by Ben Beggs | Mar 28, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Employer Engagement, Featured News
As NJCCVTS Executive Director, Jackie Burke is the point person for the critical collaboration that connects businesses with county vocational-technical schools. Those schools thrive with the support of over 3,500 active business partnerships that include companies,...
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...
by Allyson Roberts | Mar 17, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools
The scents permeate the hallways: peanut butter cupcakes and cinnamon rolls from a culinary arts class, fresh sawdust from a carpentry class, and the burning sparks from welding rods in an automotive class — sights and smells as old as the traditional vocational...
by Allyson Roberts | Mar 9, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements
As a business owner, Kevin Madden knows the challenges of finding skilled workers. As a graduate of a county vocational-technical high school, he recognizes where to find them. “One of the most valuable portions of a vocational-technical school program is the ability...
by Career Tech | Dec 22, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
New Jersey’s 21 county vocational-technical school districts rely on employers – from big corporations to small businesses and government organizations to nonprofits – to help educate and train the future workforce. In recognition of the essential role employer...
by Career Tech | Dec 2, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
Successful professionals in technology, trade, medical and a host of other industries are finding fulfilling second careers in a place they probably never expected to revisit — the high school classroom. New Jersey’s “alternate route” to teacher certification provides...
