Halton Skills Competition 2015 Hosted By: Craig Kielburger S.S.

The promotion of Technological Education Technical career awareness Showcase student knowledge and skills Further development of Industry and Education partnerships Advance Halton ’ s top students (1 from Public, 1 Catholic) to the Ontario Skills Competition and beyond The Goal of the Competition:

2015 Skills Advisory Committee School Level: Dean Lane Donna Taylor James Templeton (MD) Mark Duley Mike Druiven Rajani RaoPeters Melanie Penner Etc. Board Level: Barb Finan Bernadette Teixeira Cathy Jenkins David Lewis Elin Lochead Mike Johnston Nancy Trott Pam Cooley

Construction *Automation & Control (NA) Cabinetmaking *Carpentry Individual (Qualifying) Carpentry Team of 2 Electrical Installations *Electronics *Heating Systems Tech Home & Team Building (Team 4) Horticulture & Landscaping (Team 2) Landscape Design *Refrigeration *Wait list for Ontario Skills Mario Ferko Tara Ashley, George Muhic-Day Malcolm McCauley Mike Limoge Carlo Crechiola Rose Manzella, Mike Druiven Matt Rippon Mike Sydor Al Nason Conor Morris Matt Rippon

Manufacturing Mechanical CADD Precision Machining Robotics (team of 4) Robotics & Control Systems (Virtual Robotics) Welding (Qualifying) Sarah Cunningham Chris Arnold, Jeff Pilszak Mike Druiven Chris Brooks-Prenger Yvan Poulin

Services *Baking Culinary Arts(qualifying) *Floristry Hairstyling Health Care Fashion Design *Wait list for Ontario Skills - Andrea Nichols - Nicole Norgate - Neil Innes - Nancy Giesbrecht - Lilla Richardson - Shannon O’Brien

Communications Architectual Tech & Design 2 D Character Animation Graphic Design – Presentation Graphic Design - Studio Production) Photography - Digital Website Development TV and Video Production *Wait list for Ontario Skills - Sarah Cunningham - Jennifer Patterson - Sheri Snook, Veronica Kleinsmith - Vanessa Blouin - Antonia Giroux - Ron Boyd - Ed Brunato

Transportation *Auto Collision Repair *Auto Painting Auto Service Technician *Small Powered Equipment Distance Challenge Gr 9 *Wait list for Ontario Skills - Tom Loth, Peter Moore, Mike D’Agostino - Tom Loth, Peter Moore - James Long, James Templeton, Dan Bujold - Brittany Doyle, Mike Tew - Wade Richardson, Ryan Chiddenton, Joseph Cannella, Doug Adams

Tentative Agenda Registration at the competition 8:00 to 9:00 Competition9:00 to 3:30 View Career Showcase9:00 to 3:30 Lunch11:00 to 1:00 Dinner and Entertainment4:00 to 5:15 Awards Ceremonies5:30 to 6:30

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Timelines Please make sure that ALL in school competitions happen BEFORE March 6 th March 5 th 4:00 – 5:30 Coaches Meeting (bring one cheque for your school for competing students) March 12 th Deadline for Budget Request forms March 13 th Deadline for registration and payment April 8 th 3:00 – 9:00 pm – Competition Setup April 9 th 9:00 am – 7:00 pm - Competition

5 Minute interview – Marked this year (Remember they need to bring a resume!!) When would you like it to be done during the day? Age of Competitors - Secondary Students less than 22 in Dec Interview

Coordinators Job 1.Decide how many competitors you can have for your competition and coordinate with coaches 2.Check room out today to make sure the room is OK. 3.Fill out the Competition Overview sheet today that gives us info about room set up 4.Write the scopes for your competition in consultation with your subject group and the Ontario Skills scope and then to Barb Finan by February 6 th 5.Set up the competition night before with help from others. 6.Coordinate competition the day of and hand in results 7.Get judges for competition

Competition Scopes In line as much as you can with the Ontario Skills Competition scope. Keep in mind that competition must be finished by 3pm at latest!! 5 minute interview should be included Clearly display competition scope and project on the wall outside competition location for the spectators. Posted on

Registration & Numbers Coordinators will determine number max. Keep this in mind as you look at the resources you have. Coordinators MUST contact the coaches with specifics!!!!! ie need # of competitors so can order accurate materials Registration deadline is Friday March 13 th Coaches meeting will be Thursday March 5 th

Online Registration Registration will close March 13 th and NO hand written forms will be accepted! Sit down with student to register and you will receive 2 s. Please print off both the summary of student information and the 2 signed waiver forms and send Secondary to Elin or Bernadette for Elementary. Only COMPLETE registration forms will be accepted. Incomplete forms will be sent back. Check for signatures on BOTH forms!

