What is SkillsUSA?
SkillsUSA is a national group that strives to teach workplace, personal, and technical skills to students of all levels across the country in order to prepare them to be outstanding citizens, contributing to the community and the workplace. Aside from skills for the individual, SkillsUSA works with chapters and regions to expand and create community service efforts, instilling a drive for a better world.
The SkillsUSA framework promotes Workplace and Personal Skills, and Technical Skills Grounded in Academics. This framework outlines the essentials for success in workplace and career development.
https://www.skillsusa.org/
Who We Are
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. We help each student excel.
SkillsUSA serves more than 300,000 students and instructors annually. The organization has 13,000 school chapters in 54 state and territorial associations. More than 14,500 instructors and administrators are professional members of SkillsUSA.
For information about the national level, visit skillsusa.org!
Our Mission
SkillsUSA Mississippi empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA Mississippi improves the quality of America’s skilled work force through a structured program of citizenship, leadership, employability, technical and professional skills training. SkillsUSA Mississippi enhances the lives and careers of students, instructors and industry representatives as they strive to be champions at work.
CCTI Chapter
The College & Career Technical Institute has been an active chapter of SkillsUSA for decades, with students consistently winning competitions at all levels, taking charge in leadership positions, and coming together to contribute to communities and those in need.
