by Career Tech | Jun 22, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools, Student Achievements
In a year of virtual graduation ceremonies prompted by the coronavirus, 161 students who attend vocational technical high schools across the state got to celebrate twice – as they graduated from community college and again when they finished high school. The students...
by Career Tech | Jun 16, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Student Achievements
Read this article as it originally appeared on ROI-NJ.com During his freshman year at Cape May Tech, Robert Pennington took a required introductory career-exploratory course designed to expose students to 19 different technical skill areas. He was interested in...
by Career Tech | May 11, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared May 11, 2020 on ROI-NJ.com. When the state ordered schools to close in March in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, teachers across New Jersey quickly made the transition to remote instruction. But for...
by Career Tech | Apr 3, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared in ROI-NJ. New Jersey’s county technical-vocational schools are contributing to the effort to ensure those on the front lines battling COVID-19 have the protective equipment they need. Vocational schools in nearly every...
by Career Tech | Jan 28, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared Jan. 21, 2020 on ROI-NJ. After Rafael Miranda graduated from the auto program at Middlesex County Vocational Technical School in Perth Amboy, he landed a job working at an independent repair shop. Not long after, he got a...
