The Tennessee Leadership Training Institute provides training to student leaders that focuses on communication, teamwork, and leadership skills. Student leaders will network with others from across the state, discuss the student experience, and learn from one another about the activities they are conducting on their campuses.
The Event
October 28, 2022 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m (CST)
TCAT Murfreesboro - Smyrna Campus
633 Ken Pilkerton Drive Smyrna, TN
Registration
Cost: $60 per person, payable through institution transfer of funds
Please register below by October 7, 2022
Each institution may register 3 SkillsUSA members + 1 advisor and 2 SGPC members + 1 advisor. If your institution would like to send additional participants to TLTI, please register your inital students within the above noted perameters and complete this waitlist for any beyond those we intially have space for.
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Attendees should wear business casual attire. SkillsUSA State Officer Candidates should wear SkillsUSA official attire with red blazer.
Agenda
Morning Session: SkillsUSA and Student Government President's Council
8:00 a.m. | Check In and Breakfast | |
8:30 a.m. | Welcome to TLTI! What is SGPC and SkillsUSA? |
Kristina Krau Waymire, Director of Student Initiatives, TBR Shania Willyard, SkillsUSA State Director, TBR |
8:45 a.m. | Getting to Know You | SkillsUSA State Officers |
9:00 a.m. | Higher Education in Tennessee | Dr. Heidi Leming, Vice Chancellor for Student Success, TBR |
9:45 a.m. | 10 Minute Break | |
9:55 a.m. | Three Pillars of TLTI | SkillsUSA State Officers |
10:00 a.m. | Communication | Shania Willyard |
10:30 a.m. | Teamwork | Mike Johnson, SkillsUSA State Officer Coach, TBR |
11:00 a.m. | Leadership | Kristina Krau Waymire |
11:30 a.m. | Lunch and Reflection |
Afternoon Session: SkillsUSA
12:30 p.m. | SkillsUSA State Officer Candidate Meet & Greet | |
1:00 p.m. | The SkillsUSA Framework | SkillsUSA State Officers |
1:30 p.m. | The SkillsUSA Program of Work | SkillsUSA Alumni State Officers |
2:10 p.m. | Chapter Excellence Program | Rob Alford, TCAT Pulaksi & Kristin Odom, Alumna |
2:30 p.m. | State Officer Candidate Speeches | SkillsUSA State Officers |
2:50 p.m. | State Officer Election | SkillsUSA State Officers |
3:00 p.m. | Teambuilding | Kristina Krau Waymire |
3:30 p.m. | State Officer Team Announced | Shania Willyard & SkillsUSA State Officers & Alumni |
3:45 p.m. | Closing |
Afternoon Session: Student Government President's Council
12:30 p.m. | SGPC Elections | Kristina Krau Waymire |
1:00 p.m. | SGPC Meeting | Kristina Krau Waymire |
3:00 p.m. | Teambuilding and Closing with SkillsUSA | Kristina Krau Waymire |
Register Below by October 7
For questions please contact:
Kristina Krau Waymire, Director of Student Initiatives, kristina.waymire@tbr.edu or 615-365-1560
Shania Willyard, SkillsUSA TN PS Director, shania.willyard@tbr.edu or 615-366-4497