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Career & Technical Programs in South Dakota

South Dakota SkillsUSA Career & Technical Education Programs

South Dakota SkillsUSA members compete in more than 100 career and technical contests across these career clusters. Every program connects classroom skills with what South Dakota employers actually need on the job.

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Career clusters

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Contests statewide

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Program of Work goals

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Career & technical education pathways for South Dakota students

Program of Work

The South Dakota SkillsUSA Program of Work

The heart of SkillsUSA is the program of work — what your chapter is going to do. It is the activities and projects, the plan of action, that your chapter will carry out during the school year. The national Program of Work sets the pace for SkillsUSA nationwide, and every SkillsUSA South Dakota tech career program relates to these six goal categories.

Advocacy & Marketing

Tell the story of career and technical education. Chapters promote SkillsUSA and CTE to school boards, legislators, media, and the wider South Dakota community so the public understands the value of skilled careers.

Advisor guidance

Building a chapter program of work in South Dakota

The students should discuss and develop their own plan. Your role as advisor is to help them select activities which relate to their career and technical training and to guide them as they develop personal skills in communications, organization, planning and follow-through.

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