Career Classroom: N.J. employers recognized for strengthening career and technical education
Employers across the state were recognized recently by New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools for making valuable contributions to career and technical education. Each school district chose its Business Partner of the Year, an annual...
Career Classroom: Career and technical education is link between hands-on learning, lifelong careers
As a business owner, Kevin Madden knows the challenges of finding skilled workers. As a graduate of a county vocational-technical high school, he recognizes where to find them.
“One of the most valuable portions of...
Career Classroom: Essex County tech grads get real-world experience working on school project
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 knew that, instead...
Career Classroom: On the job, high school students get more than vocational, technical training
As a senior at Mercer County Technical School’s Academy of Culinary Arts, Xadea Green is preparing for a career in the hospitality industry.
Since the beginning of the school year in September, Green has been...
Career Classroom: Employment needs drive development of new career-based training programs
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...
Career Classroom: Program prepares students for high-demand, tech-focused — and artistic — careers
Mobile app engineer. User interface designer. Virtual reality developer. Augmented reality programmer. These are among the high-demand jobs of today, with continued growth expected in the future.
Since September, a small group of high school...
Career Classroom: Specialized career programs help students with disabilities prepare for in-demand supermarket, retail...
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, supermarkets continue to face significant labor shortages. County vocational-technical school districts in Monmouth, Ocean and Union counties are helping to meet this persistent need with specialized career...
Hands-on once more: At vo-tech school, students and staff get back to business of...
The half-dozen sheds framed with two-by-fours sit unfinished in Charles Lachner’s construction technology classroom, a junior-year project abandoned after the coronavirus shuttered Hunterdon County Polytech in March.
Now that students have returned to the school...
Career Classroom: SkillsUSA contests are a win for employers in need of talent
New Jersey SkillsUSA are contests held across the state to enable ambitious career-focused high school students to showcase their technical skills. They are also a win for employers who recognize the unique opportunity to...
Career Classroom: State granting another $37M to expand career and technical education
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...
