SkillsUSA Week 2027
Celebrate Leadership, Service, Advocacy, and CTE
SkillsUSA Week is an annual celebration of career and technical education, student leadership, community service, advocacy, industry partnership, and workforce readiness across Tennessee.
About SkillsUSA Week
Five Days of Purposeful Chapter Engagement
Chapters across Tennessee are encouraged to participate by recognizing supporters, serving their communities, connecting with industry partners, advocating for career and technical education, and showing SkillsUSA pride.
Members should use the SkillsUSA Week Chapter Guide to plan activities that follow the daily schedule while reflecting the needs and strengths of their local chapter and campus community.
Daily Schedule
One Theme for Each Day
Recognition Day
Recognize members, advisors, administrators, business partners, community leaders, and supporters who make a meaningful impact on your CTE program and SkillsUSA chapter.
Give Back Day
Identify needs, complete service projects, and show how SkillsUSA members care for their campuses, communities, and neighbors.
Partner Day
Invite business, community, and industry leaders to learn more about your chapter and the career-readiness skills students develop through SkillsUSA.
Advocacy Day
Present to campus leaders, community groups, elected officials, or industry partners about your program, your chapter, and the value of CTE.
SkillsUSA Day
Wear SkillsUSA attire, share chapter activities, promote SkillsUSA across campus, and celebrate the impact of career and technical education.
Ways to Celebrate
Ideas Chapters Can Put Into Action
Recognition Day Ideas
- Honor members, advisors, administrators, partners, and supporters.
- Recognize instructors with a small gift, meal, note, or appreciation activity.
- Present campus leaders with a certificate or honorary membership.
- Invite local media or campus communications staff to cover activities.
Give Back Day Ideas
- Work with campus leaders to identify areas of need.
- Complete a community service project.
- Visit a nursing home or community organization.
- Host a car care clinic or technical service event.
- Donate items to a shelter, hospital, or community partner.
- Complete a cleanup, landscaping, or beautification project.
- Share service activities on social media.
Partner Day Ideas
- Invite business and industry leaders to a chapter meeting.
- Show how the SkillsUSA Framework develops career-readiness skills.
- Invite partners to discuss workforce needs and career opportunities.
- Thank current partners, judges, volunteers, and advisory board members.
Advocacy Day Ideas
- Present to school leaders, administrators, or elected officials.
- Request a proclamation from a mayor, council, commission, or board.
- Host an open house highlighting SkillsUSA and CTE programs.
- Invite parents, partners, and prospective students to visit programs.
- Visit a local school to talk about career and technical education.
SkillsUSA Day Ideas
- Wear SkillsUSA shirts, polos, or official attire.
- Make campus announcements about SkillsUSA Week.
- Display SkillsUSA signs, banners, posters, or bulletin boards.
- Hold a poster, photo, or social media contest.
- Send public service announcements or news releases to local media.
- Set up a SkillsUSA information table on campus.
Resources