Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) align with the sixteen career clusters. Students involved in these organizations gain hands-on and real world work experience that supplements what they learn in the classroom. Members also have opportunities to develop leadership skills, participate in competitive events and network with fellow students and industry partners. According to Advance CTE, students who participate in CTSOs demonstrate higher levels of academic engagement and motivation, civic engagement, career self-efficacy and employability skills. These organizations engage student members in career and technical education activities as an integral part of the instruction program to meet the needs of a well-trained workforce for the 21st century. CTSO’s also promote leadership to ensure that New Mexico students have opportunities to develop essential skills to become successful employees in a competitive economy.
Career Technical Student Organizations
Business Professionals of America is the leading CTSO designed for students pursuing careers in finance, business administration, management, information systems, digital communication, marketing and other business related fields.
Contact Information
New Mexico BPA
1500 S. Ave. K
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: 575-562-4729
Email: christine.phipps@enmu.edu
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
Contact Information
New Mexico DECA
1500 S. Ave. K
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: 575-562-4729
Email: christine.phipps@enmu.edu
Educators Rising cultivates highly skilled educators by guiding young people on a path to becoming accomplished teachers, beginning in high school and extending through college and into the profession.
Contact Information
New Mexico State University/EdRising
Box 30001 MSC 3AC
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 575-646-2902
Email: edrisingnm@nmsu.edu
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a national student organization that helps youth develop leadership and workplace skills to prepare for both college and careers through peer to peer education, community engagement, and the application of skills learned in the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) classroom.
Contact Information
New Mexico FCCLA
1500 S. Ave. K
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: 575-562-4729
Email: christine.phipps@enmu.edu
HOSA – Future Health Professionals is a national student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education Division of ACTE. HOSA’s two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care.
Contact Information
New Mexico HOSA
1500 S. Ave. K
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: 575-562-4729
Email: christine.phipps@enmu.edu
FFA is an intracurricular student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. It is an integral part of agricultural education in New Mexico and across the country.
Contact Information
New Mexico FFA Association
PO Box 30003, MSC FFA, NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: (575) 646-3036
Email: nmffa@nmsu.edu
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce.
Contact Information
SkillsUSA New Mexico
Central New Mexico Community College
Phone: 505-224-4000 ext. 54205
Email: info@skillsusanm.org
The Technology Student Association (TSA) is a national student organization devoted exclusively to the needs of students engaged in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Contact Information
1025 Stewart St. Engineering Complex 1
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 575-646-2913
Email: nmtsa@nmsu.edu