Career Classroom: Celebrating CTE Month
February is Career and Technical Education Month, an ideal time to brighten the spotlight on the state’s career-focused education. But, to fully capture the modern experience at New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools, we need...
Career Classroom: Schools, employers work together to attract more females to traditionally male-dominated careers
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 building education and training paths for...
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...
Centenary University at Ideal Institute expands college opportunities for vocational students in South Jersey
Centenary University's newest work-based college program is providing opportunities through a partnership with Ideal Institute of Technology.
The Hackettstown-based institution recently launched classes onsite at Ideal Institute’s Pleasantville location. The partnership offers a clear pathway...
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.Â
Six...
Career Classroom: Experienced professionals can help align career programs with real world
Fabrication Manager Josh Grossman was young when he first started working for Northeast Precast, but he found no shortage of experienced mentors willing to help train and guide him. Their investment in him paid...
Morris County makes major expansion to workforce programs at Morris County Vo-Tech, CCM
The Morris County commissioners — in moves that aim to create and build the workforce of the future — announced major expansions of programs at both Morris County Vocational School and the County College...
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...
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center cuts ribbon on skilled trade apprenticeship facility
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center recently cut the ribbon on its skilled trade apprenticeship facility, celebrating the partnership between the hospital and the Bergen County Technical Schools.
The medical center places students who have completed...
Career Classroom: Partnerships, state bond funding support opening of new Union County logistics academy
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...
