SKILLSUSA COUNCIL AT A GLANCE
OUR MISSION
To create a world-class workforce, through professional development of local career
and education students and partnerships with the local business community, to
support local economic and community growth in the Greater Lehigh Valley.
Our partnerships allow us to teach career and technical education students job
readiness and employability skills. We also build and reinforce self-confidence, positive
work attitudes, and leadership and communication skills. We are building a better
workforce by preparing our students to be productive, professional employees.
OUR VISION
All students graduating from our partner career & technical education schools will
possess 21st century career skills—effective communication, professional decorum,
financial literacy, work ethic, competitive spirit, and collaborative teamwork—which
will complement their technical training, preparing them for employment and
leadership in the Greater Lehigh Valley.
ABOUT SKILLSUSA COUNCIL
SkillsUSA Council is a coalition of over 80 business and industry partners committed
to fostering a world-class workforce through career and technical training to support
local economic and community growth in the Greater Lehigh Valley. At the five local
career and technical high schools we serve, SkillsUSA Council promotes mastery of
21st century career skills, training students in effective communication, professional
decorum, financial literacy, and collaborative teamwork. Through competitions,
workshops, and conferences, we seek to produce a hard-working generation of creative
and compassionate critical thinkers.
OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS
AND LEAD ADVISORS
• Bethlehem Area
Vocational-Technical School
Natalie Green and Kevin Strawn
• Career Institute of Technology
Susan Day
• Lehigh Career & Technical Institute
Randy Schock
• Monroe Career & Technical Institute
Maria Hafler
• Upper Bucks County Technical School
Brian Moser and Bill Young