Fall Leadership Conference
The annual Fall Leadership Conference is a 1 day event designed to get your students fired-up about being in SkillsUSA.
Conference Date: Monday, October 24th, 2011
Registration Opens: Closed
Registration & Cancellation Deadline: October 7, 2011
Location: Phoenix Convention Center, West Building
Cost: $30 per person
Attire: Students and Advisors are required dress professionally. Please visit the conference attire page for more details.
Training Program
| 8:00-9:00 AM | Registration |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Start Your Engines! Networking Session (Advisors and Students) |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Region Elections (Delegates and Candidates) |
| 10:10-10:50 AM | The GROOVE Opening Session (Advisors and Students) |
| 11:00-11:35 AM | LAP 1 |
| 11:40-12:15 PM | LAP 2/Advisor Update |
| 12:20-1:50 PM | Yellow Flag: Lunch (on your own) |
| 2:00-2:35 PM | LAP 3/Advisors--Region 1, 2, & 3 RSC Planning* |
| 2:40-3:15 PM | LAP 4/Advisors--Region 4, 5, & 6 RSC Planning* |
| 3:20-3:55 PM | LAP 5/Advisor Sessions* |
| 4:05-4:20 PM | Victory Lane: Everyone Departs to Make a Difference! |
| *Advisor's not participating in a Region Planning Session are encouraged to observe the student sessions. |
The five different Leadership Acceleration Programs are designed to accelerate the student’s career, professionalism, and employability skills. The LAPs include:
My Life in One Page [Resume Building]
InterVIEW [Interview Skills]
Be a Pro [Professionalism]
Dreams with Deadlines [Setting Career Goals]
Make the Net Work [Networking]Advisor's Update Power Point
About TRI Leadership
This year, SkillsUSA Arizona will be using the expertise of TRI Leadership to facilitate our Fall Leadership Conference.
TRI Leadership Resources is a premier provider of training, event management, and association leadership services for America’s most respected charities, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and student organizations.
The team from TRI are youth leadership experts, experienced corporate coaches, and former CTSO state and national leaders who bring a special experience and competitive edge to student organizations. For nearly 20 years, TRI has teamed up with incredible organizations to support their mission through cutting edge trainers and speakers, outstanding events, innovative management systems, and high impact association leadership services. Our team brings the tools that enrich the mind, excite the senses, leave a lasting message, and power members and advisors to new heights!
Conference Objectives
1. Leadership development and employability skill workshops for students
2. Student to student and teacher to teacher networking
3. Exchange information between the state office and advisors
4. Involve local business/industry as presenters
5. Elect the Regional Officer Team for the current school-year.
Regional Officer Elections
This conference also serves as an opportunity for your students to run for regional office. Each of our 6 regions will elect a Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Parliamentarian, Historian and Reporter to join the previously elected Regional President.
Preparing a student to run for a Regional Office is an important part of the student's experience. It's highly recommended that you consider the following:
1. Help your student understand the time commitment. On the last page of the application there are a few required conferences. If your student is elected he/she will need to also consider that the Regional Officer Team will set meeting dates/times for regional meetings.
2. Prepare a campaign platform. Ask questions like, "Why do you want to run for office?" "What are your goals as an officer?" "What level of commitment to you bring to SkillsUSA?" Your candidate does NOT need to have a Campaign Manager. But, the support might be great.
3. Practice! Practice! Practice! Every candidate gives speech and needs to be prepared to be confident at a podium with a microphone and an audience of students and teachers.
Voting Delegates
Every SkillsUSA section (program) is entitled to voting delegates. The delegates will listen to each candidate's campaign speeches and vote to select the regional officer team. Delegates will only be electing regional officers for their own region.
All sections (programs) with previous school-year membership are entitled to delegates based on the following chart:
- Up to 25 members = 2 voting delegates
- 26-35 members = 3 voting delegates
- 36-45 members = 4 voting delegates
- 46-55 members = 5 voting delegates
- 56-65 members = 6 voting delegates and so on.
NOTE: New sections (2011-12 school year) are automatically entitled to two (2) voting delegates
Participation Requirement
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry, working together, to ensure America has a skilled workforce. We help each student excel.
Teachers and students alike are often more excited about attending conferences that involve competitions. These types of functions are important, but they are only one element of a comprehensive career and technical student organization. To this end, the Board of Directors has issued the following statement:
The SkillsUSA Arizona Board of Directors had directed the state office that eligibility for a section (program) to send contestants to the SkillsUSA Arizona Championships will be based on the section (program) participating at the Fall Leadership Conference and/or Leadership Training Camp (rev. Nov. 2006)
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