State Leadership Conf.

For the 2026 SkillsUSA Missouri State Leadership & Skills Conference, students should bring paper copies of their resume. Be sure to check your contest Tool List, as you may be required to submit one prior. For questions regarding resumes, please email SkillsUSA@dese.mo.gov.

The clothing requirements for this year’s State Leadership & Skills Conference has been updated. Please read this document to find acceptable substitute attire for SLSC.

SkillsUSA Missouri will make every attempt to accommodate all students and their needs based on a documented disability as long as it does not compromise the integrity of the competitive event. Please complete the ADA Accommodations request on skillsusa-register.org when registering students that may need accommodations.

Courtesy Corps is about working together with others to accomplish a common goal. For SkillsUSA it’s about working as a team member to produce a flawless State and National Conference.

At the State Leadership and Skills Conference, it’s about assisting with work station setup at the contest site, assisting people to get where they need to be without delay, delivering meals to contest sites, and running errands. It’s also about showing people you are having fun while getting your job done. We do have fun as well as work hard. Courtesy Corps are always the first to arrive and the last to leave.

The reward for doing an outstanding job at the Missouri State Conference is to be picked to attend the National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta, GA, in June. This is an honor as all expenses are paid for you, including airfare, room, and meals. As a part of the national courtesy team, you will be assigned different tasks each day. These jobs have a wide range of duties: setting up, moving, taking down, guarding, or just waiting for the next duty. There are also many extra perks to the Courtesy Corps including seeing the 1 million sq. ft. of space be filled with equipment and exhibits for SkillsUSA contests, receiving free stuff, and attending evening functions with other SkillsUSA members from all over the nation. You will return home with much more than you came with, including new friendships and lifelong memories.

See Packet HERE

Join us Friday, April 10 at Capitol Plaza Hotel from 8-10pm! This event will be in the ballroom at the hotel. We ask each chapter planning to attend to submit a headcount form, so we can plan the meal accordingly. There will be a hypnotist and mentalist show, silent disco, and a walking taco bar! The 2026 Champions Festival is free of charge! Planning to attend? Submit the headcount form here by April 2, 2026: https://mofbla.wufoo.com/forms/z1ynbm2o14j985t/

SkillsUSA is a student-led organization whose student members are charged with the responsibility of governing the affairs associated with the organization bylaws. The SkillsUSA Delegate Program engages chapter-identified delegates to represent their respective chapters in introducing, debating, modifying, and voting on delegate items that may include organization bylaws, ad hoc committees and the SkillsUSA state officer elections.

A delegate program is one of the best ways to uphold SkillsUSA as a student-led organization. Students can learn the program outcomes and take that back to their chapters to show how a student voice is crucial not only at the local level, but at the state and national level too. 

Don’t forget to register your chapter leaders/officers for SLSC to serve as delegates to represent your chapters!

The program will be facilitated by our State Officer Trainer, Hunter Gibson, current state officers, alumni, and possibly national officers!

Delegate Schedule – Tentative

Thursday, April 9, 2026

1:30-2:00 pm – Delegate Check-In

2:00-3:30 pm – Delegate Training Session #1

Friday, April 10, 2026

8:00-11:45 am – Delegate Training Session #2 (including Ad Hoc Committees)

11:45 am-1:00 pm – Lunch

1:00-2:00 pm – Meet the Candidates

2:00-3:30 pm – Annual Business Meeting and State Officer Voting

What is the candidate program?

This year SkillsUSA Missouri is implementing a new delegate program from the national office. The SkillsUSA Delegate Program engages chapter-identified delegates to represent their respective chapters in introducing, debating, modifying, and voting on delegate items that may include organization bylaws, ad hoc committees and the SkillsUSA state officer elections.

Who can be a delegate?

A delegate must be a paid, registered member by the national deadline. You must also be a paid, registered SLSC attendee. Delegates can also be competitors, but schedules should not conflict for the most beneficial experience. State officer candidates may also serve as delegates and vote but must not be seated in the House of Delegates meetings during campaign speeches and problematic questions. Please contact Bri Nicholson for more information.

What are the Ad Hoc Committees? Subject to Change

This year we will have 2 committees. Delegates will be divided into the following committees: