Stories From Across SkillsUSA
Champions Magazine
SkillsUSA Champions shares stories, ideas, news, and examples of excellence from students, advisors, educators, alumni, and business and industry partners across the SkillsUSA community.
About Champions
Stay Connected to the SkillsUSA Movement
Champions helps readers see how SkillsUSA students, advisors, educators, alumni, and partners are putting leadership, technical skills, service, and career readiness into action.
The publication provides stories and updates that can spark chapter ideas, support classroom discussion, strengthen professional learning, and help members understand the broader impact of SkillsUSA across the nation.
Why It Matters
Real Stories. Practical Ideas. National Perspective.
Champions gives Tennessee members a direct connection to the people, programs, partnerships, and achievements shaping SkillsUSA nationwide.
Explore Champions
What You’ll Find
Articles and multimedia content highlight the many ways SkillsUSA prepares students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders, and responsible community members.
Student Success
Read stories about members developing leadership skills, serving their communities, succeeding in competition, and preparing for careers.
Advisor and Educator Ideas
Discover approaches, chapter practices, teaching ideas, and examples that can support student engagement and leadership development.
Business and Industry
Learn how employers and workforce partners support technical education, career preparation, and the development of skilled talent.
SkillsUSA News
Follow national initiatives, events, partnerships, programs, recognition, and opportunities available to members and chapters.
Features and Spotlights
Explore in-depth stories and focused profiles of members, chapters, educators, programs, and partners making an impact.
Podcasts and Multimedia
Connect with interviews, conversations, videos, and other content that brings SkillsUSA stories and experiences to life.
For the Entire SkillsUSA Community
Who Should Read Champions?
Champions is useful for anyone interested in student leadership, technical education, workforce preparation, career readiness, and the impact of SkillsUSA.
Bring Champions Into Your Chapter
Turn Articles Into Learning and Leadership
Champions can be used as more than a news source. Articles and stories can become practical tools for chapter meetings, classroom discussion, officer training, and career-readiness instruction.
Article Discussions
Select an article for members to read and discuss during a chapter meeting. Connect the story to local goals, activities, and member experiences.
Leadership Reflection
Ask officers to identify examples of communication, teamwork, professionalism, responsibility, or service within a featured story.
Career Readiness Activities
Use articles to support writing assignments, workforce discussions, technical career exploration, and employability-skill development.
Ideas and Inspiration
Review stories from other chapters and programs to identify activities, partnerships, service projects, and leadership ideas that could work locally.
Read Champions Online
Explore the Latest SkillsUSA Stories
Visit SkillsUSA Champions to browse current stories, features, spotlights, updates, and multimedia content from across the national organization.
Tennessee Stories
Discover Red Jacket Journeys
While Champions Magazine shares stories from across the SkillsUSA nation, Red Jacket Journeys celebrates the students, advisors, alumni, business partners, and chapters making an impact through SkillsUSA Tennessee College/Postsecondary.
Explore leadership journeys, conference experiences, workforce partnerships, student success, chapter achievements, and the people preparing Tennessee's future workforce.
Many national stories begin with outstanding work happening at the local and state level. Red Jacket Journeys gives those Tennessee stories a place to be recognized and shared.
Connect. Learn. Lead.
See What SkillsUSA Members Are Accomplishing
Champions provides a national window into the people and ideas moving SkillsUSA forward. Use it to stay informed, celebrate excellence, and bring new ideas back to your Tennessee chapter.