Career and Technical Student Organizations

2013 CTSO Performance Based Assessment Conference

Hilton Hotel, Downtown Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

March 21 - 23, 2013

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) are an important component of local career and technical education in Alaska.

Each organization provides:

• Standards-based education
• Leadership and professional development
• Job and career-related training
• Employability skills
• Citizenship and communication skills
• Opportunities to set and achieve goals

Alaska has state and local chapters of:

• BPA - Business Professionals of America
• DECA - An Association of Marketing Students
• FCCLA - Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
• FFA - Agricultural Education
• HOSA - Health Occupations Students of America
• SkillsUSA - Careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations

For more information about each of these CTSOs, follow the links at the left.