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WLTI Congressional Appointments

July 15th, 2009
On Tuesday, September 22, the students and advisors attending WLTI will have time to go to Capitol Hill and visit with their Senators and Representatives between 10:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (The bus leaves at 3:00 p.m.) Appointments need to be set up ahead of time. A sample letter is enclosed with the hard copy of this Update for state association directors and has also been posted on the state director’s Web site.
You are also welcome to use the SkillsUSA Champions Advocacy Site. You could cut and paste the letter from the state directors’ site to your computer desktop – make your edits – and then you or your WLTI delegate can upload your letter to request appointments. You can access the site from the main page at www.skillsusa.org and click on “About Us” and then “Advocacy and Legislative” and then “Advocacy Site.” From there, you plug in the zip codes and the rest is self-explanatory.
Note: letters sent by mail may take a month to reach Congressional offices because of security systems. We suggest those requesting appointments do so by e-mail or fax and then follow up with a phone call.
If you have questions, or need information about how to contact your representative, contact Jane Short at 703-737-0612 or by e-mail at jshort@skillsusa.org.
On Tuesday, September 22, the students and advisors attending WLTI will have time to go to Capitol Hill and visit with their Senators and Representatives between 10:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (The bus leaves at 3 p.m.) Appointments need to be set up ahead of time. A sample letter is available here.

You are also welcome to use the SkillsUSA Champions Advocacy Site. You can download the sample letter – make your edits – and then you or your WLTI delegate can upload your letter to request appointments. You can access the site from the link above. From there, you plug in the zip codes and the rest is self-explanatory.

Note: letters sent by mail may take a month to reach Congressional offices because of security systems. We suggest those requesting appointments do so by e-mail or fax and then follow up with a phone call.

If you have questions, or need information about how to contact your representative, contact Jane Short at 703-737-0612 or by e-mail at jshort@skillsusa.org.

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Highlights

July 15th, 2009
  • The SkillsUSA WorldTeam trained on Saturday, June 27 in areas such as time management and interpersonal communications skills that take on heightened importance in the WorldSkills Competition. Laurent Thibault of the WorldSkills International Board attended the NLSC and said publicly. “We have always heard about the SkillsUSA Championships. Now that I’ve seen it I can say this is the largest and greatest display of skills anywhere in the world.” The Championships is featured on the home page of WorldSkills International at www.worldskills.org.
  • The Skill Connect Assessments booth was a hopping place during conference. Frequently all 20 demonstration computers were in use with teachers test-driving the 34 assessments on display. Reactions were extremely positive. Over 500 teachers stopped by for the demonstrations.
  • The Sustainability Solutions contest is off to a good start. Nine student teams displayed their talents and sustainability projects. The projects ranged from green building projects, alternative fuel systems and green blogs and Web sites. We were happy that four companies joined the national technical committee and that the committee chair was former national officer Grayson DeGraff, now a manager with Lowe’s.
  • The new Professional Development Program (PDP) curriculum online – Levels 1 and 2 – will be ready for release at the beginning of school. Thanks to Air Products for providing the resources to revise and reprint PDP and to Lowe’s for the resources to move it to an interactive online learning environment.
  • Oh, and we do share the news about our students. News releases on our medalists were e-mailed to 1,507 daily newspapers and 2,034 non-daily papers across the country. News releases for the Skill Point recipients were e-mailed to 1,563 daily papers and 3,011 non-daily papers. Word is that reporters are calling and the news stories are coming in at a rapid clip.
  • People say: “Now that conference is over it must be nice to get a rest.” There’s no rest. We have a lot coming up very quickly including: national officer training; the state association directors’ meeting and board meeting in Charleston; the WorldSkills Competition and YDF meeting in Calgary; the launch of the Engineering Alliance; and, the Washington Leadership Training Institute. All of that is in the next two months.

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2009 Washington Leadership Training Institute

June 1st, 2009

The 2009 WLTI will be held at the September 19-23, 2009 at the Hilton Washington/Dulles Airport. State association directors-please read the following to help you with registration.

Application and Registration Process
The national office has outlined steps for this year’s WLTI registration process. Students who are interested in attending MUST apply to their state office, be accepted by their state office and meet state approval prior to being registered. Advisors and other participants do not need to apply through their state office and can follow the registration steps below. WLTI application, registration, and liability/medical forms are available online. Please contact the national office at 1-800-321-8422 if you wish to have WLTI forms mailed/faxed to you; ask for Susan Trent.  Questions about the application process can be directed to Deborah Kenn Tripp at 1-800-321-8422, ext. 637 or dtipp@skillsusa.org.

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