is VICA?
does VICA do?
why does VICA exist?
- The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America is a nationwide education
association founded in 1965.
- VICA strives to develop positive attitudes in students and emphasizes
high ethical standards of workmanship, lifelong education and pride in
the dignity of work.
- Members are students and instructors teaching trade, industrial, technical
and health occupations. VICA serves nearly one-quarter million members
annually.
- VICA's support comes from the public and private
sectors. It is endorsed by federal and state departments of education.
- VICA has almost a quarter million student members annually, organized
into more than 12,000 chapters and 54 state and territorial associations
(including Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands).
- VICA prepares America's high performance workers. It provides quality
education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship
and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work
attitudes and communications skills. It emphasizes total quality at work,
high ethical standards, superior work skills, life-long education and pride
in the dignity of work. VICA also promotes understanding of the free enterprise
system and involvement in community service activities.
- Approximately 15,000 teachers and school administrators serve as professional
VICA members and instructors. More than 300 corporations, trade associations
and labor unions actively support National VICA through financial aid,
in-kind contributions, and involvement of their people in VICA activities.
Many more work directly with state associations and local chapters.
- VICA programs include local, state and national competitions in which
students demonstrate occupational leadership skills. During the annual
national-level Skills USA Championships, more than 3,500 student compete
in 57 occupational and leadership skill areas. VICA programs also help
to establish industry standards for job skill training in the classroom.
- The VICA Total Quality Curriculum enhances
VICA's Quality at Work movement by preparing students for the world of
work starting in the classroom. The curriculum emphasizes the competencies
and essential workplace basic skills identified by employers and the U.S.
Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS).
- The Professional Development Program is a self-paced
curriculum for secondary
and college students. It teaches skills such as effective communication
and management, teamwork, networking, workplace ethics, job interviewing
and more. The curriculum involves local industry and academics and can
be used in day-trades, apprenticeship training, cooperative education,
school-to-work, academic and special needs programs.
- The School To Work Opportunities Act of
1994 is the most significant education and training bill adopted by Congress
in decades. The cornerstone of this legislation is the development of collaborative
partnerships between education, labor and business and industry.
- VICA has released the totally revamped employability skills training curriculum, the Professional Development
Program, funded in part by J.C. Penney Company,
Inc., and Sears, Roebuck and Co., this latest edition has been updated to meet employers needs and streamlined for easier implementation. The program guides
students through more than 70 employability skills activities that are covered in seven levels of the program, activities that help meet the competencies outlined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS).
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