SkillsUSA Quiz Bowl 2025

How many CTE students and teachers does SkillsUSA represent?

Over 413,000

How many occupational areas do the SkillsUSA Competitions cover?

Over 130

How many members has SkillsUSA served since 1965?

Over 15 million

SkillsUSA Mission

To empower students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members.

SkillsUSA Vision

To produce the most highly skilled workforce in the world, providing every member the opportunity for career success.

SkillsUSA Values

Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Community, Service

Integrity: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.

Respect: due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights, or traditions of others.

Responsibility: the opportunity or ability to act independently and make decisions without authorization.

Community: a participatory member of a political community

Service: the action of helping or doing work for someone.

SkillsUSA Framework

Illustrates how students fulfill the mission of the organization with three components (Personal Skills, Workplace Skills, Technical Skills Grounded in Academics) and 17 essential elements.

What does the SkillsUSA Framework do?

It provides a common language, assesses student skill development, and creates a vision for SkillsUSA programs.

Why does the SkillsUSA Framework work?

It empowers every student to achieve career success, delivers a skill set demanded by business and industry but lacking in many employees today, and ensures that every student member receives a consistent and specific skill set.

SkillsUSA Pledge

Upon my honor, I pledge:

To prepare myself by diligent study and ardent practice to become a worker whose services will be recognized as honorable by my employer and fellow workers.

To base my expectations of reward upon the solid foundation of service.

To honor and respect my vocation in such a way as to bring repute to myself.

And further, to spare no effort in upholding the ideals of SkillsUSA.

SkillsUSA Emblem

The shield represents patriotism

The gear represents the industrial society

The torch represents knowledge

The orbital circles represent technology

The hands represent the individual

SkillsUSA instructor's one-stop location for SkillsUSA curriculum, professional member benefits and more

SkillsUSA Absorb Learning Management System (LMS)

absorb.skillsusa.org

A useful resource for the media, members and partners to find background information about SkillsUSA, current and archived press releases and a news feed from across the nation

SkillsUSA News Room (www.skillsusa.org/resources/news-room)

This site is a free service to SkillsUSA members and our partners that allows you to contact policymakers or reach the news media with your message.

SkillsUSA Advocacy Site (www.congressweb.com/susa)

A dynamic resource that creates a virtual community of students and teachers through relevant and inspiring content.

SkillsUSA Champions Magazine (skillsusachampions.org)

Covers a wide range of topics-of-interest for SkillsUSA students and advisors. From student and advisor interview profiles to memorable speeches and helpful tips on programs and activities, there's something for everyone.

SkillsUSA Podcast (iTunes or Spotify)

SkillsUSA Slogan

SkillsUSA: Champions at Work

SkillsUSA 2024-25 Theme

Ignite Your Potential

Here you'll find a variety of links related to SkillsUSA's brand, including our Brand Assets page, Brand Guide, the SkillsUSA Champions magazine digital hub and much more.

SkillsUSA Brand Portal (brandfolder.com/portals/skillsusa)

SkillsUSA Store

www.skillsusastore.org

In partnership with SkillsUSA, the Skilled Careers Coalition has just launched this all-new, heart-pounding, episodic docuseries that follows several of our talented members as they prepare for and compete in the National Leadership & Skills Championship in Atlanta!

SKILLS JAM

The road map for planning and implementing an annual calendar of chapter activities, with six categories that define areas of focus for a well-run chapter.

SkillsUSA Program of Work (PoW)

SkillsUSA Program of Work Categories

Advocacy and Marketing

Community Engagement

Financial Management

Leadership Development

Partner and Alumni Engagement

Workplace Experiences

Activities conducted in this Program of Work may include:

Participation in SkillsUSA Week.

Delivering a presentation to the local school board.

Conducting a recruitment activity.

Creating social media posts related to SkillsUSA activities.

Advocacy and Marketing

Activities conducted in this Program of Work may include:

Culinary students holding a Teacher Appreciation Breakfast.

Automotive students performing oil changes for military families.

Construction students building an accessibility ramp at a local elementary school.

Cosmetology students providing services for residents at a senior center.

Community Engagement

Activities conducted in this Program of Work may include:

Hosting an entrepreneurial fair.

Engaging a financial management guest speaker.

Holding a chapter fundraiser.

Engaging students in the creation of personal budgets.

Financial Management

Activities conducted in this Program of Work may include:

Conducting a leadership workshop for all members.

Attending a Fall Leadership Conference.

Holding a chapter officer retreat.

Leadership Development

Activities conducted in this Program of Work may include:

Conducting Program Advisory Committee meetings.

Engaging partners to serve as mentors.

Recognizing contributions of partners and alumni.

Providing business acumen and expertise to the chapter's program of work.

Partner and Alumni Engagement

Activities conducted in this Program of Work may include:

Conducting local competitions.

Touring a local industry.

