Student Organizations
Student Organizations
As a student at North Montco Technical Career Center, you will have the opportunity to participate in various student organizations. These organizations offer students the opportunity to enter competitions and advance through regional, state and national levels.
Learn about leadership. Travel. Compete. Help others. Meet career professionals. Make friends. Have fun. Students who join SkillsUSA do all this and more. Annual SkillsUSA competitions at the local, regional, state, and national levels enable students to showcase their technical, professional, and interpersonal skills. In addition, students learn about teamwork and citizenship. SkillsUSA students also organize many school activities and community service events.
Designed to serve students enrolled in health occupations courses, activities are directed to the instructional program. Emphasis is placed on individual and group leadership skills and development rather than on competitive skills contests. HOSA combines responsibility with the development of occupational competence.
The National Technical Honor Society recognizes outstanding career and technical students. The organization rewards achievement and encourages scholastic excellence. Induction is not transferable from one year to the next. Each year, students must go through the selection process. This organization cultivates a stronger image for career and technical education.
Other Student Opportunities
Equity Council
North Montco Technical Career Center holds a unique place in the community. We serve five very different school districts; each has a very distinctive culture of its own. The North Montco Technical Career Center Equity Council meets regularly to discuss issues and share examples of events and attitudes that create a feeling of unrest or discomfort among students and staff. This group is comprised of teachers, a guidance counselor, and a number of students, along with the Administrative Director.
North Montco Technical Career Center strives to be a place of safety, free from racism, double standards, and expressions of intolerance. These types of behaviors and innuendoes create distress, which is not conducive to a robust teaching and learning environment. By sharing ideas, concerns, and opening ourselves to differing viewpoints, we can create a compassionate school community that allows teachers to focus and students to thrive.
Student Ambassadors
What are the requirements to be a student ambassador?
Student Ambassadors are students who are personable, well-spoken, and display a positive attitude. Eligible students must meet the following criteria: maintain a B average in their technical program and satisfactory attendance. A student may be removed from the program for disciplinary infractions at the discretion of the advisors. Students are nominated by the teachers in October.
Students who wish to participate must commit for the full year and be able to attend Student Ambassador meetings and at least 3 events. Meetings will be held one week prior to each event. If a student misses the meeting, they will seek out one of the advisors to collect information on what was discussed in the meeting. Students will be excused from their program and will be expected to make up the work.
Duties of a student ambassador:
- Conduct tours for prospective students
- Participate in recruitment videos, as needed
- Assist with school events such as Open House, New Student/Parent Night, A Day in the Life, as well as Sending School recruitment events
- Communicate with Advisors when students cannot attend an event they signed up for
- Communicate with teachers to make up missed work
Advantages of being a student ambassador:
- Community Service hours needed for some of the sending schools
- Community Service hours needed for the National Technical Honor Society
- Activity to use on a resume for job and/or college applications
- Representative of NMTCC not only to prospective students but also to the staff of our sending schools