2024–2025 SkillsUSA Massachusetts Advisors’ Handbook Chapter 1: National SkillsUSA • 2 National SkillsUSA Fact Sheet National SkillsUSA Fact Sheet SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. We help each student excel. SkillsUSA’s mission is to empower 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 Frame- work skills that include personal, workplace and technical skills grounded in academics. Membership: 2023-2024 National Membership Numbers • 2023-24 total membership (including alumni and Honorary Life): 475,749 • Teacher and student members: 413,293 • Student members: 390,664 • Teacher/Advisor members (SkillsUSA Professionals): 22,629 • SkillsUSA schools: 4,909 • SkillsUSA classrooms: 21,629 • Middle school members: 4,525 • High school members: 361,784 • College/Postsecondary members: 46,984 • 479 new chapters chartered with SkillsUSA in 2023-2024 • Associations in 50 states and Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia Total cumulative members served since 1965: 15,174,665 Membership by Division • High School: 88% • College/Postsecondary: 11% • Middle School: 1% The SkillsUSA Framework: The SkillsUSA Framework is the foundation for all SkillsUSA educa- tional programs, resources and products. It is essential to SkillsU- SA’s mission, because it serves as the blueprint for career readiness. The Framework is divided into three main components, and a total of 17 Essential Elements are divided among those three components. The Framework Essential Elements were developed with the direct input of over 1,000 employers and represent the skills employers consider the most crucial for a successful hire. The SkillsUSA Program of Work: SkillsUSA’s Program of Work (PoW) is the road map for planning and implementing chapter activities throughout the year. When a SkillsUSA chapter aligns its yearly activities with the Program of Work, students receive rich experiences that empower them to become career ready. SkillsUSA Resources and Programs: The SkillsUSA Career Essentials suite is an online program that engages students in defining, implementing and measuring career- readiness skills along every point in their educational journey. Courses are available for middle-school, high-school and college/ postsecondary students as well as adult learners. The SkillsUSA Career Essentials Credential is obtained through successful comple- tion of the SkillsUSA Career Essentials suite. Successful completion of the program indicates students’ proficiency in the understanding and application of career-readiness competencies and demonstrates their ability to successfully contribute to their place of work. The program also offers instructors the opportunity for professional development by becoming a Career Essentials certified instructor. The Chapter Excellence Program (CEP) recognizes achieve- ment as it relates to the integration of the SkillsUSA Framework in chapter Program of Work activities. Every chapter is encouraged to participate in the CEP, and there are three award levels to recognize program involvement. The first level honors chapters for achieving essential standards of excellence as a Quality Chapter. The second level recognizes chapters that go beyond baseline requirements with bronze, silver and gold Chapters of Distinction awards. Chap- ters in each state receiving the gold award are eligible for the third level: selection as a national “Models of Excellence” chapter. Best practices are gleaned from the national award winners and shared with the field to serve as models for other chapters to emulate in strengthening their local programs. The SkillsUSA Student2Student Mentoring Program connects our members with younger students in elementary or middle school throughout the school year by facilitating SkillsUSA’s “Jump Into STEM!” curriculum. Through the facilitation of lessons from the curriculum, chapters can introduce younger students to the diversity of careers within the STEM field and help them explore the STEM careers that align with their own interests and talents. SkillsUSA Championships: During the SkillsUSA Championships — held in conjunction with the NLSC — nearly 6,500 state champions from across the nation compete in over 100 different trade, technical and leadership compe- titions. Contests begin locally and continue on to the regional, district, state and eventually the national SkillsUSA Championships. More than 10,000 competitive events are held each year leading up to the national competition. An estimated 240,000 members compete each year on some level (local, district, regional, state, national). Nearly 2,000 judges and contest organizers from labor and management make the national event possible. Contests are run with the help of industry, trade associations and labor orga- nizations. Test competencies are set by industry. More Information As of Jan 2, 2024, SkillsUSA has a new official address for all correspon- dence, payments and other mailings. Please update your accounting records effective immediately for any invoice payments, correspon- dence or other mail coming to SkillsUSA via USPS, FedEx or UPS. SkillsUSA 673 Potomac Station Dr. PMB #809 Leesburg, VA 20176 To accelerate the processing of membership payments, we recom- mend utilizing the electronic payment form, which accepts both credit card and e-check transactions. You can access the link for these payments directly from each invoice you receive. Please reach out to SkillsUSA’s Customer Care Team at 844-875- 4557 or [email protected] if you need help or have further questions.
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