ORGANIZATIONS

The National FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and careersuccess through agricultural education. 

Do you know what you want to do after you finish school? FFA can help you develop the skills you need to

get there. Don't have a clue? FFA can help you figure out which of agriculture's 300 exciting career

options match your interests and skills. If you're like the 73 percent of FFA members who already plan

to pursue a career in agriculture, you know that there are options for almost any interest, whether you

want to work indoors or outside, at a desk on in the lab, in the city or on a farm, with other people or on

your own. Even if you don't choose a career in agriculture, the skills and training you gain through FFA will

lead to success in any industry.

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) education association of students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields. The Association has four divisions:

• FBLA for high school students
• FBLA Middle Level for junior high, middle and intermediate school students
• PBL for postsecondary students
• And the Professional Alumni Division for business people, educators and parents, who support the     goals of the Association.

The FBLA-PBL Mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship

through innovative leadership and career development programs.

FBLA-PBL GOALS

• Develop competent, aggressive business leadership.

• Strengthen the confidence of students in themselves and their work.

• Create more interest in and understanding of the American business enterprise.

• Encourage members in the development of individual projects.

• Develop character, prepare for useful citizenship, and foster patriotism.

Welcome to the HOSA Web Site. HOSA is a student organization whose mission is to promote career opportunities in health care and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. Through this web site, members, advisors, and guests can access a wide array of services from basic organization information to online membership services

 HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition exclusively for secondary, postsecondary, adult, and collegiate students enrolled in HSTE programs. HOSA is 100% health care!

Since its inception in 1976, HOSA has grown steadily reaching 80,622 students through forty (42) affiliated state associations with involvement in two (2) unaffiliated states and 2,489 chapters in the 2005-06 membership year.

HOSA is not a club to which a few students in school join. Rather, HOSA is a powerful instructional tool that works best when it is integrated into the HSTE curriculum and classroom. HSTE instructors are committed to the development of the total person. Those who join the HSTE-HOSA Partnership recognize

the importance of providing students with training far beyond the basic technical skills needed for entry into the health care field. The rapidly changing health care system needs dedicated workers who, in addition to their technical skills, are people-oriented and capable of playing a leadership or followership role as a member of a health care team.

What is SkillsUSA?

SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit student organization that serves students enrolled in career and

technical education training programs at our nation's public high schools and colleges. SkillsUSA’s mission is

to help its members become world-class workers and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA complements

technical skills training with instruction in the employability skills that make a well-rounded worker and

citizen. Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA has developed nearly 8 million workers through active partnerships

between employers and educators.