District 08 Information and Documents
Contact Information
Your District Coodinator for District Eight is . They can be reached at: district8@skillsusatx.org. Your District Director for District Eight is
Your Teacher Advisory Committee representative for District Eight is Dallas Bergstrom. He can be reached at: DallasLBergstrom@katyisd.org
Your Board of Directors regional representatives are: David Lanman, david.lanman@wylieisd.net and Rebecca Jan Holland, r_holland@nacisd.org
Please make sure you are joining your district’s advisor group on Signal App. Each district has its own page where advisors and the state office can connect without students. First, you download the app and request to join the D8 Advisor group a group admin will need to approve your request. Join the group here: https://signal.group/#CjQKIPl-gLY9yl8Q7Dj-Vw1UwSb7Q6lcQ5a-yeKdvmlxanU0EhCAjhmyJLvCwhqJkYGxrrGw
Officers, Chapters, Applications, Voting and Membership
Need help with your chapter? For help with your application, number or have other questions please email: stephanie@skillsusatx.org
Membership questions? Joining, invoices or payments please contact customercare@skillsusa.org
Number of Voting Delegates Per Chapter: Each Texas chapter will have: a. one delegate for the Texas chapter b. one delegate for each group of 10 members c. one delegate for major fraction of 10 members (more than 5) i.e. 16 members = 3 voting delegates; 15 members = 2 voting delegates. At District Contest and State Conference, your delegates vote for officers and any proposed amendments.
2024 District 8 Officer Application
2024 Advisor of the Year Texas Application D8
2024 D8 Outstanding Member Application
New Texas State Pin and T-Shirt Contests. Thank you for entering! Details for 2025 coming soon.
2025 Fall Leadership
Information coming soon!
2024 District Contest
2025 Dates coming soon.
D8 Awards Top 3
D8 Construction Material ID Top 10
D8 Construction Tool ID Top 10
D8 Automotive Tool ID Top 10
Registration and Schedule Information
Feb 8-10 at HCC, offsite contest listed below.
D8 2024 Contest Agenda
2024 D8 Contest Schedule 02_5_24
Registration will open Dec 15 and close on Jan 19. No late registration. Substitutions and cancelations are allowed Jan 20-Jan 24 only. Any information in registration that is not submitted for an invoice by Jan 24 will be deleted. There is no on site registration. An invoice is the only confirmation that you are fully registered, an estimate of fees is not a complete registration. You No Refunds after Jan 24. Payments are due Feb 24. Add a 3% fee for credit card transactions. Must be a joined member to register. www.skillsusa-register.org
Job Exhibit Notebook Score Sheet for district
Deadline for substitutions is Jan 24 at 5pm Substitution-Add Request Form
Advisors must register with their students. Students must have a contestant badge to compete. Job exhibit notebooks must have a registration label to be judged.
Online Testing or Pre Work
Online PD/Skills Testing window is Jan 20, 8am-Jan 25, 7pm. Click HEREfor PD test study guide. If student does not take the test, they will get a ZERO score, no exceptions. The test score is part of the contest score. If entered in multiple contests they will only take the test once per contestant number. Please register your students with a personal, not a school email address.
Each registered competitor will receive an email on Jan 20th. This email will contain the link for Online Resume Submission, PD Test completion and Job Exhibit Photo upload all in one place. The deadline for all of these will be January 25th at 7pm. Please note that only the score from the first attempt, timestamped within the designated testing window, will be accepted and considered for their contest score portion. Any test taken outside of this testing window will not be taken into account and will be disregarded.
All contests that require a resume: Resumes must be uploaded through this link to avoid the 10-point penalty. No in-person resume submission will be accepted except for the job interview contest. Job Interview will require a resume to be turned in to the judge as part of the contest.
District Contest Portal Directions
District Contest Updates 2024
AdditiveManufacturing.2024.District.Challenge
AV Quiz Bowl
Baking (Pastry Arts) District 2024
Cosmetology Contest Cluster Overview
Graphic Image Sublimation District 2024
Restaurant Services District 2024
Welding Application District 2024
Welding One District 224
Welding Sculpture: advisors will be emailed a form after registration closes to certify the student’s ability to weld and that they completed the sculpture. If this form is not submitted before Jan 25th there will be a 20-point deduction to their score.
SJC Central Map
Conference Liability Form (part of registration but if you need a hard copy you can print it here)
District 08 Events Calendar
Competition Regulations
All Texas Chapters abide by the regulations as outlined in the Texas Regulations. This document outlines registration limits, state, and nationals advancements, Texas Only contests, and more. Please refer to the Texas Regulations for detailed information. Always prepare your students by reading the newest edition of contest guidelines.
- Each conference attendee MUST fill out the SkillsUSA Texas Personal Liability and Medical Release Form for EACH SkillsUSA Texas event they attend. This includes students, advisors and any observers or guests.
National Technical Standards
National contests are listed in the national technical standards a free download with your paid professional membership.
Log on to www.skillsusa-register.org, and you should see a technical standards icon at the bottom of the page after you log in. If you click on that icon you will be directed to: https://mycareeressentials.org. (this platform is called Absorb) Advisors will need to create an account on Absorb to access the Technical Standards. If you need help setting up that account, please contact SkillsUSA’s customer care team at 844-875-4557 for assistance. If you need further help downloading the standards once an account has been established, you can view a short instructional video here: https://youtu.be/aR9Jet0PRP8.
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