District 09

District 09 Information and Documents

Your District Coordinator for District Nine is Teresa Reyna. She can be reached at: district9@skillsusatx.org. Your District Director for District Nine is Darlene Mills, she can be reached at: darlene@skillsusatx.org

Your Teacher Advisory Committee representative for District Nine is Al Tag. He can be reached at: atag@fisdk12.net

Your Board of Directors regional representatives are: Danna Farmer dfarmer@hamiltonisd.org and Caroline Hinojosa, ca.hinojosa@ecisd.us.

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 D9 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 District 9 Officer Application

2024 Advisor of the Year Texas Application D9

2024 D9 Outstanding Member

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

D9 Contest Agenda 2024 Updated 011024

2024 D9 Contest Schedule Updated 01 17 24

D9 Awards PPT

D9 Top 10 Construction Tool ID

D9 Top 10 Auto Tool ID

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. No Refunds after Jan 24th. Payments are due Feb 24. 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 Jan 20, 8am-Jan 26, 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 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 26th 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

Job Exhibit Notebook Score Sheet for district

Deadline for substitutions is Jan 24th at 5pm Substitution-Add Request District 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.

District Contest Updates 2024

AdditiveManufacturing.2024.District.Challenge

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.

2023 Fall Leadership

Fall Advisor Session PPT

2023 District Contest

D9 Awards PPT 2023

D9 Automotive_Construction Tool ID Top 10 2023

JE Blue Ribbons D9 2023

Conference Liability Form (part of registration but if you need a hard copy you can print it here)

District 09 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 9 Coordinator

Teresa Reyna
district9@skillsusatx.org

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