Nebraska Career and Technical Education Conference 2026

This session demonstrates how HOSA Health Professional competitive event rubrics can be used as the foundation for daily, hands-on health science instruction rather than solely for competition preparation. Participants will explore a practical kit-based model that aligns skills, materials, and assessment directly to HOSA guidelines, allowing students to actively practice healthcare roles in a structured, engaging way. Attendees will experience a sample kit, learn cost-effective strategies for building and organizing kits, and gain confidence in teaching healthcare skills without extensive clinical backgrounds. Participants will leave with actionable tools they can immediately apply in their own classrooms.

This session demonstrates how HOSA Health Professional competitive event rubrics can be used as the foundation for daily, hands-on health science instruction rather than solely for competition preparation. Participants will explore a practical kit-based model that aligns skills, materials, and assessment directly to HOSA guidelines, allowing students to actively practice healthcare roles in a structured, engaging way. Attendees will experience a sample kit, learn cost-effective strategies for building and organizing kits, and gain confidence in teaching healthcare skills without extensive clinical backgrounds. Participants will leave with actionable tools they can immediately apply in their own classrooms.

For this session, we will focus on the Surgical Technologist Health Professions event as the model for building a classroom-ready instructional kit. Participants will be guided step-by-step through the creation of six skills that make up the complete kit.
During the session, attendees will:

1. Identify and break down the selected skills from the HOSA rubric
2. Organize materials needed for each skill
3. Assemble a complete, ready-to-use skill kit

All materials and resources will be provided so that participants leave with a fully functional kit they can immediately implement in their classroom. The goal is to simplify the process and show how high-quality, hands-on instruction can be created in a practical and cost-effective way.

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