2018 Kansas Championships Conference Packet

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1 2018 Championships Conference Packet COVER SHEET Conference Memo Pg. 2 Conference Guidelines Pg. 2-6 Contest Information... Pg Online Registration Instructions... Pg Theme Information Sheet... Pg. 14 Code of Conduct Agreement Form.. Pg. 15 Registration & Release Form... Pg Special Needs Request Form... Pg. 18 Contest Alternate Form Pg. 19 Creative item/basket Form... Pg. 20 SkillsUSA Page 1 Updated 2/17/2018

2 CONFERENCE MEMO SkillsUSA State Department of Education 900 SW Jackson St. Ste. 653 Topeka KS Phone: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: SkillsUSA Advisors Becky Warren, State Director 2018 SkillsUSA State Championships Packet Greetings! The 2018 SkillsUSA State Championships will be held: April 11 o Wave Wireless Corporation, 2130 Corning Avenue, Parsons, KS April 18 o City Technical Ed Center, 6565 State Avenue, City, KS April 20 o WATC Webb Campus is located at 4004 N. Webb Road, Wichita, KS April o Hutchinson Community College, 1300 North Plum Street, Hutchinson, KS o Hutchinson Career Technical Academy, th Circle, Hutchinson, KS o Hutchinson Fair Grounds, 2000 N Poplar, Hutchinson, KS o Hutchinson Electrical Training Facilities, 200 W 2 nd, Hutchinson, KS o Hutchinson Cosmetology Facilities, 200 E 3 rd, Hutchinson, KS o Hutchinson Fire Science Facilities, 3211 E 4 th, Hutchinson, KS o Atrium Hotel & Conference Center, 1400 North Lorraine Street, Hutchinson, KS EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FEE PER PERSON (February 19th - March 2nd): $55.00 REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PER PERSON (between March 3rd-9th): $65.00 Conference Registration Deadline: March 9, 2018 CONFERENCE GUIDELINES All Invoices must be paid in full prior to the State Conference dates or arrangements made in advance if you are going to pay on arrival to the state conference. In order to compete at the State Championships your chapter must have at least 7 student members and 1 advisor enrolled as members of SkillsUSA. This is the number of students and advisors needed to become a charter in the State of and at the National Level. Without this enrollment by February 15, 2018 your school will become ineligible to compete at State and National levels. MEDICAL INFORMATION & LIABILITY RELEASE FORM: This is a reminder of the changes implemented with the conference registration pertaining to HIPAA in Brief overview includes: SkillsUSA Page 2

3 Removal of confidential medical information/phi from the NLSC1 Form Requirement of a home contact number in case of emergency as well as a mandatory onsite contact number for the adult in charge of the student It will be the Responsibility of the local school to maintain/keep medical information and have permission to dispense it The designated school-level adult chaperone is required to have all appropriate medical information at the function for all student participants All other releases on the NLSC1 form will remain the same Nationals will provide a pdf of a standard medical release/liability form for a school to use if they do not have one the system will not however allow the form to be saved or completed online When accompanying under age state officers, the adult from school will be responsible to maintain/keep medical information in hard copy form and maintain the data in a safe location. CONFERENCE HOUSING: When reserving hotel rooms for your school, ask for the SkillsUSA blocked rooms at the listed hotels provided below. Blocked prices are only good until March 27, Schools must provide non-profit tax-exemption form in order to wave State tax charges. Atrium Hotel & Conference Center $ room tax - Conference Hotel 1400 N Lorraine St - PHONE: Fairfield Inn & Suites $ room tax 1111 North Lorraine St PHONE: Holiday Inn Express $129 + room tax 911 Porter Street PHONE: Comfort Inn & Suites $99 + room tax 1601 Super Plaza PHONE: Hampton Inn $ room tax 1401 ½ East 11 th PHONE: Fairground Dorm Rooms $11.25 per person, per event, No air-conditioning 2000 N Poplar PHONE: Super 8 $ room tax 1621 Super Plaza PHONE: CONFERENCE MEALS PLEASE NOTE: SkillsUSA will provide lunches for CONTESTANTS, Chairs and Judges ONLY! April 11 Box lunches for Wave Wireless contestants, chairs and judges April 18 Box lunches for City Community College contestants, chairs and judges April 21 Box lunches for Wichita Area Technical College contestants, chairs and judges. April 25 Box lunches for Leadership & Occupational Contestants, chairs and judges. April 26 - Box lunches for Skill Contestants, chairs, and judges April 26 th New : ACA Catering will be serving a hot meal beginning at 4:00pm until 7:00pm. If your school would like to eat at the Fairgrounds at the Cottonwood Courts Building after SkillsUSA Page 3

