Career Tech Student Organizations - Cherokee County Career and Technology Center

SKILLSUSA

SkillsUSA is the #1 workforce development organization for students. It helps students

develop technical, academic and employability skills, and
helps them become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members.

When students participate in SkillsUSA competitive events, they not only receive awards and recognition for their accomplishments, but they are also eligible to earn scholarships, tools of the trade, and even job offers right off the competition floor.

Alabama SkillsUSA is Developing the Next Generation of World-Class Champions at Work

In partnership with Alabama’s Governor, Kay Ivey, Alabama SkillsUSA is working to fill the goal of placing 500,000 new highly-skilled Alabamians in the workforce by 2025. With strategic partners like yourself, we develop your future employees holistically – through technical skills training, leadership development, and hands-on experiences. Alabama SkillsUSA is committed to producing a generation of strong workers and exceptional leaders who will take America’s workforce into a new frontier of triumph and prosperity. Let SkillsUSA provide the foundational employability skills needed for success on your team.

Health Occupations Students of America

HOSA is a professional student organization and a powerful instructional tool that is integrated into the health sciences curriculum and classroom.

HOSA's two-fold mission is:

to promote career opportunities in the health care industry, and
to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

Health Occupations Students of America

HOSA empowers students to become leaders in the global health community through education, collaboration, and experience.

Future Farmers of America

FFA is a dynamic youth organization that changes lives and prepares members for:

premier leadership,
personal growth, and
career success through agricultural education.

FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA

Alabama FBLA inspires students to become community minded business leaders. Students develop essential work skills

through leadership opportunities at the local, state, and national level;
by networking with accomplished business professionals; and
by participating in business-focused workshops, seminars, and academic competitions.

Many student members go-on to become top IT innovators, marketing professionals, CEOs, and business owners.

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America

Alabama Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is an organization for students interested in Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) careers.

Involvement in FCCLA offers high school students great opportunities to develop:

professional communication,
problem-solving, and
leadership skills.

Joint Leadership Development Conference

Alabama’s Joint Leadership Development Conference is the largest non-athletic joint gathering of students in the South Eastern United States for an educational purpose.

The goal of JLDC is to build Alabama’s College+Career-Ready workforce with:

employability skills,
leadership training,
exposure to Alabama’s career opportunities, and
increased knowledge of CTE+CTSO opportunities.

Cherokee County Career and Technology Center

SkillsUSA is the #1 workforce development organization for students. It helps students

develop technical, academic and employability skills, and

helps them become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members.

When students participate in SkillsUSA competitive events, they not only receive awards and recognition for their accomplishments, but they are also eligible to earn scholarships, tools of the trade, and even job offers right off the competition floor.

HOSA is a professional student organization and a powerful instructional tool that is integrated into the health sciences curriculum and classroom.

HOSA's two-fold mission is:

to promote career opportunities in the health care industry, and

to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

HOSA empowers students to become leaders in the global health community through education, collaboration, and experience.

FFA is a dynamic youth organization that changes lives and prepares members for:

premier leadership,

personal growth, and

career success through agricultural education.

Alabama FBLA inspires students to become community minded business leaders. Students develop essential work skills

through leadership opportunities at the local, state, and national level;

by networking with accomplished business professionals; and

by participating in business-focused workshops, seminars, and academic competitions.

Many student members go-on to become top IT innovators, marketing professionals, CEOs, and business owners.

Alabama Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is an organization for students interested in Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) careers.

Involvement in FCCLA offers high school students great opportunities to develop:

professional communication,

problem-solving, and

leadership skills.

Alabama’s Joint Leadership Development Conference is the largest non-athletic joint gathering of students in the South Eastern United States for an educational purpose.

The goal of JLDC is to build Alabama’s College+Career-Ready workforce with:

employability skills,

leadership training,

exposure to Alabama’s career opportunities, and

increased knowledge of CTE+CTSO opportunities.