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...

Enrollment, applications up at BCIT. Here’s an inside look (Burlington County Times)

by Career Tech | Jan 25, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools

This article originally appeared January 24, 2020 in the Burlington County Times. WESTAMPTON — Enrollment and applications are on the rise at the county’s technical schools. Students who choose the career and technical education path at Burlington County Institute of...

Tech Programs Teach Sustainability (Cape May Herald)

by Career Tech | Jan 18, 2020 | Career Programs, Schools

Read this article as it originally appeared Jan. 14, 2020 in The Cape May Herald. CREST HAVEN – The deadline for the annual holiday door decorating contest was closing fast on a December afternoon, as Nancy Wheeler Driscoll shepherded a reporter through the classrooms...

Bergen County Academies Boast 11 Regeneron Scholars (Patch)

by Career Tech | Jan 17, 2020 | Career Programs, Schools, Student Achievements

Read this article as it appeared January 16, 2020 on Patch.com. On January 8, 2020, Society for Science & the Public and Regeneron announced the 300 students named as Scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science...

Leader of N.J. council says vo-tech schools are evolving, and cutting-edge learning environment is attracting students (ROI-NJ)

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...