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...

Sussex Tech’s Rebecca Kopf is career-driven (NJ Herald)

by Career Tech | Feb 25, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools, Student Achievements

Read this article as it originally appeared Feb. 20, 2020 in NJHerald.com Rebecca Kopf was interested in becoming a nurse prior to her time at Sussex County Technical School. With several aunts in the field and her sister Lindsey pursuing that path as well, Kopf has...

Vet Tech Found Her Passion at Hunterdon Polytech

by Career Tech | Feb 16, 2020 | Career Programs, Schools

During Career and Technical Education Month in February, the New Jersey Council on County Vocational Technical Schools is highlighting successful graduates of the county’s 21 vocational technical schools. Nicole DeAngelis is a 2016 graduate of Hunterdon County...

Sussex Tech Graduate Alyssa Hoeni — A Salon Owner at Age 23

by Career Tech | Feb 1, 2020 | Career Programs, Schools

During Career and Technical Education Month in February, the New Jersey Council on County Vocational Technical Schools is highlighting successful graduates of the county’s 21 vocational technical schools. Alyssa Hoeni of Sparta graduated in 2014 from Sussex County...

Accelerating education: Middlesex vo-tech student jump-starts career with Jaguar Land Rover (ROI-NJ)

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...