by Ben Beggs | Jul 8, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Employer Engagement, Featured News
In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy announced his goal of having the state use 100% clean energy by 2050, helping put New Jersey in the forefront of the expanding green-energy economy. Solar energy, offshore wind and other renewable energy technologies would boom, advocates and...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 29, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
Employers looking to create a pipeline of qualified candidates, and students looking to pursue a career-focused education to fill that pipeline, just got a boost from another state investment in career and technical education. Six county vocational-technical schools...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 23, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
A year after Hunterdon County Vocational School District received a $15 million Career and Technical Education (CTE) expansion grant, the district was awarded another $3.75 million from a second round of funding. The additional funding will support a new Electrical...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 23, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT) has been awarded grant funding under the Securing Our Children’s Future Bond Act for architectural and programmatic expansions at its two campuses in Medford and Westampton, Governor Phil Murphy, Acting...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 22, 2022 | Schools
DENVILLE, N.J – As superintendent of Morris County Vocational School District (MCVSD), Scott Moffitt has steadily grown enrollment in the district’s career-focused programs. He has championed the value of career and technical education, not only in Morris County, but...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 20, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Schools, Student Achievements
An impressive 216 county vocational-technical school seniors earned an associate degree before even graduating from high school, taking advantage of unique opportunities presented in their high school programs to accumulate portable college credits. The hard work and...
by Ben Beggs | Jun 16, 2022 | Featured News, Schools
On Friday, June 10, County Prep High School Fashion and Design students participated in the annual student Fashion Show at the Earl W. Byrd Center in Jersey City. Students showcased the designs that they spent the school year creating at the show, which was attended...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 3, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
In an expansive two-story space that could easily be mistaken for a warehouse, Essex County Schools of Technology students are putting the finishing touches on a scaled-down version of a family home. In that very same space, another group is in the early stages of...
by Allyson Roberts | May 10, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement
At a time when many employers are struggling to fill jobs, New Jersey’s construction trade organizations are working with business leaders, vocational-technical schools, county colleges and other educational institutions and educators to ensure there’s a good fit...
by Allyson Roberts | May 9, 2022 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
A shop-owner-turned-instructor revitalizes Salem County vocational auto collision program. Collision repair offers a wonderful career path, but fewer and fewer young men and women enter the trade each year. With students’ fading interest in collision careers resulting...
