Vocational-technical high school grads find employment despite tough economy (ROI-NJ: Career Classroom)

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...

N.J.’s Vocational-Technical Graduates Step Onto Front Lines of COVID-19 Battle (ROI-NJ: Career Classroom)

by Career Tech | May 28, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools

Read this article as it initially appeared on May 26, 2020 on ROI-NJ. For the last two months, the graduates of New Jersey’s vocational and technical high schools have been on the front lines in the battle against COVID-19, saluted by their communities as health care...

Getting creative — forced to teach from home, vocational-technical instructors adapt (ROI-NJ: Career Classroom)

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...

Two New Jersey County Vocational-Technical High Schools Top List of Best STEM Schools in the Nation

by Career Tech | Apr 23, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Student Achievements

TRENTON, NJ – April 22, 2020 – Two New Jersey career-focused high schools were recognized as the top Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) high schools in the nation U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of high schools in America. High Technology...

Doing their part — Vocational schools’ teachers, students use skills, equipment, supplies to help in fight against COVID-19 (ROI-NJ)

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...

Morris County partnership lets high school students experience vast array of health care careers (ROI-NJ)

by Career Tech | Mar 20, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools

Read this article as it originally appeared March 6, 2020 on ROI-NJ. By middle school, Ferouz Albukhari knew she wanted a career in the medical field. As an eighth grader, she applied to the Academy for Health Care Sciences run by the Morris County Vocational School...