4 competitions, you will need to add that to your registration under the Add Optional State Fee Item. Each meal cost $10 and includes dessert and drink. Concessions at the Fairgrounds will be available for advisors and guest April 26 th between the hours of 8:00am until 4:00pm. RULES AND REGULATIONS: The contests are based on the national rules and regulations titled SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards. Any changes in the published rules and regulations will be posted on the national webpage. CONTEST UPDATES: Contest Updates and other pertinent information will posted on the webpage. Please review the website frequently for updates are posted daily. Feel free to call me with any issues or concerns you may have at or For registration, questions call Kelli Byrne at or CONTESTS TO BE ENTERED: Contestants may enter: 1. One Skill Event (either Individual or Team contest) 2. One Individual Leadership Event and/or One Leadership Team Event 3. One Occupational event (Note: students may also compete in all written test competitions.) NOTE: Contestants in the Quiz Bowl contests may not register for any other Leadership competitions. Substitutions of contestants may be made up to April 13 th Refunds will not be issued for drops. CONTESTANT-LIMITED COMPETITIONS: The following contests are limited based on a membership-related formula: 1. Automotive Refinishing Technology (ART) 2. Automotive Service Technology (AST) 3. Collision Repair Technology (CRT) 4. Diesel Equipment Technology (DET) 5. Welding (W) A chart with the eligible number of contestants in each of the above competitions will posted on the website under the contest updates after the membership deadline of February 15, REGISTRATION: Submit all Registrations on-line at Instructions to register are included in this conference packet. Please refer to the one-page 2018 Online Registration Instruction for details. If you have registered students for National SkillsUSA Championships in the past, you will recognize this is the same system. Please contact Kelli Byrne at kbyrne@ksde.org or call with questions regarding the on-line Registration process. Invoices must be paid in full prior to the State Conference. Please make arrangements with your business office. SkillsUSA Page 4

5 COURTESY CORPS TEAM: We are in need for thirty volunteers to serve on the Courtesy Corp Team. The team will arrive April 24 and depart on April 27, All students signing up for the Courtesy Corp Team must have an advisor from their school signed up to serve on the Courtesy Corp Team as their team leader. Those who volunteer for the Courtesy Corp Team will receive free registration, meals and housing. Courtesy Corp members are not allowed to compete in any competitions during the State Championships. Their sole purpose is to help setup/take down and serve the contest areas in keeping the State Championships running smoothly. CONTEST ID BADGES AND REGISTRATION PACKETS Contest ID badges and registration packets will be distributed at the following locations: April 11, 2018 Wave Wireless at April 18, 2018 City Technical Center in the Appliance/Plumbing Building at 7:30 am April 21, 2018 Wichita Area Technical College Webb Campus at Aviation April 25, 2018 Atrium Conference Center beginning at 9:00 am CLOTHING REQUIRMENTS: The following is the official dress code for the 2018 SkillsUSA Championships Conference: Skill Contest: The approved SkillsUSA T-shirt and jean (no tears or holes) will be acceptable attire during competition unless other attire has been required by the contest chair. Contestants must wear appropriate shoes that are acceptable in the workplace. Tennis shoes or flip-flops are not acceptable workplace footwear. Leadership Contest: Official SkillsUSA attire is required for all leadership contests. Review the SkillsUSA Leadership Manual and the Technical Standards for details on official attire. NOTE: If a student is in Job Skills Demonstration A or Job Skills Demonstration Open, the SkillsUSA official contestant attire or the conference T-shirt, Jeans, and appropriate workplace footwear will be acceptable. Two separate awards ceremonies for Leadership, Occupational, and Skills contests. Opening (Awards) Ceremony: Leadership and Occupational Contest medals will be awarded during the Opening Ceremony beginning at 7:00 pm. Official SkillsUSA attire or business attire is required to accept medals on stage during the award session. No exceptions! Inappropriate dress will result in medal winners being given their medals off stage. NOTE: Shoes are considered part of official or business attire. Please make sure student wear proper footwear. Closing (Awards) Ceremony: Skills Contest medals will be awarded during the Closing Ceremony beginning at 10:00 am. Official SkillsUSA attire or business attire is required to accept medals on stage during the award session. No exceptions! Inappropriate dress will result in medal winners being given their medals off stage. NOTE: Shoes are considered part of official or business attire. Please make sure student wear proper footwear. REMEMBER: JEANS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE ATTIRE FOR AWARD CEREMONIES. ADVISORS: You are the example our students follow. It is recommended that you also dress in official attire or business attire during the awards ceremonies. Please enforce the clothing requirements for SkillsUSA Page 5

