each advisor to have in his or her possession at conferences a completed CTSO Release Form for each conference attendee. Please mail the registration invoice and the check together to SkillsUSA Tennessee. All payments must be sent to SkillsUSA Tennessee with FLC-2000 in the memo line of the check. The payment deadline is Oct. 6, and the mailing address is:
SkillsUSA Tennessee
710 James Robertson Parkway
Andrew Johnson Tower, 11th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
 
2017 Tennessee CTSO Fall Leadership Conferences
West
Tuesday, Oct. 17
Cook Convention Center
Cannon Center
255 N Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103
 
Middle
Wednesday, Oct. 18
Tucker Theater
Middle Tennessee State University
1768 MTSU Blvd.
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
 
East
Friday, Oct. 20
Knoxville Convention Center
701 Henley St
Knoxville, TN 37902

SkillsUSA Theme Focuses on the Career-Ready Student

The SkillsUSA competition theme for 2018 is: 
SkillsUSA: Champions at Work Job Ready Day One
The topic is to be addressed by contestants in the Chapter Display, Prepared Speech, Promotional Bulletin Board, and state-level Digital Cinema Production competitions. Students in these contests should expand on how our theme addresses the SkillsUSA national program of work in the area of professional development.

Upcoming Competitions for SkillsUSA Tennessee

Early submission contests are as follows:
State Pin Design - Deadline Dec. 15
State T-Shirt Design - Deadline Dec. 15
Contests that premiered at the 2017 SLSC that will be back for 2018 are as follows:
  • Community Action Project (ADA)
  • Early Childhood Education
Join as a professional member to have access to the 2018 SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards from which the contests will be based.

Email Address Changes

If your email address has changed, please update it in the SkillsUSA Online Registration System.
An updated and accurate email address in the registration system will ensure delivery of important information, such as the pin number for access to the Career Essentials Foundations Curriculum and 2018 SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards.
You can also view our past newsletters and subscribe for SkillsUSA updates here.

2017-18 SkillsUSA Tennessee State Officer Application

SkillsUSA members seeking to broaden their opportunities with the organization should consider a campaign for state office as being an officer is a great way to help make a difference in your school, community, and state. State Officer Candidate Applications are due by Feb. 1. Please make sure to review the state officer candidate page fully to understand the process, expectations, and requirements for state officer candidates.

SkillsUSA Framework

The SkillsUSA Framework turns chapter activities into intentional learning that helps students grow in the areas of personal, workplace, and technical skills. The framework illustrates how students fulfill the mission of the organization: “to empower members to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens.” One way to start is by using the Career Essentials: Foundations Curriculum to embed these free framework lesson plans that come with your professional membership.
 What it Does
  • Provides a common language for students to articulate what they gain from SkillsUSA participation to employers, school administrators, parents, and other students
  • Assesses student skill development along a learning continuum of awareness, demonstration, and mastery
  • Creates a vision for SkillsUSA programs at the local, state, and national levels to ensure quality student-led experiences that build skills in all members
 Why it Works
  • Empowers every student to achieve career success
  • Delivers a skill set demanded by business and industry, but lacking in many employees today
  • Ensures that every student member receives a consistent and specific skill set

Champions Magazine Lesson Plan

Educators and students have access to the new fall SkillsUSA Champions magazine anytime online. Additionally, there is a lesson plan ready for use in your classroom based on the content of the Champions magazine.
Click on the link to view the online Champions magazine and lesson plans.

Chapter Excellence Program (CEP) Teacher's Guide

Everything you needed to know about implementing the Chapter Excellence Program (CEP) can be found here. The CEP honors chapter achievement relative to SkillsUSA’s framework of developing personal, workplace, and technical skills. The CEP establishes a quality baseline that all chapters are encouraged to attain with extra incentives for exemplary chapter performance. The program consists of four award levels, with the first three levels recognized by the state, and the final level eligible for national recognition. Please note tickets to the former “100% Advisor Reception” held at national conference will now be based on your CEP application. Only the advisors who have completed a CEP application and achieve either a gold-, silver-, or bronze-level award will be invited to the reception in 2018. Start your application today!

SkillsUSA Membership Hotline

For questions on how to start a new chapter, engage chapter members, and strengthen an existing chapter, call the SkillsUSA Membership Hotline at (844) 875-4557. Operators are on call from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. ET Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and from 11 a.m.–7 p.m. ET Tuesday and Thursday.  You can also send the operators an email at membership@skillsusa.org.

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines 
Copyright © 2017 Tennessee Department of Education, All rights reserved.


unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences