by Career Tech | Nov 18, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared November 16, 2020 in ROI-NJ. Erika Deleon graduated in 2019 from Essex County Newark Tech High School, where she was exposed to all of the construction trades, but it was welding that really sparked her interest. Deleon...
by Career Tech | Nov 10, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools, Student Achievements
Read this op-ed as it originally appeared Oct. 29, 2020 on nj.com. By Frederick Keating, Michael Dicken and Dina Rossi Higher education, county vocational-technical schools and businesses are “stacking the deck” in Gloucester and Cumberland counties thanks to an...
by Career Tech | Aug 26, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared Aug. 24, 2020 in ROI-NJ. The students in the electrical apprenticeship class at Ocean County Vocational Technical School in Toms River were in their fourth and final year when the coronavirus pandemic forced the suspension...
by Career Tech | Jul 11, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Student Achievements
Read this article as it originally appeared in New Jersey Business Magazine. By Meg Fry Providing great opportunities for workers and employers, apprenticeship programs also face COVID-19 challenges. After two years of support from Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration...
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...