About SkillsUSA Council
SkillsUSA Council is a coalition of over 85 business and industry partners committed to fostering a world-class workforce through career and technical training to support local economic and community growth in the Greater Lehigh Valley. At the five local career and technical high schools we serve, SkillsUSA Council promotes mastery of 21st century career skills, training students in effective communication, professional decorum, financial literacy, and collaborative teamwork. Through competitions, workshops, and conferences, we seek to produce a hard-working generation of creative and compassionate critical thinkers.
Our Mission
To create a world-class workforce, through professional development of local career and education students and partnerships with the local business community, to support local economic and community growth in the Greater Lehigh Valley. Our partnerships allow us to teach career and technical education students job readiness and employability skills. We also build and reinforce selfconfidence, positive work attitudes, and leadership and communication skills. We are building a better workforce by preparing our students to be productive, professional employees.
Our Vision
All students graduating from our partner career & technical education schools will possess 21st century career skills—effective communication, professional decorum, financial literacy, work ethic, competitive spirit, and collaborative teamwork—which will complement their technical training, preparing them for employment and leadership in the Greater Lehigh Valley.
Our Program of Work
Our “Program of Work” encompasses a series of events and workshops that teach our students employability and job readiness skills through practice. Close to 1,500 students actively participate in SkillsUSA Council programs, training, and activities that were conducted in and out of school.
Our Partner Schools & Lead Advisors
Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School
3300 Chester Ave • Bethlehem, PA 18020 • 610-866-8013
Angela Thom
Career Institute of Technology
5335 Kesslersville Rd • Easton, PA 18040 • 610-258-2857
Susan Day & Michael McGaughran
Lehigh Career Technical Institute
4500 Education Park Drive • Schnecksville, PA 18078 • 610-799-2300
Cory Schnaufer
Monroe Career & Technical Institute
94 Laurel Lake Rd • Bartonsville, PA 18321 • 570-629-2001
Maria Hafler
Upper Bucks County Technical School
3115 Ridge Rd • Perkasie, PA 18944 • 215-795-2911
Morgan Welding & Bill Youn