6 students during contest and at the award ceremonies. Please remind students to remove their hats while inside buildings. Thank you. DELEGATION SESSION: Two proposals have been moved forward: 1. District names were changed to numbers instead of using letters. The change was recommended by the National CMSystem Database Coordinator. We adopted the process for reporting needs. The proposed is that the District alphabet title continue to remain along with the CMS numbering system. 2. By-laws Session 2: Proposed to amend the administration outline of voting members to include alumni and middle school status on the Board of Directors. The proposed is as follows: a voting members to voting members, who shall be as follows: i. 3 High School Advisors ii. 3 Postsecondary Advisors iii. 2 Middle School Advisors iv. 1 Administrator v. 3-5 Business representatives vi. 3-5 Alumni members vii. 3 Corporate members District Officers serve as voting delegates for the State of. It is essential that all district officers attend the Delegate Session, April 25, 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Hutchinson Sport Arena room GYM 2. CREATIVE BASKETS FOR SILENT AUCTION: Bring a chapter item/basket that contributes to the handy work of your program to the State Championships Conference. The item/basket will be auctioned off to support the SkillsUSA Scholarships awarded each year. Examples of a item/basket would be a designed cutting board, an automotive tool bucket, a toolbox, a welded fire pit.etc. The chapter item/basket that brings the most funds in for the SkillsUSA Scholarships win a SkillsUSA Custom Banner. SkillsUSA Page 6

7 DATE T Team I- Individual 2018 SkillsUSA State Championships EARLY CONTEST LOCATION TIME April 11, 2018 I Residential Systems Installation + Maintenance Wave Wireless Parsons April 18, 2018 I Major Appliance and Refrigeration Technology I Plumbing KCKCC, City, KS April 21, 2018 I Aviation Maintenance Technology Wichita Area Technical College Webb Road I Precision Machining (State only contest) Campus DATE April 24, 2018 CONTEST ORIENTATION TIME TIME & Location & Location (Orientation & Written Tests) (CONTEST) T(4) TeamWorks Orientation & Team Project (3 DAY CONTEST) 3:00 pm Ambassador 3:00 pm Ambassador T Team I- Individual I Aspiring National Anthem NEW (State only contest) 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor IB I Basic Health Care Skills NEW (High School contest only) 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 Endeavor II T(6) Chapter Business Procedure ** 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Mercury April 25, 2018 T(3) Chapter Display ** Theme: SkillsUSA: Champions at Work, Job-Ready Day One (1 Team per school) 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor II T(3) Community Service ** 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor II T (5) Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl (State only contest) 11:00 am Endeavor III 2:30 pm Endeavor III SkillsUSA Page 7

8 DATE CONTEST ORIENTATION TIME TIME & Location (CONTEST) (Orientation & Written Tests I Customer Service 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:30 pm Endeavor IB T Team I- Individual T(4) Entrepreneurship 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor II I Extemporaneous Speaking ** 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 pm Gemini I First Aid/CPR 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor II T(4) Health Knowledge Bowl 11:00 am Endeavor III 1:00 pm Endeavor III I Health Occupations Professional Portfolio 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor II I Job Interview 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Apollo I I Job Skills Demonstration A * 11:00 am Endeavor III 1:30 pm Endeavor IB April 25, 2018 I Job Skills Demonstration Open * 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Apollo II I Medical Math 9:00 am Endeavor II 9:00 am Endeavor II I Medical Terminology 9:00 am Endeavor II 9:00 am Endeavor II T(7) Opening and Closing Ceremony * 11:00 am Endeavor III 2:00 pm Mercury I Pin Design * 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor II I Prepared Speech ** Theme: SkillsUSA: Champions at Work, Job-Ready Day One 11:00 am Endeavor III 2:00 pm Gemini T(3) Promotional Bulletin Board ** Theme: SkillsUSA: Champions at Work, Job-Ready Day One 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor II SkillsUSA Page 8

