by Career Tech | Jun 30, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools, Student Achievements
This article originally appeared June 29, 2020 in ROI-NJ.com. Blaine Edlefsen had a lot to keep track of during his last two years of high school in Jefferson Township. In addition to all of his regular high school courses, he spent half of each day in the engineering...
by Career Tech | Jun 22, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools, Student Achievements
In a year of virtual graduation ceremonies prompted by the coronavirus, 161 students who attend vocational technical high schools across the state got to celebrate twice – as they graduated from community college and again when they finished high school. The students...
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...
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...
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...
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...