to promote the ideals of honesty, service, leadership, and skill development among

America’s future workforce;

to reward scholastic achievement in career and technical education and to award

scholarships;

to assist Society Members in their pursuit of career and educational goals;

to help to build and maintain a stronger, more positive image for career and technical

students, programs and schools in the local community and throughout the nation;

to encourage the practice of high standards of personal and professional conduct and

individual responsibility among the membership;

to help member schools to initiate and maintain strong working partnerships with local

institutions of business, industry and commerce;

to hold conferences, workshops and seminars for the education and mutual improvement of

the members and to provide opportunity for the exchange of ideas and experiences through

meetings, publications and research; and

to advance the growth and ideals of the Society throughout the United States of America.