The DeKalb County Technology Center has just launched a Facebook page so the community can connect and keep up with everything the center is achieving.
Career Tech Education (CTE) programs are ever changing to meet the country’s education and skill needs. These programs are creating an educational environment that combines core academics with real-world application. CTE currently touches the lives of 14 million students in 1,300 public high schools and 1,700 two-year colleges nationwide. At its core, the mission is to prepare students for success in college and careers by helping them develop the skills, technical knowledge, academic rigor, and real-world experience for high-skill, high-demand, and highly successful careers.
Career Tech Education has been the focal point for a number of economic developers and political figures, including State Board of Education Representative Mary Scott Hunter.
We need to have a mindset change about college. College is wonderful — it’s a destination for many of our grads, but college is not the only way to be successful. Career technical education is important.
We have done a good job in the last four years really pushing career technical education, but we need to continue to push that because success tends to (breed) success.
There are a lot of jobs that that line between blue and collar is becoming thin. We have students graduating out of skilled metal working programs and going directly into the job market in excess of $50,000 a year...these are good jobs.
It’s not blue collar. I’ll teach you a new term – it’s the gold collar.
DeKalb Assistant Career Tech Director Jonathan Phillips was one of six teachers recently selected to serve on the National Education Team for Job Demonstration, making him the first DeKalb County teacher to receive this honor.
Phillips role will be to help teachers prepare students for SkillsUSA competitions and increase job opportunities for high school and college students across the country.
The DeKalb Technology Center is being recognized around the nation after racking up a number of awards in August at the SkillsUSA Competition.
Click the link to see the awards: DeKalb County SkillsUSA Awards
Along with a number of aggressive officials and candidates, the school could be one of the key factors in recruiting industry to the region in the near future.
