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The SkillsUSA competition theme for the 2022-23 school year is: SkillsUSA: Our Time is Now The topic to be addressed by contestants in the 2023 SkillsUSA Chapter Display, Prepared Speech and Promotional Bulletin Board competitions is our theme, “SkillsUSA: Our Time is Now.” Within this topic, contestants might illustrate or discuss any of the following: The membership theme “SkillsUSA: Our Time is Now” implies that members have both the tools and the confidence to take Read more…

Delaware CTE would like to introduce our new Delaware SkillsUSA Associate Director In charge of programing. His primary roles will involve laying the groundwork for state competition rules and regulations as well as event planning and execution for those events. Dr. Bart Taylor is a dedicated educator with over twenty-three years of experience in the field of Career and Technical Education and Nonprofit Organizations. He offers a proven track record of commended performance in teaching, Read more…

On August 10, 2022 the Delaware SkillsUSA Executive Planning Committee met for a summer professional development session led by Assistant Director Chip Harris. Faculty and staff reviewed the framework for SkillsUSA and how to establish a local chapter. The whole team came together to name some goals and ideas of how to grow SkillsUSA in Delaware and how to incorporate the students more on a local level.

The 32nd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 14. Sponsored by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the cleanup spans the First State’s 97-mile eastern coastline and includes river and ocean shorelines as well as wetland and watershed areas. This year, volunteers will focus on more than 45 sites in New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties for cleanup. In 2018, despite a weather-related Read more…

October 8-9 – Students from across the state of Delaware converged on the Terry Campus of Delaware Technical Community College, for the annual Fall Leadership Conference. Students were comprised of local chapter leaders and potential new chapter leaders for their respective organizations. Over 400 students participated each day. Attendees engaged in activities to recognize natural leadership abilities and participated in a mock competition for extemporaneous speaking. Attending students are learning and receiving hands-on instruction in Read more…