National Advisor of the Year Award
The SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year program recognizes Professional members who actualize the organization's mission of empowering students to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens. A SkillsUSA chapter is only successful with the support of an Advisor who has dedicated themselves to career and technical education by intentionally integrating the SkillsUSA Framework and ensuring students can articulate the skills they have developed. State recipients are submitted to the regional competition. During NLSC, regional winners are interviewed, and a national winner is selected. The deadline to submit state-level recipients is April 1, 2025.
Montana State deadline: February 15,2025
Recipients on the state, regional and national levels will serve as ambassadors to the organization by representing SkillsUSA at conferences, attending and exhibiting on behalf of SkillsUSA at industry trade shows and participating in social media engagement opportunities.
Eligibility requirements for regional or national consideration:
Must be a paid, Professional member in the current school year: https://www.skillsusa-register.org/
Note: An exception to these requirements may be made if the Advisor has retired during or prior to the year in which they are being submitted for National AOY consideration. The Advisor must have been a paid Professional member and met the minimum CEP requirement during their last year of teaching. A letter from an administrator stating the date of retirement must be submitted to the state director.
Chapter must achieve a minimum of Level 2 within the SkillsUSA Chapter Excellence Program during the current school year
Application areas:https://www.skillsusa.org/programs/chapter-excellence-program/
Philosophy on CTE and SkillsUSA Framework skill development
Intentional SkillsUSA Framework integration into school and chapter
Communication of SkillsUSA Framework Skill Development
Completing the Application: There are six primary essay-type questions to complete for each AOY application. The advisor should enter their responses for each question, clicking Save periodically. Advisors may find it easier to craft answers to these question in an offline Word document then copy/paste answers into the website. The advisor will be able to create their application by clicking on the Chapter Excellence Program icon on their homepage (https://www.skillsusa-register.org/) and then clicking “Create New AOY App”. You will be notified by state director to complete these tasks once CEP APP has been judged.
In order to advance an application to the Regional level, the advisor must upload the three letters of support, one from a School Administrator, one from a Student, and one from you, the SkillsUSA State Director.
Nominate your Administrator this year for being Outstanding Administrator of the Year!! Due March 4, 2025
Download the application Here and email back to statedirector@skillsusamontana.org
Montana SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year!! Due March 1, 2025
Download the application Here and email back to statedirector@skillsusamontana.org
Training opportunities!!
SkillsUSA will offer a Career Essentials Implementation Training for teachers who purchased the courses and are implementing them this year. Completion certificates are provided for each session. Learn more on our online training calendar. Advisors can also access this Google Doc to learn how to use their professional membership benefits.
For questions, contact Karolina Belen kbelen@skillsusa.org or statedirector@skillsusamontana.org
Up to date Training offered-
Up to date Training offered-
https://www.skillsusa.org/events-training/
In an effort to provide our advisors with support to strengthen their chapters, we are recommending the following training presentations. Each presentation will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. All Located in your Absorb Account.
Explore the mission and structure of SkillsUSA.
These modules provide information related to effectively launching and managing a SkillsUSA student organization.
Identify three basic steps and resources for starting a SkillsUSA chapter.
Discover the building blocks of planning and conducting a successful SkillsUSA membership drive.
Learn how to plan for and conduct an effective SkillsUSA chapter meeting.
Examine the role chapter officers play in the SkillsUSA organizations and identify how to elect and train chapter officers.
Identify how to provide high quality leadership development experiences to your SkillsUSA members.
Prepare to guide students in establishing, implementing and evaluating a meaningful and balanced SkillsUSA Program of Work.
Discover how to plan and conduct quality community service projects.
Determine how to prepare students for participation in competitions.
Identify how to form and guide an advisory committee for your SkillsUSA chapter.
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