Holding a resume and mock interview day.

Holding virtual or in-person employer panel discussions.

Workplace Experiences

A chapter officer video series that covers topics that chapter officers will find useful in the day-to-day management of their local SkillsUSA chapters.

SkillsUSA CHARGE

SkillsUSA Framework Personal Skills

Professionalism, Responsibility, Integrity, Self-Motivation, Adaptability/Flexibility, Work Ethic (PRISAW)

SkillsUSA Framework Workplace Skills

Leadership, Communication, Decision Making, Teamwork, Multicultural Sensitivity & Awareness, Planning, Organizing, & Management (LCDTMPOM)

SkillsUSA Framework Technical Skills Grounded in Academics

Computer and Technology Literacy, Job-Specific Skills, Safety and Health, Service Orientation, Professional Development (CJSSP)

Study example behaviors of each of the Essential Elements

https://quizlet.com/308260571/skillsusa-essential-elements-flash-cards/ AND MOREEEEE

This PoW category promotes SkillsUSA chapter programs, career and technical education programs, public relations initiatives and experiences to help students build social responsibility.

Advocacy and Marketing

In this PoW category, students will assess community needs, identify services, and employ skills to meet needs that develop long-lasting partnerships.

Community Engagement

This PoW category helps students develop personal financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills through relevant work experience, project management and chapter fundraising.

Financial Management

In this PoW category, students establish interpersonal relationships along with individual and team development through chapter operations, leadership competitions and individualized growth plans.

Leadership Development

This PoW category encourages students to engage former members, parents, advisory committees, administrators, faculty and partners in SkillsUSA chapter and classroom activities.

Partner and Alumni Engagement

This PoW category encourages participation in career exploration, planning and work-based learning opportunities, including the SkillsUSA Championships.

Workplace experiences

What does VICA stand for?

Vocational Industrial Clubs of America

When was VICA dropped from the name SkillsUSA- VICA?

September 1st, 2004

SkillsUSA Dress (Class A)

Official SkillsUSA red blazer or official SkillsUSA red jacket

Button-up, collared, white dress shirt (accompanied by a plain, solid black tie or SkillsUSA black tie), white shirt (collarless or small-collared) or white turtleneck, with any collar not to extend into the lapel area

Black dress slacks or black dress skirt (knee-length at minimum)

Black closed-toe dress shoes.

If worn, socks must be black dress socks, and hose must be either black or skin-tone and seamless/nonpattern.

2024-2025 California State Advisor of the Year

Jennifer Hunt from Granite Hills High School

SkillsUSA California State Director

Clay Mitchell

SkillsUSA National Executive Director

Chelle Travis

Where is the PDP pin located in relationship to the wearer?

On the left side, over the SkillsUSA emblem.

SkillsUSA's first Leadership Handbook was released in what year?

1970

In what year did Chelle Travis become the fourth executive director in SkillsUSA history?

2019

Which SkillsUSA region is California in?

Region 5 (ascends east to west)

Who is the SkillsUSA 2024-25 National President?

Kallie Allen

Who is the SkillsUSA 2024-25 National Vice President?

Emma Gunn

Who is the SkillsUSA 2024-25 National Secretary?

Wyatt Boggs

Who is the SkillsUSA 2024-25 National Treasurer?

Brock Davis

Who is the SkillsUSA 2024-25 National Parliamentarian?

Juan Orona

Who is the SkillsUSA 2024-25 Region 5 Vice President? (There are 5 regional VP's in addition to the national VP every year)

Kate Hughes

Who is the SkillsUSA President? (Board of Directors)

Sarah Heath

Who is the SkillsUSA Vice President? (Board of Directors)

Leigh Creech

Who is the SkillsUSA Secretary? (Board of Directors)

David "DJ" Jordan

Who is the SkillsUSA Parliamentarian? (Board of Directors)

Timothy Elliott

Who is the SkillsUSA Region 5 Representative? (Board of Directors)

Julie Ellis

What type of SkillsUSA membership is this: Students in trade, industrial, technology and health occupations education at either the high school or college/postscondary level. Students must be enrolled in a coherent sequence of courses or career major preparing them for further education and/or employment, and they must be earning credit toward a diploma/certificate or its equivalent.

Active membership

What type of SkillsUSA membership is this: people associated with or participating in professional development of SkillsUSA active members, as approved by their state association. Include section advisors, teacher educators and supervisors, and corporate and board members. Professional members pay dues but are not eligible to serve as national voting delegates, hold national office, compete in the skillsUSA Championships or otherwise represent their state association in SkillsUSA

Professional membership

What type of SkillsUSA membership is this: College students in trade, industrial, technology and health occupations education without a SkillsUSA chapter to serve them. Training programs must meet the requirements of the individual state plan for carer and technical education or the equivalent, and the approved for membership by their state SkillsUSA association. May not serve as national voting delegates or hold national office.

