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Skills USA

Skills USA

A career/technical student organization that provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship, and character development.  Skills USA also promotes understanding of the free enterprise system and involvement in community service activities. Students will have the opportunity to compete regionally, statewide, and nationally.  

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. We help each student excel. A nonprofit national education association, SkillsUSA serves middle-school, high-school and college/postsecondary students preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service (including health) occupations. 

Mission Statement: SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. We improve the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce through the development of SkillsUSA Framework skills that include personal, workplace and technical skills grounded in academics. Our vision is to produce the most highly skilled workforce in the world, providing every member the opportunity for career success.

SkillsUSA serves more than 372,655 students and instructors annually. This includes 20,598 instructors who join as professional members. Including alumni, SkillsUSA membership totals over 434,000. SkillsUSA has served 13.6 million annual members cumulatively since 1965 and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor as a successful model of employer-driven workforce development.

To find out more about Skills USA, click here.

Direct questions to Traci Smith tnsmith@jcss.us

                            Denise Wilbanks dwilbanks@jcss.us

                            Melinda Cochran Davis melinda.cochrandavis@jcss.us