Join us build upon the future workforce of health care by partnering with Cal-HOSA, a student-led organization for middle school, high school, and postsecondary students, interested in careers in the health and mental health professions. More than 16,000 California students from more than 190 schools are members of Cal-HOSA, which also serves as a prevention and early intervention model for keeping students from dropping out, and early identification of health/behavioral health problems.
In order to continue providing California’s diverse student population opportunities to enter our growing health and mental health care fields, we need to expand our network of partners to contribute in various ways – as mentors, as internship hosts, as donors, and as organizational leaders. Here is what we do and how you can become involved:
To inspire, educate, and develop students who aspire to become excellent health care professionals through student-led leadership programs, integrated school-based health science programs, and community partnerships.
To be known for its achievements in ensuring diversity in its approach to developing students who create excellence in their schools and communities. While embracing the ever-evolving health care field, California HOSA will remain open-minded to global perspectives that promote positive change, innovation, and excellence.
To provide pathways for developing higher levels of leadership skills, education, and professionalism in aspiring health care students, who desire to serve their communities with excellence.
Define and increase integrity. Cal-HOSA seeks to assess and maintain a strong level of integrity that increases ethics, respect, wellness and dependability while remaining accountable to our commitments.
Engage in actions that encourage service with empathy. All Cal-HOSA members and partnerships will benefit from decision making that demonstrate empathy and compassion with service leadership as our motivation.
Characterize Cal-HOSA’s role as a global and diverse youth workforce organization. Cal-HOSA seeks to increase its membership’s understanding of global health care issues and promote a diverse and holistic (populations) approach to better understanding environmental and societal concerns impacting communities, while at the same time preparing students for careers and post-secondary opportunities.
Develop partnerships with health care industry and communities. Strengthen Cal-HOSA’s foundation and partnerships to ensure continued growth, sustainability and fulfillment of Cal-HOSA’s mission by establishing strong policies and practice protocols.
Build a strong reputation to increase membership. Increase transparency of Cal-HOSA’s business processes and needs by highlighting the organization’s successes in positively impacting the lives of young people and raising communities’ awareness about preventing health issues.
Establish a collaborative environment that increases individuals’ efficacy, capacity, and productivity. Increase teamwork behaviors that promote a collaborative environment that reflect effective communication to better understand processes that result in successes.
Increase flexibility and communication within and outside of the organization to ensure that Cal-HOSA remains relevant to current trends. Develop an open communication policy at all levels to ensure flexibility in recognizing changes and need to adapt Cal-HOSA’s processes to remain current with regional, state, national, and global trends.
Strengthen Cal-HOSA’s financial sustainability. Develop a marketing plan that will lead to the diversification and expansion in funding sources to ensure Cal-HOSA’s growth, financial sustainability and overall health status.
“HOSA motivates us to do better, to expect more of ourselves to be successful in the medical field.”
Being responsible and accountable by following through and behaving in ways that represent ethical, trustworthiness, transparency, respect, and humility when conducting Cal-HOSA business in order to strengthen our brand.
Giving all at the table a voice to ensure diversity in our thinking, planning, and expansion; embracing change to grow, to empower, and always be open-minded to global perspectives that keep Cal-HOSA relevant and industry-ready.
Building a Cal-HOSA leadership community and multi-directional communication starts with the Board; communication in this context means recognizing communities’ life experiences and resiliency by engaging in a non-judgmental process.
Giving service through intrinsic kindness and thinking of other’s needs before ours; giving of our time to do good when no one is watching.
Focusing on quality over quantity and being solution-focused and results-oriented toward advancing Cal-HOSA’s long-term sustainability.
“HOSA taught me about leadership roles…community service…working together with others. It is not just competition. I love going out to the community [after competing] and teaching the community…without HOSA, I wouldn’t be the person I am right now.”
“The students who attend the HOSA State Leadership Conference work hard and I am so proud of the professional development and leadership growth I [have] witnessed in each of them.”
“HOSA gives young people [the tools] they need to…make them agents of change in their community.”