Budget – needs to be approved by Dave Lewis – try to get donations of materials for the competition but let Dan Bujold know who you are contacting first PLEASE. Please fill out the Budget Projection Form given out tonight and hand it back in to Barb so we can start organizing. I will scan it and it once we have looked at it. (Due February 6 th ) Materials List

Budget Request Form Please fill out one form for each vendor due March 12. Once Dave has approved, you can order items. Forward invoice to Elin for payment.

Purchasing and Invoicing Supplies under $2000 that was previously approved by Dave can be ordered by schools and have invoice sent to Elin at NSEC along with the Budget request form.

HALTON SKILLS COMPETITION 2012 Sponsorship Levels LevelCostSponsor Recognition Platinum$5,000 Competition Co-sponsorship – Sponsor may select 3 events to sponsor. Company logo and QR code on signage at competition event Table in the Career Showcase Event Program – logo, QR code, website listed in Program Competitor T-shirts – Large Sponsor logo placed on the back of T-shirts Website – Company Name & hyperlink to website listed Thank-you Letter – Logo and mention in post-event Thank-you letter Gold$2,500 Competition Co-sponsorship – Sponsor may select 2 events to sponsor. Company logo and QR code on signage at competition event Table in the Career Showcase Event Program – logo, QR code, website listed in Program Competitor T-shirts – Medium Sponsor logo placed on the back of T-shirts Website – Company Name & hyperlink to website listed Thank-you Letter – Logo in post-event Thank-you letter Silver$1,000 Competition Co-sponsorship – Sponsor may select 1 event to sponsor. Company logo and QR code on signage at competition event Table in the Career Showcase Event Program – Company name, QR code, website listed in Program Competitor T-shirts – Medium Sponsor Name placed on the back of T-shirts Website – Company Name & hyperlink to website listed Bronze$300 Table in the Career Showcase Event Program – Company name & website listed in Program Competitor T-shirts – Small Sponsor Name placed on the back of T-shirts Website – Company Name & hyperlink to website listed In-Kind &/or Materials Donation Services or Materials Sponsor may donate materials for use during Competition Events Sponsor may donate Services for the operation of the Skills Competition Sponsor will be acknowledged in the Event Program and on the Event website

Sponsorship All sponsorship will do through Halton Learning Foundation and Dan Bujold.

Competition Locations 1. See map provided for locations that have been decided. Please look at map of school and decide where your event will go and let Mike Druiven know. 2. Check out location for electrical requirements, plumbing etc. to make sure it is OK. 3. If you wish to change your location, come back to library and let Mike know PLEASE.

Permission Slips $20.00 fee per student to be paid by parent to individual schools Contact Elin or Bernadette if your school requires an invoice. Deadline for permission form is March 13 th but would like all forms in by Coaches Meeting, March 5 th along with ONE cheque per school

Student Teachers We are looking into Brock & OISE student teachers to be involved with our competitions. They could be helping with judging, organizing etc. Let us know how you would like to use them.

Lunch will be staggered Spectators viewing competitions during lunch Competition Lunch Break

Dave Lewis and Ron Ballentine are organizing the closing ceremonies. We are making a commitment to keeping the closing ceremonies as short as possible. (1 hour) Elementary winners and Secondary together Final results will be announced at these ceremonies Closing Ceremonies

Appeals Committee Dave Lewis and Cathy Jenkins are chairing the Appeals committee In line with the Ontario Skills Competition Competitor appeals

Halton Skills Competition 2015 Hosted By: Craig Kielburger SS See you on March 5th!!!