9 DATE T Team I- Individual CONTEST T(5) Quiz Bowl (Up to 2 alternates can be registered) (1 Team per school) ORIENTATION TIME TIME & Location (CONTEST) (Orientation & Written Tests 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Apollo III I Related Technical Math 9:00 am Endeavor II 9:00 am Endeavor II I T-shirt Design ** 11:00 am Endeavor III 12:00 noon Endeavor II April 25, 2018 T(4) TeamWorks (Team consists of Carpentry, Masonry, Plumbing, Day 2 FG: Meadowlark and Electrical) (1 Team per school per division) T(2) Television Video Production (2 DAY CONTEST) Day 1 11:00 am Endeavor III 7:30 am FG: Meadowlark 12:00 noon In Field Contests End All locations 4:00 pm Delegation Session Hutchinson Sports Arena 6:00 pm Opening Ceremony with Leadership/Occupational Awards Hutchinson Sports Arena Court 7:00 pm Gold Medalist with Advisor Meeting Hutchinson Sports Arena 8:00 pm April 26, 2018 LOCATION TIME T(2) 3-D Visualization and Animation (Limit 2 teams per school) HCC: STC 131 Set-up 7:30 am Contest begins 8:30 am T(2) Additive Manufacturing Fairgrounds Pride of I Advertising Design HCC: STC 121 8:30 am I Architectural Drafting (Limit 5 per school) Fairgrounds Pride of T(3) Automated Manufacturing Technology Fairgrounds Pride of 9:30 am SkillsUSA Page 9

10 DATE T Team I- Individual CONTEST LOCATION TIME I Automobile Maintenance & Light Repair Fairgrounds Pride of No Competitors this year NEW INFORMATIONAL DEMO DISPLAY I Automotive Refinishing Technology HCTEA T-105 I Automotive Computer Estimate and Total Loss Evaluation NEW HCTEA T105 I Automotive Service Technology (Formula Contest) HCTEA T-104 I Barbering NEW INFORMATIONAL DEMO DISPLAY 200 East 3 rd Hutchinson No Competitors this year I Cabinetmaking (Limit 3 per school) Fairgrounds Meadowlark I Cake Decorating NEW (State only contest) Fairgrounds Sunflower South I Carpentry (Limit 5 per school) Fairgrounds Meadowlark 7:30 am April 26, 2018 I CNC Milling HCTEA V109 I Collision Repair Technology (Formula Contest) HCTEA-T-105 I Commercial Baking (Limit 5 per division per school) Fairgrounds Sunflower South I Cosmetology 200 East 3 rd Hutchinson T (3) Crime Scene Investigation Fairgrounds Domestic Arts I Criminal Justice Fairgrounds Domestic Arts I Culinary Arts (Limit 5 per division per school) Fairgrounds Sunflower South I Diesel Equipment Technology (Formula Contest) Fairgrounds Sunflower North 6:45 am SkillsUSA Page 10

11 DATE T Team I- Individual CONTEST LOCATION TIME I Electrical Construction Wiring Hutchinson Electrical Training Facility I Electronics Technology Fairgrounds Pride of T(3) Engineering Technology Design* (Limit 3 teams per school) Fairgrounds Pride of 8:30 am T (2) Esthetics Theme: Looney Tunes (Contestant + Observer) 200 East 3 rd Hutchinson I Firefighting NEW 3211 E 4 th Hutchinson I HVACR Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration HCC: ITC 108/103 1st shift & (Limit 5 per school) 2nd shift 1:00 pm I Industrial Motor Control HCC: ITC 105/100 8:30 am I Information Technology Systems HCC: STC 134 8:30 am April 26, 2018 I Internetworking HCC: STC 126 8:30 am I Masonry Fairgrounds Meadowlark T(2) Mechatronics HCC: STC 205/132 8:30 am T(2) Mobile Robotics Technology Fairgrounds Pride of T (2) Nail Care (Contestant + Observer) 200 East 3 rd Hutchinson I Photography Fairgrounds Pride of I Restaurant Services Fairgrounds Sunflower South T(2) Robotics: Urban Search & Rescue * Fairgrounds Pride of SkillsUSA Page 11

