We are currently accepting proposals from high-quality presenters of innovative, timely and dynamic educational sessions to be presented at the 2009 SkillsUSA University, in Kansas City, Mo. All sessions will take place at the Downtown Marriott or Bartle Hall or the Kansas City Convention Center on June 24, 25 and 26.

We ask instructors who would like to present to send e-mails with proposed topics to Deborah Kenn at dkenn@skillsusa.org.

Possible topics: local chapter activities; fund-raising; community service; SkillsUSA program of work success stories; business etiquette; communication skills for students; local industry partnerships, etc. These can be best practices (with a local advisor presenting) or an expert in the subject area. If you do not want to present, but you have suggestions for workshop topics, please feel free to forward them to us.

The deadline for proposals is February 1, 2009. For more information and a Request for Proposal, go to this page.