by Allyson Roberts | May 10, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement
At a time when many employers are struggling to fill jobs, New Jersey’s construction trade organizations are working with business leaders, vocational-technical schools, county colleges and other educational institutions and educators to ensure there’s a good fit...
by Allyson Roberts | May 9, 2022 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
A shop-owner-turned-instructor revitalizes Salem County vocational auto collision program. Collision repair offers a wonderful career path, but fewer and fewer young men and women enter the trade each year. With students’ fading interest in collision careers resulting...
by Allyson Roberts | May 4, 2022 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
The state continued its push to support and fund offshore wind programs with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s board approval for an agreement with Salem County Vocational Technical School. The accord, announced April 14 and approved at the board’s...
by Allyson Roberts | Apr 25, 2022 | Career Programs, Schools
Students in the Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School carpentry program recently completed a project for Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity, which consisted of building a playhouse for a local veteran family. Earlier this school year, SCVTHS...
by Allyson Roberts | Apr 21, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements
New Jersey SkillsUSA are contests held across the state to enable ambitious career-focused high school students to showcase their technical skills. They are also a win for employers who recognize the unique opportunity to connect with the top future talent for their...
by Ben Beggs | Mar 28, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools
The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on health care workers as real-life superheroes, and that critical role includes nurses and other medical practitioners who moved from patient care into teaching the next generation of professionals. Career-focused programs in...
