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...
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...
by Career Tech | Jan 17, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement
Read this article as it originally appeared Jan. 16, 2020 on ROI-NJ. Training the Next Generation: Vo-Tech’s Evolution as Your Workforce Solution Greg Lalevee remembers the silence. Yes, he remembers the reaction he got when he would tell members of the International...
by Career Tech | Jan 17, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared Jan. 16, 2020 in ROI-NJ. It’s a simple statement. “The demand for career and technical education in New Jersey has gone through the roof,” Judy Savage begins. “Enrollment in our vo-tech schools is up more than 34% since the...
by Career Tech | Jan 17, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this story as it appeared Jan. 16, 2020 in ROI-NJ. Howard Lerner, superintendent of Bergen County Technical Schools, likes to be specific about what types of companies he is eager to work with to create programs for his students. “We never turn away a small...
by Career Tech | Dec 9, 2019 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
From amusements in Wildwood to a high-tech photonics manufacturer in Sussex County, New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools are recognizing their business partners for outstanding contributions to career and technical education. The 21 businesses receiving...