Delaware SkillsUSA

Delaware SLSC Awards Ceremony & Closing Session
2026-03-19 | Delaware Stair Fair, 18500 S. duPont Highway, Harrington, DE, 19952, United States
The Awards Ceremony and Closing Session mark the grand finale of SkillsUSA Delaware’s State Leadership & Skills Conference. Students, advisors, and industry partners come together to celebrate the achievements of our competitors, honor medalists, and recognize outstanding leadership. It’s a powerful moment of pride and unity as Delaware’s champions are announced and advance to represent our state at the national conference.

Delaware SLSC Competition 2026: Advertising Design
2026-03-12 08:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Delaware Technical Community College – Stanton Campus, 400 Stanton Christiana Road, Newark, DE, 19713, United States

Delaware SLSC Competition: 3-D Visualization & Animation
2026-03-12 08:00 - 14:00 | Hodgson Vocational-Technical High School, 2575 Glasgow Avenue, Newark, DE, 19702, United States

Resume Submission Deadline
2026-03-06 | DE
All competitors must upload their professional resume to the online portal. There is a point penalty for failing to upload.
Check out our Resume Templates on our website: https://delawareskillsusa.org/compete/resume-templates

Delaware Advisor of the Year Deadline
2026-02-20 | DE
The SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year program recognizes Professional members who actualize the organization’s mission of empowering students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders, and responsible community members.
SkillsUSA Delaware Advisor of the Year Nomination Instructions (1)

Chapter Excellence Program Deadline
2026-02-20 | DE
Every chapter is encouraged to participate in the Chapter Excellence Program (CEP), which recognizes achievement in leadership development through three award levels. Levels One and Two are acknowledged by our state association, while Level Three is honored at the national level.

SLSC Online Testing Window
2026-02-18 - 2026-03-06 | DE
All registered competitors for SLSC must complete both their technical and professional online tests, which are scored and combined with on-site performance results. Testing is completed at testing.nocti.org, and advisors will receive and distribute testing credentials provided by the state office.

SkillsUSA Week
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-06 | DE
SkillsUSA Week is celebrated in February each year in SkillsUSA chapters nationwide. The event offers state associations, advisors, and student members the opportunity to promote SkillsUSA programs and activities at the local and state levels while highlighting the importance of the skilled trades.
Chapters are asked to incorporate specific themes
for each day of the week.

State Leadership & Skills Conference Registration
2026-01-05 - 2026-02-13 | DE
Register and pay for SLSC at skillsusa-register.org/login.aspx. Submit conference payments by March 2.
Pricing: $35 per student/advisor. Community partners can attend at no charge, but preregistration is required through the SkillsUSA Delaware State Office. This price does not include travel expenses.
Student competitors are eligible to compete in one Skilled and Technical/Occupational competition and one Leadership competition. If a student wins a gold medal in both contests, they can only participate in one of those contests at the National Leadership & Skills Conference.

2026-27 State Officer Application Window
2026-01-05 - 2026-01-23 | DE
Interested in leading SkillsUSA Delaware? Student members may apply to serve as a state officer for the 2026–2027 year. Applicants will be evaluated based on leadership, commitment, and alignment with the SkillsUSA Framework. Submit all required materials by the published deadline to be considered for this prestigious role.

Delaware Deadline to Submit Members + Advisors for National Registration
2025-12-31 | DE
It is mandatory that all members and advisors participating in the 2026 Delaware SkillsUSA State Leadership Conference submit their national registration by this date. National membership can be completed on the SkillsUSA website: https://www.skillsusa-register.org/Login.aspx

Delaware SkillsUSA Advisor Kickoff Meeting
2025-11-05 09:00 - 10:30 | DE
Join SkillsUSA Delaware for our first statewide advisor meeting of the 2025–2026 season! This virtual session will provide important updates to help advisors prepare their chapters for the upcoming Delaware State Leadership & Skills Conference in March 2026 and the National Leadership & Skills Conference in June. Topics include the SLSC schedule and registration, NLSC hotel confirmation, new advisor resources, Chapter Excellence Program details, Advisor of the Year information, and state officer updates.
All chapter advisors are encouraged to attend as we kick off another exciting year of empowering Delaware’s student leaders and skilled professionals. The Zoom link will be emailed to the Student Activities Coordinator or lead chapter advisor.
