Murphy announces applications for $500 Million in school projects

by Career Tech | Oct 14, 2020 | Career and Technical Education

TRENTON – The Murphy Administration announced today the availability of grant applications for school security, water infrastructure improvements, and enhancement of career and technical education in county vocational-technical school districts and county colleges in...

Hands-on once more: At vocational-technical school, students and staff get back to business of learning (ROI-NJ: Career Classroom)

by Career Tech | Oct 12, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools

Read this article as it originally appeared Oct. 5, 2020 in ROI-NJ The half-dozen sheds framed with two-by-fours sit unfinished in Charles Lachner’s construction technology classroom, a junior-year project abandoned after the coronavirus shuttered Hunterdon County...

HINJ honors NJ Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools with STEM Education Award

by Career Tech | Sep 18, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs

The HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ) recognized the New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools with its HINJ Excellence in STEM Education Award at the council’s September board meeting. HINJ honored the Council and its members for their...

County Colleges, Vo-Tech Schools — Partnering to Boost NJ’s Prosperity (NJSpotlight: Op-Ed)

by Career Tech | Sep 7, 2020 | Career and Technical Education

By Judy Savage and Aaron R. Fichtner Read this op-ed as it originally appeared Sept. 6, 20202 on njspotlight.org.  Earlier this month, the leaders of New Jersey’s 18 county community colleges and 21 county vocational-technical school districts came together (where...

NJ county colleges and vocational schools pledge collaboration to address critical economic needs

by Career Tech | Aug 18, 2020 | Career and Technical Education

TRENTON, NJ – August 18, 2020 – New Jersey’s county-based community colleges and county vocational-technical schools pledged today to work together to respond to rapid technological change and upheaval by collaborating to expand high-quality educational opportunities...

After varied industry careers, vocational teachers enjoy move to classroom (ROI-NJ: Career Classroom)

by Career Tech | Aug 10, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Employer Engagement, Schools

Read this article as it originally appeared Aug. 10, 2020 on ROI-NJ. John Branda worked as a chef at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Cameron DiCostanzo, who has a degree in nursing, was a clinical quality program manager at Regional Cancer Care Associates....