12 DATE T Team I- Individual CONTEST LOCATION TIME T(3) Team Engineering Challenge* Fairgrounds Pride of T(4) Team Works (Team consists of Carpentry, Masonry, Plumbing, Fairgrounds Meadowlark and Electrical) Bldg Day 3 7:30 am I Technical Computer Applications HCC: STC 118 8:30 am I Technical Drafting (Limit 5 per school) Fairgrounds Pride of I Telecommunications Fairgrounds Pride of T(2) Television Video Production Day 2 1:00 PM HCC: Building 12 T(2) Web Design (Limit 2 Teams per school) HCC: STC 130 8:30 am I Welding (Formula Contest) HCC: Ade Wifco Building 6:30 am T(3) Welding Fabrication (1 Team per school per division) HCTEA: V-110 College/PS Teams High School Teams 1:00 pm I Welding Art/Sculpture HCTEA: T-Event Center Contest Ends for contests All locations 5:00 pm Closing Ceremony with Skills Awards Hutchinson Sports Arena 10:00 am April 27, 2018 Main Court Gold Medalist with Advisor meeting Hutchinson Sport Arena Gym 2 12 noon FORMULA CONTESTS: The formulas for these contests will be generated after the membership deadline of February 15th. The formulas schedule can be found on the SkillsUSA Website under resources/contest updates. CONTEST UPDATES: 2018 contests updates will be posted to the SkillsUSA Website: under Resources *means Middle School contestants may enter and if they win the State gold they move on to the national level of competitions. **means Middle School contestants may enter but for Middle School these contests are State Only. SkillsUSA Page 12

13 2018 Online Registrations Instructions for SkillsUSA State Conference Go to the National membership website at and login Click on the Conference tab at the top of the page, then on the drop down menu select My Registrations The Filter Event should display State Conference. If it does not, choose it from the drop down menu. If this is your schools first year using the online system, you will not be able to look up previous registrations, but if your school has used it before you can use the Lookup Previous Registration feature. Select the button on the left side of the screen that says Add Registrant Select the Registration Type Select the student and/or advisor from your member drop down list Note: please make sure the names of the Competitors are in Upper and Lower Case (proper noun) format, as we will print name badges and display winners during the Award Ceremony using the data exactly as you enter it here. Click Save & Continue Complete the Registrant Detail Info page, ensuring all required fields are completed, along with the date of birth (very important for the competitor, and is critical for locating scores online), Name of Teacher/Adult accompanying participant and their Cell number, and T-shirt size. To enter a student as a competitor, click on the Add Contest and select which division (Secondary or Postsecondary) your student is competing in. Each Contest has a unique Contest ID number internally in the database, and if you register a student in the wrong Division it will cause problems at the conference. For Team events, two additional drop down lists will be available Team Code and Team Sequence. These are used to group competitors together into teams as required by the particular event. Please note, you ll need to have your team put together before you register them, so they can be grouped together. The site will automatically assign a unique Team Code to each team. See the attached the 2018 Contest MENU for specific guidelines on who can enter what contests No information is needed in the FEES/OPTIONS Section for the State Championships. If you are entering registration for an advisor/non-competitor, you complete the Details and Emergency sections, and then click Save Registration to return to the previous grid of registrations or click the New button to clear the screen for another Registrant. Once your School s Registrations are entered, including advisors and guests, etc. attending the conference, there are two reports you may run. A Fee Summary report will calculate the amount your Students and Advisors need to submit to State office and will only list each attendee ONE TIME, regardless of how many Contests they are registered in. The Registration Summary report will list each Attendee along with the details about what Contests each competitor is in. Please double check your attendee information to make sure that students are in the right contests. Invoices are automatically ed to you or you can print them from the Conference My Registrations page. If you would like more detailed instructions on how to submit your registration online, you may click the Help button on the National Website in the User s Guide. You will need to print and bring this form with parent s signature if the student is 18 years old or younger, to the State Competitions. Click the Batch Print button at the top of the page once you have all the student s information entered. (This will replace the Medical Release Form used in the past) Turn in the signed registration pages at the Advisor Registration table at in Hutchinson on April 25 th or the Early Contest if the student is competing early. (If student is 18 years old or younger, please ensure the parent/guardian signs it) Please feel free to Kelli Byrne at kbyrne@ksde.org or call her at , if you have any questions or problems. SkillsUSA Page 13

