Welcome to the SkillsUSA Texas College/Postsecondary Website!
January 20th Meeting Agenda
Posted by Scott, Stacy on January 20, 2012 at 11:56 AM | January 20th Agenda
1. State Leadership and Skills Conference
a. Contest Coverage
b. Site/Location Changes
c. Urgency of Help for every contest
2. Constitution and Bylaws - committee report and data
3. Membership Numbers
4. State Registration Deadline(s)
Questions? Please email me @ stacyreneescott@hotmail.com
| | Meeting Teleconference Today @ 11:00a
Posted by Scott, Stacy on January 20, 2012 at 10:18 AM | Participants for the teleconference can call (712) 432-0800. At the prompt, enter access code 810752#. The teleconference call will begin at 11:00 and will end at 12:30. You can begin connecting at 10:55.
| | Attention: Automotive Service Technology Instructors!
Posted by Scott, Stacy on January 18, 2012 at 3:15 PM | Post-Secondary students participating in the 2012 National Automotive Service Technology competition will be tested using the ChiltonPRO (www.ChiltonPRO.com) Automotive Repair Information system in the post-secondary electronic service information station. To gain FREE access to the system, or to have ChiltonPRO available at your state competition, please contact Celia McCarty at celia.mccarty@contractor.cengage.com. This information will allow you to begin preparing for nationals!
| | Meeting Change
Posted by Scott, Stacy on January 17, 2012 at 10:39 PM | SkillsUSA Texas Board of Directors, Members, Students & Industry Partners,
Our board meeting scheduled for Friday, January 20th, has been changed to a conference call... We had many conflicts and scheduling issues; therefore, we will NOT be meeting in person in San Antonio. The call will still take place on Friday...
I will share the conference call phone # and time of call, tomorrow. I apologize for the late change, but the change was necessary.
Items we will be discussing on Friday -
1. State Leadership and Skills Conference
a. Contest Coverage
b. Site/Location Changes
c. Urgency of Help for every contest
2. Constitution and Bylaws - committee report and data
3. Membership Numbers
4. State Registration Deadline(s)
5. Etc.
| | WEBINARS COMING IN 2012 REMINDER
Posted by Scott, Stacy on January 03, 2012 at 10:55 AM | Upcoming Webinars -
Value of Professional Development
January 18, 2012, 1 p.m. (EST)
SkillsUSA Week: Skilled and Motivated
February 7, 2012, 1 p.m. (EST)
So You Want to Be a National Officer
March 14, 2012, 1 p.m. (EST)
| | National SkillSUSA News and Important Dates
Posted by Scott, Stacy on January 03, 2012 at 10:52 AM | February 1
2012 NLSC audition videotapes due to national headquarters
February 1
National Conference Pin and T-shirt design contest entries due
February 2012
Career and Technical Education Month
February 5-11
SkillsUSA Week
April 1
National Technical Honor Society Scholarship applications due
April 15
Alumni Coordinating Committee nominations due
April 29
Robert Flint Student Leadership Development Scholarship for 101/201 State Officer Training at NLSC
April 30
Sharon Melton Myers Memorial Scholarship applications due
May 15
Alumni Merit Scholarship applications due
| | SKillsUSA Spring Board Meeting
Posted by Scott, Stacy on January 03, 2012 at 10:44 AM | The next SkillsUSA Board Meeting is scheduled for January 20th
San Antonio, Texas
Agenda to follow soon!
| | October 2011 News Briefs
Posted by Sharp, Don on October 17, 2011 at 10:09 AM | 2011-2012
SKILLSUSA CHAMPIONSHIPS TECHNICAL STANDARDS
Last year we
changed the technical standards to be valid for two years. These standards are
the result of many hours of work from a collaboration of industry partners,
subject matter experts and SkillsUSA staff who worked diligently to create a
user-friendly product. The standards provide our chapters and students with an
up-to-date official competition guide for both the 2011 and 2012 SkillsUSA
Championships. We will post changes to any of the contests on our website on the
"Contest Updates" page.???
The CD-ROM
package, including the standards, an information piece, a poster and the 2011
contest projects, can be purchased for $19.95 through the SkillsUSA online
catalog at: http://www.skillsusa.org/store/contests.html.
Contest singles cost $10.95 each and include the 2011 contest project (if
available) as well as helpful hints from some of our technical committee
members. If you purchased the two CD-Rom package last year, you need only
purchase the 2011 Contest Projects as a single CD for $15.95 ea.
We are also
offering a 606-page, perfect-bound book version for $32.95, plus shipping and
handling. To purchase this printed version through the online catalog, look
beneath the listing for the CD-ROM package and locate the blue and yellow "LuLu
button." This button will take you to LuLu.com to place
your order. To further our efforts to produce more eco-friendly materials, we've
chosen LuLu to deliver this on-demand printed version. Delivery time is
approximately three to five days, depending on the selected delivery option.
Please be advised the book version of the technical standards does not contain
the 2011 SkillsUSA Championships contest projects.
