District 03 Information and Documents
Your District Coordinator for District Three is Brandon Grace. He can be reached at: district3@skillsusatx.org. Your District Director for District Three is Amy Baxmann.
Your Teacher Advisory Committee representative for District Three is Elizabeth Sewell and she can be reached at: elizabeth.sewell@lubbockisd.org
Your Board of Directors regional representatives are: Victor Ramirez, varamirez0906@gmail.com and Nathan VanRyn, nvanryn@c-isd.com
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 D3 Advisor group a group admin will need to approve your request. Join the group here: https://signal.group/#CjQKIPl-gLY9yl8Q7Dj-Vw1UwSb7Q6lcQ5a-yeKdvmlxanU0EhCAjhmyJLvCwhqJkYGxrrGw
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 Advisor of the Year Texas Application D3
2023 District 3 Officer Application (2024 Application Coming Soon!)
2024 D3 Outstanding Member Application
New Texas State Pin and T-Shirt Contests. Check the Technical Standards in the Texas Regulations under Texas Only Contests. Be sure to read the directions for files to upload. Free to enter. Deadline to enter is Jan 2nd. Click here to upload. Open to HS and MS, any CTE program for a joined member. All judging and interviews will happen online.
2024 District Contest
Save the date: February 15 – 17, South Plains College, Levelland, TX
D3 Contest Agenda 2024
Registration will open Dec 15 and close on Feb 1. No late registration. Substitutions and cancelations are allowed Feb 2 – Feb 7 only. No Refunds after Feb 7th. Any information in registration that is not submitted for an invoice by Feb 7 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. Payments are due Mar 1. Add a 3% fee for credit card transactions. $50/pp, must be a joined member to register. www.skillsusa-register.org
Online PD/Skills Testing window is Feb 2, 8am-Feb 9, 7pm. Click HERE for 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. Please register your students with a personal, not a school email address.
Each registered competitor will receive an email on Feb 2nd. 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 February 9th at 7pm.
Job Exhibit Notebook Score Sheet for district
Deadline for substitutions is Feb 7th 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.
SPC Levelland Campus Map
Any family wanting to attend closing awards will need to complete an Observer Form and submit it before Feb 7th. (Link to the form will be posted by Dec 15th) No one will be admitted to the closing awards without a wristband or a contestant or advisor badge.
2023 Fall Leadership
Fall Advisor Session PPT
2023 District Contest
D3 Awards PPT 2023
Auto Tool Top 10 D3 2023
Construction Tool Top 10 D3 2023
2023 D3 Contest Schedule 021023
Conference Liability Form(part of registration but if you need a hard copy you can print it here)
District 03 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.
District 3 Coordinator
Brandon Grace
district3@skillsusatx.org
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