14 Theme: The SkillsUSA competition theme for the is: SkillsUSA: Champions at Work, Job-Ready Day One The SkillsUSA competition theme is used throughout the year as the topic to be addressed by contestants in the Chapter Display, Prepared Speech and Promotional Bulletin Board competitions at local, state and national levels. The topic to be addressed by contestants in the Chapter Display, Prepared Speech and Promotional Bulletin Board competitions is how our theme, SkillsUSA: Champions at Work, Job-Ready Day One, addresses the SkillsUSA program of work in the area of professional development. Within this topic, contestants might illustrate or discuss any of the following: How has being a member of SkillsUSA helped to prepare you to be job-ready Day One? How does your career and technical education program emulate the workforce? How will you demonstrate to an employer that you are job-ready Day One? How is the SkillsUSA Framework of developing personal, workplace and technical skills central to the concept of becoming job-ready Day One? What areas of the SkillsUSA program of work have assisted you in becoming job-ready Day One? How is SkillsUSA an integral part of your career and technical education program in ensuring you are job-ready Day One? In what ways does SkillsUSA emulate the workforce? What are your next steps in ensuring you are job-ready Day One? If a potential employer asked you which specific skills gained from SkillsUSA will make you jobready Day One, what would you say? What are the specific skills and abilities that a member possesses when job-ready Day One? Why is it important that new hires be job-ready Day One? If asked to create a campaign around the fact that SkillsUSA is preparing job-ready Day One employees, what would be your key points? Which SkillsUSA programs ensure that members are developing the personal skills needed to be job-ready Day One? Which SkillsUSA programs ensure that members are developing the workplace skills needed to be job-ready Day One? Which SkillsUSA programs ensure that members are developing the technical skills needed to be job-ready Day One? SkillsUSA Page 14

15 Code of Conduct Agreement SkillsUSA activities are designed to be an educational function, and all plans are made with that objective. The activities offered as part of the Program of Work of SkillsUSA may have hundreds of students attending from all over the state. The National Association of Secondary Principals and the National Association of State Supervisors of Trade & Industrial Education approve it as a major educational activity. SkillsUSA wants every person to have an enjoyable experience with every attention paid to safety and comfort. All participants will be expected to conduct themselves in a manner best representing the nation s greatest student organization. In order that everyone may receive the maximum benefits from participation, the Code of Conduct, as established by SkillsUSA national board of directors, must be followed at all times. Note that attendance is not mandatory. By voluntarily participating, you agree to follow the official conference rules and regulations or forfeit your personal rights to participate. SkillsUSA is proud of its students and knows that by signing this Code of Conduct you are simply affirming your dedication to be the best possible representative of your state. 1. I will, at all times, respect all public and private property, including the hotel/motel in which I am housed. 2. I will spend each night in the room of the hotel/motel to which I am assigned. 3. I will strictly abide by the curfew established and shall respect the rights of others by being as quiet as possible after curfew. 4. I will not remain in the sleeping room of the opposite sex unless my instructor is present or unless the person is my spouse. 5. I will not use alcoholic beverages. I will not use drugs unless I have been ordered to take certain prescription medications by a licenses physician. If I am required to take medication, I will, at all times, have the orders of the physician on my person. 6. I will not leave the hotel/motel without the express permission of my advisor or state association director. Should I receive permission, I will leave a written notice of where I will be. 7. My conduct shall be exemplary at all times. My language will be appropriate and courteous. 8. I will keep my advisor informed of my whereabouts at all times. 9. I will, when required, wear my official identification badge. 10. I will respect official SkillsUSA attire and not smoke while wearing it. 11. I will attend, and be on time for all general sessions and activities that I am assigned to and registered for. 12. I will adhere to the dress code at all required times. Violations and Penalties I agree that if, for any reason, I am in violation of any of the rules, I may be brought before the appropriate disciplinary committee for an analysis of the violation. I also agree to accept the penalty imposed on me. I understand that any penalty and reasons for it will be explained to me before it is carried out. I further realize that the severity of violation, even to the extent of being immediately sent home at my own expense. 1.Violations of Items 1 through 6 of the Code of Conduct will be grounds for immediate removal from office and relinquishment of awards and recognition. In addition, the violator will be sent home at his or her own expense. Notification of the violation and the action taken will be sent to the participant s school and parents or guardians. The participants from the participant s school could be disqualified as well. 2.Violations of Items 7 through 12 of the Code of Conduct will result in a warning and reprimand. Notification of the violation and the action taken will be sent to the participant s school and parents or guardians. Repeated violations of Items 7 through 12 may result in the participant being sent home at his/her own expense. It is within the spirit of being a proud and meaningful member of SkillsUSA that I agree to these rules of conduct by signing my name here: Date: / / Signature of Parent in Agreement Signature of SkillsUSA Member SkillsUSA Page 15