Early career education and the post-pandemic workforce (New Jersey Business)

by Career Tech | Aug 3, 2021 | Career and Technical Education

Read this article by Meg Fry as it originally appeared Aug. 2, 2021 in New Jersey Business. As employees quit, move or remain unengaged enough to excel at work, employers struggle to find qualified candidates to fill job vacancies – and that was before the COVID-19...

Atlantic County leads big statewide boost in career-technical education (Press of AC)

by Career Tech | Aug 2, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools

Read this article as it originally appeared July 30, 2021 in The Press of Atlantic City. Perhaps because it was thoroughly expected, and partly because so many other issues and stories demanded more immediate attention, New Jersey’s recent investment in the workers of...

Atlantic County Institute of Technology students get real-world experience through internships at South Jersey Gas (ROI-NJ: Career Classroom)

by Career Tech | Jul 28, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools

Read this article as it originally appeared July 27, 2021 on ROI-NJ. Jah Xavier Delgado sits in front of his laptop computer in the media center at Atlantic County Institute of Technology staring intently into his screen. But he’s not checking his social media...

Girls That Build Club seeks to recruit females to male-dominated trade careers (TAPintoBordentown)

by Career Tech | Jul 19, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools

Read this story as it originally appeared July 11 in TAPintoBordentown. Trades have always been an important part of the career and technical education provided at Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT). Historically, the seats have been filled with male...

Savage, who helped N.J. rediscover need for CTE programs at vo-tech schools, retires today (ROI-NJ)

by Career Tech | Jul 7, 2021 | Career and Technical Education

Read this interview as it originally appeared July 1, 2021 in ROI-NJ. After more than 20 years in the role, Judy Savage retires Thursday as the executive director of the New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools. Savage, who will succeeded by Assistant...

Somerset County Association of School Administrators names Superintendent of the Year (NJ.com)

by Career Tech | Jul 6, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Schools

Read this article on NJ.com or on the Somerset County Vocational and Technical Schools website. Dr. Chrys Harttraft, superintendent of Somerset County Vocational and Technical Schools (SCVTS), has been selected by the Somerset County Association of School...