by Career Tech | Sep 22, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared Sept. 22, 2021 in ROI-NJ. Savvy employers are doing more than accepting and recruiting women into roles that some would consider nontraditional, such as automotive technology and construction trades. Many are also actively...
by Career Tech | Sep 20, 2021 | Career and Technical Education
Read this article, featuring NJCCVTS Executive Director Jackie Burke, as it originally appeared in NJBIZ Sept. 20, 2021. Someday, in what everyone hopes will be the not-too-distant future, NJBIZ will publish a power list that does not reflect the exigencies of a...
by Career Tech | Sep 13, 2021 | Career and Technical Education
Read this article as it originally appeared in NJBIZ Sept. 10, 2021. County vocational-technical high school districts and county colleges can apply for $75.6 million in additional funding to bolster their career and technical education offerings. Gov. Phil Murphy...
by Career Tech | Aug 25, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Last fall, Ocean County Vocational Technical School launched a two-year heavy equipment operator program for high school students. Only the second program of its kind in the state, the enthusiastic response from industry partners validated the need for this focused...
by Career Tech | Aug 18, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Featured News
TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools (NJCCVTS) has a new leadership team to guide efforts to expand career and technical education in New Jersey. The former assistant executive director, Jackie Burke, was promoted to executive...
by Career Tech | Aug 13, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Featured News
Read this article as it originally appeared on NJ.com Aug. 13, 2021. The Morris County Board of County Commissioners today announced a 30 percent expansion of the Morris County Vocational School with a new Career Technical Education Center, while the County College of...
by Career Tech | Aug 3, 2021 | Career and Technical Education
Read this article by Meg Fry as it originally appeared Aug. 2, 2021 in New Jersey Business. As employees quit, move or remain unengaged enough to excel at work, employers struggle to find qualified candidates to fill job vacancies – and that was before the COVID-19...
by Career Tech | Aug 2, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared July 30, 2021 in The Press of Atlantic City. Perhaps because it was thoroughly expected, and partly because so many other issues and stories demanded more immediate attention, New Jersey’s recent investment in the workers of...
by Career Tech | Jul 28, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared July 27, 2021 on ROI-NJ. Jah Xavier Delgado sits in front of his laptop computer in the media center at Atlantic County Institute of Technology staring intently into his screen. But he’s not checking his social media...
by Career Tech | Jul 19, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
Read this story as it originally appeared July 11 in TAPintoBordentown. Trades have always been an important part of the career and technical education provided at Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT). Historically, the seats have been filled with male...
