by Career Tech | Jan 28, 2021 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
A federal grant was used to place juniors and seniors in the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools in jobs last spring and summer, and although the grant money has run out, it has launched a number of the students on their career paths. Sean McDonald,...
by Career Tech | Nov 29, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
From a catering hall nestled in the bucolic hills of Sussex to a busy hospital on the shore in Cape May, New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools are recognizing their business partners for outstanding contributions to career and technical education. The 21...
by Career Tech | Nov 18, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared November 16, 2020 in ROI-NJ. Erika Deleon graduated in 2019 from Essex County Newark Tech High School, where she was exposed to all of the construction trades, but it was welding that really sparked her interest. Deleon...
by Career Tech | Nov 10, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools, Student Achievements
Read this op-ed as it originally appeared Oct. 29, 2020 on nj.com. By Frederick Keating, Michael Dicken and Dina Rossi Higher education, county vocational-technical schools and businesses are “stacking the deck” in Gloucester and Cumberland counties thanks to an...
by Career Tech | Aug 26, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared Aug. 24, 2020 in ROI-NJ. The students in the electrical apprenticeship class at Ocean County Vocational Technical School in Toms River were in their fourth and final year when the coronavirus pandemic forced the suspension...
