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...
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...
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...
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...
by Career Tech | Jan 17, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement
Read this article as it originally appeared Jan. 16, 2020 on ROI-NJ. Training the Next Generation: Vo-Tech’s Evolution as Your Workforce Solution Greg Lalevee remembers the silence. Yes, he remembers the reaction he got when he would tell members of the International...
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...
by Career Tech | Jan 17, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this story as it appeared Jan. 16, 2020 in ROI-NJ. Howard Lerner, superintendent of Bergen County Technical Schools, likes to be specific about what types of companies he is eager to work with to create programs for his students. “We never turn away a small...
by Career Tech | Jan 14, 2020 | Career and Technical Education
New Jersey’s community colleges and county vocational school districts applaud the vision of Senate President Sweeney, Senators Ruiz, and Cunningham, Assemblymen Wimberly, Karabinchak, and Calabrese for developing legislation that would establish Work and Learn...
by Career Tech | Jan 13, 2020 | Career Programs, Schools, Student Achievements
This article originally appeared January 13, 2020 in ROI-NJ. Joshua Wiggins knew from a young age that he wanted to be a chef. As a young boy, he developed a taste for the culinary arts while learning how to cook at his grandmother’s side. While attending Neptune...
by Career Tech | Dec 9, 2019 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
From amusements in Wildwood to a high-tech photonics manufacturer in Sussex County, New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools are recognizing their business partners for outstanding contributions to career and technical education. The 21 businesses receiving...
