WY SkillsUSA Wednesday Update

In our attempt to conform as closely as possible with the National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC), all forms necessary to participate at the Wyoming Leadership and Skills State Conference (SLSC) will be submitted prior to arriving in Gillette or Casper, and electronically, online.

Due by 4/1/2025:

RESUMES

LIABILITY FORMS specific to WY! (ONLY found in the 2025 SLSC Guide> Page 10>Wyoming Updates)

PROOF of COURSEWORK (safety certifications and/or coursework verification as dictated by certain technical standards)

Due BY 4/11/2025:

• PORTFOLIOS
• BINDERS
• BLUEPRINTS (welding fabrication)

After submitting your Liability Form and Resume, you'll see a pop-up message stating:

"Thank you for filling out the form. Your response has been recorded."

If you're competing in an event that requires additional materials—such as a binder, portfolio, or blueprints—to be uploaded by April 11th, you will receive a confirmation email containing further instructions and a new upload link. Please check your spam or junk folder if you don't see this email in your inbox.

Competitions requiring these additional uploads include:

• American Spirit
• Chapter Display
• Community Service
• Job Interview
• Promotional Bulletin Board
• Welding Sculpture
• Welding Fabrication

See the 2025 SLSC Guide page 10, "CONTEST UPDATES" for specifics!

• Schedule mandatory chapter meeting(s) between now and 4/1.
• Require all the above documents, in PDF form, and titled as instructed (The Guide) for said meeting. Check your student's work:
• Resumes are one page PDF and doc is titled, correctly.
• Liability form is a PDF a completed in its entirety and signed by a parent/guardian if under 18 years of age.
• Have students open The Guide > Page 10 > Wyoming Updates and follow instructions at the top for uploading forms. Once in the form, they will check ALL APPLICABLE COMPETITIONS for a one-and-done process.
• IF the student's contest(s) require additional uploads, an email will be sent containing the link to do so directly after the liability form/resume/certifications or safety are uploaded successfully. The additional submissions are due by April 11.
• Keep a record of the chapter's progress for the entire chapter to see (EXAMPLE: white board or a piece of paper on the wall with a grid and "check off" procedure for each member). This promotes accountability, and all eyes are watching the progress!
• Express to students that failure to make this a priority will jeopardize their ability to attend and compete at state conference.

• ALL ATTENDEES - including ADVISORS must submit a liability form.

Refer to the 2025 SLSC Guide for more information. During the 2024-2025 school year, the officer team has attending Washington Leadership Training Institue in DC, SkillsUSA Mid-America Conference in Nebraska, and CTE Proclamation signing day in Cheyenne at our State Capitol. They will wrap up their year of service hosting your State Leadership and Skills Conference and celebrate with our Wyoming Gold Medalists in Atlanta, Georgia in June. The fundamental leadership growth and personal experiences last a lifetime. Apply now.

• Advisors and Competitors should download the conference app to access schedules, personalize your own agendas, and access competition groups.
• Groups can be found in the APP after April 1st.

The SkillsUSA WY 2025 SLSC Guide is your #1 Resource for successful registration, planning, and preparation! Baking and Culinary updates were added on the 17th, and expect CNC Programmer, Technical Drafting and more on Monday, March 24th.

Share The Guide with your members, today!

It is a living document; please do not print as updates are made weekly for you within the links provided.

Have your competitors seen the Technical Standards?

A common and unfortunate theme in our competition feedback from judges and technical chairmen is that registered competitors were ill-prepared or worse, had no idea what they were doing.

If you have not provided the technical standards in areas of interest to your members, this is a disservice to your members, our judges, and our organization.

Members should feel confident and prepared in all areas listed in a competition's Technical Standards or the advisor should reserve said student for the following year.

• Wyoming Liability Forms and upload links are found in the Wyoming Updates (Page 10)
• Links to contest updates live in this document (Page 10)
• Clothing Modifications and Dress Code for Closing Ceremony? Already here. (Page 6 and 7)
• An advisor checklist? Gotcha covered. (Page 4)
• Online Testing info? Yep! (see contest update link - Page 10)
• *Pre-Conference submissions? Fancy! (see Competion List Compilation link - Page 10)

Refer to The Guide often.

Please share it with your students.

TIP: Never print the guide - this is a living document with many imperative and "living" documents.

See the 2025 SLSC Guide > Page 10 > 2025 Competition List Compilation by Excel

EVERY COMPETITOR takes the Professional Development Exam, and many Technical Competitions require a written exam. See the Guide! The more time student competitors spend in The Guide, the more comfortable they will be in finding necessary information for success.

A study guide and Kahoot! Links to prepare for the PD Test can be found:

2025 SLSC Guide > Page 10 > 2025 Wyoming Competition Updates

Refer to these updates often and recall that these are NATIONAL updates.

Wyoming uses the 2024-2026 National Technical Standards and the Contest Updates to develop competitions that come as close to a national experience as possible. However, we must consider time and space constraints; modifications are expected.

For more information, open the 2025 SLSC Guide.

FACILITHON - updates wer posted on 3/19/2025

ACTION SKILLS - updates were posted on 3/14/2025

BAKING AND PASTRY ARTS - updates were posted on 3/12/2025 (this is THE perfect example - these updates are for the NATIONAL COMPETITION - we have STATE Competition updates that Baking competitors need to follow and they are found in The Guide>Page 10!)

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNOLOGY - updates were posted 2/28/2025

AUTOMOTIVE REFINISHING - updates were posted 1/27/2025

MOBILE ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY - updates were posted 1/7/2025

COMMERCIAL sUAS DRONE - updates were posted 12/18/2024

CHAPTER DISPLAY - updates were posted 2/4/2025

DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION - updates were posted 1/29/2025

JOB INTERVIEW - updates were posted 2/10/2025

ROBOTICS URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE - updates were posted 1/24/2025

WELDING - updates were posted 11/13/2024

QUIZ BOWL - updates were posted 10/30/2024

ALL ASPIRING COMPETITORS SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CONTEST(s) of INTEREST PROVIDED TO THEM BY THEIR ADVISOR(s)!

Applications for the 2025 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence are now open! Harbor Freight Tools for Schools will award $1.5 Million in cash prizes to 25 outstanding U.S. public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. If you are a public high school skilled trades teacher, please visit https://hftforschoolsprize.org/ to learn more and begin your application! The deadline for applications is May 2nd. Here is the announcement video and here is a video you can hear from last year's winners with some helpful tips for your application.

As the Spring term rolls in, so do the Spring training offerings for SkillsUSA advisors! From comprehensive sessions for the new advisors to workshops about the Chapter Excellence Program, competitions and scholarships, we got you covered.

Take a look at our training calendar at: www.skillsusa.org/events/professional-development/ and register at: https://skillsusa.wufoo.com/forms/szi2vfr1294gcc/ to receive a calendar invite with a Zoom invite.

Each participant earns a professional development certificate of attendance!