MVCTC SkillsUSA Chapter 4 Holds First Meeting of School Year
Englewood, Ohio – The Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) SkillsUSA Chapter 4 held its first meeting of the school year on September 15, 2021.
The 2021-2022 SkillsUSA Chapter 4 Officers:
- President – Ross Cornett, Construction Carpentry/Valley View
- Vice President – Dylan Cornett – Construction Carpentry/Valley View
- Officer – Mallorie Maxwell – Construction Carpentry/Northmont
- Officer – Kendall Green – Construction Carpentry/Valley View
- Officer – Gabriel Betzner – Construction Carpentry/Tipp City
The SkillsUSA Chapter 4 includes Construction Carpentry, Elecrical Trades, HVAC, and Heavy Equipment Operations programs. The meeting started with the officers introducing themselves. Then, the students would share their name, their partner schools, and their MVCTC career program.
Gabe started by introducing himself and welcoming everyone to the first SkillsUSA Chapter 4 meeting. After this, Gabe asked everyone to please take off their head coverings and stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
The next SkillsUSA officer to come up was Kendall. Kendall introduced himself and asked, “What is SkillsUSA?” before a video introducing SkillsUSA was played. After the video, Kendall went back up on stage and informed our audience of it being our Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) along with the number of student members.
The last student officer that was introduced was Mallorie. She introduced herself and went on to talk about how fortunate we are to have MVCTC pay our dues towards SkillsUSA. After this, another video was played on the members of SkillsUSA.
SkillsUSA Chapter 4 Officers Ross Cornett and Dylan Cornett were not able to be at the meeting. They were participating in the MVCTC School-To-Work Program and were on the job the week of the meeting.
Once the video was over, each officer described the colors and their meaning of the SkillsUSA emblem one by one. Once that was finished, the officers called up their advisor Mr. Kelly Kramer to introduce himself and the Framework of SkillsUSA.
After Mr. Kramer was done, Gabe came back up for the closing and thanked everyone for coming to the meeting.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. We help each student excel. A nonprofit national education association, SkillsUSA serves middle-school, high-school and college/postsecondary students preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations.
Mission Statement: SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. We improve the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce through the development of SkillsUSA Framework skills that include personal, workplace and technical skills grounded in academics. Our vision is to produce the most highly skilled workforce in the world, providing every member the opportunity for career success.
SkillsUSA serves more than 372,655 students and instructors annually. This includes 20,598 instructors who join as professional members. Including alumni, SkillsUSA membership totals over 434,000. SkillsUSA has served 13.6 million annual members cumulatively since 1965 and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor as a successful model of employer-driven workforce development.
For more information about the Miami Valley Career Technology Center, visit our website www.mvctc.com.
For 50-years, MVCTC has provided career technical education for 27 partner school districts encompassing five counties, including Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren counties. MVCTC is dedicated to providing in-demand workforce training for youth, adults, and organizations in the Miami Valley.
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