
SkillsUSA is pleased to announce a new program with our corporate partner, State Farm Insurance. In the past, State Farm has been committed to teacher development and training. They are increasing their support to SkillsUSA by establishing the Innovation in Sustainability Grant Award Program...

The students attending the Washington Leadership Training Institute wrote comments such as: “WLTI is one of the best things that has happened in my life” and “The experience was life changing and amazing.” I guess that’s why students ranked their conference satisfaction surveys at 4.55 on a scale o...

The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the Champions for Change project met on October 15 at the offices of GAERF (the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation) in Reston, Virginia for its fall meeting...

I’m delighted to report that Niki Clausen will be our new full-time alumni coordinator. Niki will start in her new position on November 2. ...

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We’re still reviewing delegation reports from the students’ visits to Capitol Hill. We’ve received more detailed reports than in the past, and we know that 16 states held meetings with at least 70 different Senate and House offices on September 22. The ...

I was back in D.C. later in the week for a meeting of the NCC-CTSO (National Coordinating Council for the Career and Technical Student Organizations) at the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)...

On the last day of the WLTI, we met with representatives from the U.S. Army’s agency. They told us that because the economy has been bad Army recruitment has been good. As a consequence, they’ve met their recruiting goal, and their budget has been cut 42 percent. We...

SkillsUSA has just announced a continuing partnership with Lowes. As part of their overall grant to SkillsUSA, Lowe’s will be awarding grants to local chapters of up to $10,000 each for community service projects or campus improvement projects conducted during 2010. ...

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The downloadable group photo from WLTI is now online at http://www.skillsusa.org/events/wlti.sht ml
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SkillsUSA offers advanced training for students and advisors that focuses on the skills needed to be champions at work, in the communities and in their personal lives. It's known as the Washington Leadership Training Institute (WLTI). ...

I’m pleased to announce that Jack Frederick, our automobile technology contestant on the SkillsUSA WorldTeam and a former national officer, received the Albert Vidal Award during the WorldSkills Competition in Calgary. ...

The Washington Leadership Training Institute is complete. It was our 42nd WLTI and in my opinion, it was one of our best. While the National Leadership and Skills Conference is our best-known event, the WLTI is as close to the original mission of SkillsUSA as the Championships...



