Direct membership

What type of SkillsUSA membership is this: former active members who are no longer enrolled in trade, industrial, technology and health occupations education. Charters for local alumni organizations may be issued by any SkillsUSA director. May participate at the national level through the Youth Development Foundation of SKILLSUSA Inc. SkillsUSA board of directors appoints a national Alumni Coordinating Committee. this committee oversees contributions to a national alumni fund, which supports various important projects for alumni Skillsusa members.

Alumni membership

What type of SkillsUSA membership is this: Individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of skillsusa and the areas of career and technicat education it serves. Do not pay national dues.

Honorary life membership

This officer presides over all district meetings, works with and encourages others to work for the district, possesses the ability to delegate effectively, makes impartial judgments, keeps members informed, conducts meetings using parliamentary procedure.

President

This officer is well informed of the issues and skilled in handling the district's business, carries specific responsibility for program planning, with the parliamentarians responsible for the arrangement of the meeting room, assists the president.

Vice President

This officer keeps all district records for continuous reference to all that has happened, sets the agenda, advises the president on agenda during meetings, reads previous minutes and takes new minutes at every meeting, counts votes, handles district correspondence.

Secretary

This officer keeps the record of district funds, bills for annual dues, sends out membership records, pays all approved bills, maintains accurate records of income and expenses, prepares financial statements.

Treasurer

This officer gets news about the district before the public, is able or willing to learn to write news stories on district activities, prepares and distributes news releases to local media.

Reporter

This officer acts as the district authority and consultant to the president on procedural matters, has a working knowledge of parliamentary law and gives opinions based on it, calls attention to errors in procedure.

Parliamentarian

On what day was SkillsUSA founded?

Saturday, May 8, 1965

SkillsUSA is a member of what International Vocational Training Organization?

WorldSkills

Over what three categories are Quiz Bowl competitors tested?

Academic, Current Events, and Professional Development

CareerSafe is developed by SkillsUSA and OSHA. What does OSHA stand for?

Operational Safety and Health Administration

Where is SkillsUSA represented?

In all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

How many national partners (including businesses, trade associations and unions) does SkillsUSA have?

Over 850

How is SkillsUSA organized?

A three-tiered system:

Tier 1: National Organization

Tier 2: State Association

Tier 3: Local Chapters

Where is SkillsUSA Framework instruction integrated?

In the classroom, chapter, and workplace

When it comes to career and technical student organizations (CTSOs) that deal specifically with the skilled trades, SkillsUSA is the largest in the United States.

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Number of schools represented by SkillsUSA

4,906

Number of classrooms represented by SkillsUSA

21,223

SkillsUSA has created bold plans and stretch goals to meet the workforce development challenges as SkillsUSA nears its 65th anniversary in 2030. What is this plan called?

"Drive to 65"

What and when was the first federal law in the United States relating to career and technical education passed (the first to provide funding to the states for agriculture, homemaking and trade and industrial education)?

The Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act in 1917

This law specified that vocational student organizations were an essential part of vocational instruction. It was important because it recognized CTSOs as an integral part of classroom instruction and legitimate recipients of federal and state grant money to support their work.

Vocational Educational Act of 1963

How many career and technical student organizations, or CTSOs, are authorized by the U.S. Department of Education (including SkillsUSA)?

Eight

Where was VICA founded?

Trade and Industrial Youth Conference in Nashville, Tennessee

This organization's mission is to help promote SkillsUSA in terms of time, talent and financial resources at all levels - local, district, state and national.

SkillsUSA Alumni & Friends Association

When did SkillsUSA hold their first competitive events, featuring 54 competitors in five leadership competitions?

1967

Where is the SkillsUSA National Leadership Center located?

Leesburg, Virginia

What SkillsUSA program is designed to help teachers prepare their students to become career ready? (now the SkillsUSA Career Essentials suite)

Professional Development Program (PDP)

What year was the first issue of the "SkillsUSA Champions" magazine released?

2002

When was the first official SkillsUSA middle school constitution adopted?

2014

A groundbreaking curriculum that engages high school students in mentoring elementary- and middle-school students on career options related to STEM

Jump Into STEM!

Authorized by OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration), the program offers a comprehensive range of online courses covering a variety of safety topics.

CareerSafe Online Safety Training

CEP Recognition Levels

Level 1: Quality Chapter

Level 2: Chapter of Distinction

Level 3: Models of Excellence

An interactive virtual experience for local chapter officer teams that focuses on building successful chapters by equipping officers with the skills to lead and serve their chapter members.

Elevate

SkillsUSA Career Essentials offers four curriculum options based on your age and experience, what are they?

Exploratory (ages 12-14), Fundamental (ages 14-16), Advanced (ages 17-19), and Adult Learner (ages 20+)

How many competitions does SkillsUSA have?

114