by Allyson Roberts | Oct 16, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools, Student Achievements
Chef Ron Ossi’s classroom at Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, N.J., is sizzling! Five of his students—Nellie Beato, Soleil Colon, José Dominguez, Jayden Gonzalez, and Leslie Minaya—won the state’s ProStart competition. Their luscious...
by Allyson Roberts | Oct 8, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
Camden County has a new reason to celebrate as the Technical School located in Gloucester Township, N.J., celebrated the grand opening of a new Manufacturing and Engineering Technology (MET) career program. On Oct. 1 2024, more than 100 school officials,...
by Allyson Roberts | Oct 4, 2024 | Featured News
Recent improvements including The Perch Cafe & Eatery and conference center provide students with more opportunities, experiences and connections to jumpstart future success Cape May Court House, NJ – Cape May County Technical School (Cape Tech) unveiled new...
by Allyson Roberts | Sep 26, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
Wayne, NJ — In a significant step forward for career and technical education, Passaic County Technical Institute (PCTI) officially opened the John Currie Biotechnology Innovation Center with a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony. The state-of-the-art...
by Allyson Roberts | Sep 17, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools
Ocean County’s next generation of nurses surrounded a hospital bed at Ocean County College on Thursday and explored what will be their new classroom for the coming school year. These high school students, enrolled in a pre-nursing program at Ocean County...
by Allyson Roberts | Sep 17, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Featured News
People of all ages learn in a variety of ways – by reading books, listening to lectures, watching documentaries and pursuing new experiences. We also learn from the examples set by others. The honorees listed in the NJBIZ Education Power 50 excel at providing all of...
by Allyson Roberts | Sep 17, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
How do you interest the next generation in global logistics? Tell them the future is theirs. That’s a prediction Jasmin Lee shared when recruiting the inaugural class of Union County Vocational-Technical Schools’ Academy for Global Logistics. Lee is principal of the...
by Allyson Roberts | Aug 21, 2024 | Schools
As superintendent of Essex County Schools of Technology (ECST) for the past nine years, James Pedersen, Ed.D., has not only worked within Essex County, but throughout the state to build partnerships that strengthen ECST’s three schools. His district provides an option...
by Allyson Roberts | Aug 6, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements
Funding from Amazon, AT&T, NJM Insurance Group, PKA Technologies, PSEG, SHI International Corporation, South Jersey Industries (SJI) and VMWARE totaled $90,250 to the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) Foundation this year to distribute as scholarships to...
by Allyson Roberts | Jul 30, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News
Judy Savage, retired executive director of the New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools (NJCCVTS), is this year’s recipient of the Career and Technical Education Leadership Award. In her former role with the Council, Savage presented this annual award...