DATES FOR THE
2012 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS CONFERENCE REMINDER -- MARK YOUR
CALENDARS
Because Kansas
City will be hosting the Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in 2012 and the
schedule conflicted with the annual conference schedule, SkillsUSA has agreed to
move the National Leadership and Skills Conference up by a couple of days in
2012 only. State Following is the revised schedule for NLSC
2012.
48th
NLSC - Kansas City, Mo - June 23-27, 2012. So, the 2012 NLSC schedule
will be from Saturday to Wednesday. This means the Opening Ceremony will
be held on Monday, June
25, the SkillsUSA Championships will be held Monday and -Tuesday, June 25-26,
and the Awards Ceremony will be held Wednesday, June
27.
2011-12
MEMBERSHIP KITS AND FREE SKILLSUSA ADVISOR MEMBERSHIP
INCENTIVES
The 2011-12
SkillsUSA membership kits have been mailed to all chapters that affiliated with
SkillsUSA last year.
When advisors
register at least 20 student members plus one or more professionals by
November 15, 2011, advisors will receive a free copy of
Leveraging Your Leadership through Effective Chapter Meetings. This brand new
resource from the SkillsUSA Educational Resources Catalog teaches how to improve
attendance at meetings, ideas for large or small chapter meeting programs, the
basics around developing an agenda and meeting room set-up, plus the value
behind holding meetings. This tool is ideal to assist in preparing chapter
officers to truly lead chapter meetings (value: $15.00).
Also,
instructors who submit a roster with 100-percent membership plus one or more
professionals will also receive a SkillsUSA Program of Work calendar (value:
$5.95).
Remember, the
membership roster must be submitted online or postmarked by November 15th to
receive these free items.
STUDENT2STUDENT
MENTORING PROGRAM WEBINAR
On November 1,
please participate in a webinar on SkillsUSA's national Student2Student
Mentoring Program. Discover how this program can help you accomplish many
chapter goals such as performing community service or helping to endorse career
and technical education. Use this program to help SkillsUSA support the
America's Promise Alliance and use the hours to help students qualify for the
President's Volunteer Service Award. Doing a Student2Student mentoring project
can also help your chapter attend the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills
Conference in June.
URL: http://web.ganconference.com/?meeting=9818575
Telephone:
888-222-0475
Attendee code:
5692952
Date: Tuesday,
November 1, 2011
Time: 11:00
a.m. E.S.T.
NATIONAL
CONFERENCE PIN AND T-SHIRT CONTEST REMINDER
February
1, 2012 is the deadline for the entries to the SkillsUSA National
Conference pin and T-shirt competitions. This event is open to all paid student
members of SkillsUSA and it's a great way to have a student and advisor from
your state recognized in front of a national audience. A plaque for the teacher
and student, plus a school grant to the advisor of the winning student will be
awarded. Rules are in the membership kit and are also posted on the SkillsUSA
website at http://skillsusa.org/compete/other.shtml.
Questions may be directed to Heidi Ambrose at 703-737-0615 or to
hambrose@skillsusa.org.
LOWE'S
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY REBUILDING GRANTS
REMINDER
SkillsUSA is
pleased to announce a continuing partnership with Lowe's for 2012. As part of
its overall grant to SkillsUSA, Lowe's will be awarding grants to local chapters
of up to $25,000 each for Community Improvement and Community Rebuilding Grants
in 2012.
Grant
applications must be submitted by November 1, 2011. Lowe's will
be reviewing the top applications, as submitted by a SkillsUSA staff committee,
and selecting the chapters to receive the funding. Notification of successful
applicants will be in January of 2012.? Projects may be implemented during the
spring or fall semesters in 2012 and must be completed by November 30, 2012.?
In the
selection process, student leadership is the key component. The best projects
will be students identifying a school or community need, developing the solution
and actively participating in the implementation. Applications should tell the
story behind the project idea as well as having sufficient data and facts to
support the implementation and completion.
In addition,
CareerSafe Online training vouchers to promote safety among technical students
will again be available under the Lowe's grant in 2012.?
If you have
questions on the grant program, please contact Lowe's grants manager, Carol
Lowery, at 641-512-0504 or 641-456-4515 or clowery@skillsusa.org.
For more
information and to reach the online application, go to the
following:
http://www.skillsusa.org/educators/lowes.shtml.
CALL FOR
SKILLSUSA TALENT REMINDER
Do you have a
talented singer who would enjoy a special performance opportunity? SkillsUSA
seeks talented singers for the opening ceremony or awards ceremony during the
2012 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. We are looking for a
SkillsUSA student member to sing the national anthem or another patriotic song
appropriate for opening a general session. Singers may sing a cappella or to a
pre-recorded instrumental track. Send in all audition videotapes on DVD,
postmarked by February 1, 2012 to: Heidi Ambrose, SkillsUSA,
14001 SkillsUSA Way, Leesburg, VA 20176.? Questions may be directed to Heidi at
703-737-0610 or hambrose@skillsusa.org.
| | Texas College Postsecondary Does Well at Nationals
Posted by Sharp, Don on July 05, 2011 at 3:24 PM | 19 medals
34 competitors placed in the top 10
27 of those achieved 75% or better on their contest competencies
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