Participants explore the mission of SkillsUSA; learn to use the multitude of resources available and engage in hands-on activities.

The training utilizes interactive sessions and provides answers to questions such as:

• How do I get students involved?
• What is the best way to organize our activities?
• What does a chapter set out to do?
• What is a Program of Work?
• What materials are available to help students?

This is a must for beginning or novice advisors wanting to start a chapter or better manage an existing chapter.

As a participant in the CMI Basic Seminar, you receive the following materials:

1. Advisor's Success Kit (ASK) CD-ROM
2. The SkillsUSA Leadership Handbook
3. The SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards CD Package
4. SkillsUSA Planning Calendar
5. A Week of Champions, National Conference DVD

Reserve your spot for this training seminar.
 

Marsha Daves Biography

Marsha Daves is the Director of Training Membership and Programs at the National SkillsUSA Office in Leesburg, VA.  She moved to Virginia from Oklahoma where she served as the Oklahoma SkillsUSA Director for over 18 years.  As state director, she helped develop the national SkillsUSA award-winning Professional Development Program and accompanied four US teams to international competition. 

Marsha was named VICA Director of the Year by her peers in 1994 and received Honorary Life Membership in SkillsUSA in 2001.  Prior to her move to Virginia, she served as a Career Cluster Coordinator for the States’ Career Cluster Initiative and had the opportunity to work with many career and technology leaders across the nation as well as many business and industry partners. 

She is very passionate about training and believes CTSO’s  exist for one reason – to assist teachers and advisors to help their students be successful.