SkillsUSA 2023 National Web Design and Development Event Recap

July 5, 2023

Our founder and lead developer, Steve Waddell, recently returned from the 2023 SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference that took place in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia World Congress Center from June 19-23. Steve has been helping Web Professionals Global administer the Web Design and Development competition for the last several years.
Steve was part of a team that included other web professionals who are passionate about helping students develop their skills and compete at the national competition. The team, led by  CTeLearning curriculum partner Web Professionals Global, also helped a number of states administer their state Web Design and Development competitions in the months leading up to the national competition.

Competition Overview For those not familiar with how the SkillsUSA National Web Design and Development competition, the competition guidelines were as follows: Teams of two completed a series of challenges focusing on creating a website for a client and a specific target audience. Judging focused on meeting the client's needs, usability and accessibility, and industry-standard best practices. Teams were evaluated on the process they used to meet the challenges and how well they worked as a team. Teams used the internet to access all competition materials (including the coding environment).
The Web Professionals Global Organization SkillsUSA team provided the students with not only a competitive environment to test their technical skills but also real-world training from real-world professionals and networking opportunities.

The competition was divided into the following days:
Tuesday, June 20: This was training day when the secondary and post-secondary teams gained some real-world training from Mark, Executive Director, and Jonathan, Director of Competitive Events, for Web Professionals Global.
The competitors were then treated to a lively interactive panel discussion with three local web professionals representing web coding and project management (Angel McCurdy), branding and graphics (Jessica Murphy) and web marketing and entrepreneurship (Shan Thomas). The competitors learned the importance of audience engagement, perseverance, execution and much more. 
Wednesday, June 21: This was the day of the secondary competition for high school students.
Thursday, June 22: This was the day of the post-secondary competition for college students. We also held a competition debrief at the end of the day.
Friday, June 23: This was the awards ceremony at State Farm Arena, where 16,880 SkillsUSA competitors, advisors and event runners all showed up for the big reveal of the winners in over 100 different events. 

Competition Winners
High School Gold: Carl Omondi/Jean-Paul Metoyer, Carl Wunsche Senior High School, Spring, TX Silver: Daniel Cardone/Natalia Vazquez, Blackstone Valley RVTHS, Upton, MA Bronze: Rhys Jordan/Steven Shoen, Meridian Technical Charter High School, Meridian, ID
College Gold: Allen Gustrowsky/Brandon Gustrowsky, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN Silver: Eric Nims/Elizabeth Sheba, Gwinnett Technical College, Lawrenceville, GA Bronze: Kenli Shaw/Michael Vars, Northwest Kansas Technical College, Goodland, KS
Stay tuned for future articles from us with more details about the week in Atlanta.
Check out more photos from the competition on the Web Professionals Global site here

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