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WORKTEC gets grant from Walmart Foundation From left: Participating in a check presentation from the Walmart Foundation are Tamera Foley, executive director of Teaching and Learning; Kristi Nelson, CTI coordinator at WORKTEC, and Lisa Lewis, manager of Sam's Club in Morrow. WORKTEC received a $1,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation to help support students with disabilities in participating in Georgia Career Technical Instruction related leadership conferences and activities. Career Technical Instruction provides students with disabilities the opportunity to participate in high quality leadership activities that increase cultural growth and personal development. Fair Fever…Georgia CTI Catches It!
Georgia CTI teamed up with Georgia DECA and welcomed over 100 schools to the first CTI Fall Rally at the Georgia National Fairgrounds! In the beautiful and historic city of Perry, GA, over 230 CTI participants from around the state joined together for a day of competition, excitement and motivation! The rally was led by the Georgia DECA State Officers and a motivational speaker, Eddie Slowikowski, kept the students entertained and energized. Participants spent the afternoon after the rally enjoying the Fairgrounds with unlimited rides, exhibits and food. Cash Prize Premiums for each Contest: 1st place - $75, 2nd place - $50, 3rd place - $25, were awarded to the winners in the four different competitive areas: T-Shirt Design, Pin Design, Banner Design and Themed Speech Event. The placements for each chapter were calculated and the chapter with the highest accumulated points is awarded the Georgia National Fair Superior Chapter plaque and $500.00 – congratulations goes to Swainsboro High School on receiving this award! The second place chapter is awarded the Georgia National Fair Reserve Superior Chapter plaque and a $250.00 prize – congratulation goes to Centennial High on receiving this award! All prizes are sponsored by the Georgia National Fairgrounds the total of combined prize money is almost $1,500! Cash prizes will be mailed to the chapter at the conclusion of the Fair.
Congratulations to everyone for your hard work and dedication to your students and to Georgia CTI.
Vocational tech grads buck the jobs trend
Full story and video: click here. (CBS News) ALLENTOWN, Pa. - "I don't really like the second shift," Nick Senniti, 20, says. "But you've got to start somewhere." Despite the worst job market in decades, Senniti had three job offers right out of high school. CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano reports Senniti graduated in 2009 as a certified welder from a Career and Technical Education high school -- or what used to be called vocational education. He now works for Air Products in Allentown, Pa. John McGlade, president and CEO of Air Products, says 4,000 of his 7,500 U.S. employees are skilled workers. His global company designs and builds high-tech hydrogen equipment and devices. McGlade is "worried" he won't be able to find skilled workers in the future. He hires about 550 U.S. workers a year. Three-hundred-and-sixty are technically skilled positions that require two years of college or advanced certification. These positions can often go unfilled for 12 months. "You need people who are electronics experts, instrument technicians, mechanics," McGlade said. This year funding for vocational education was cut by $140 million and President Obama is proposing a 20 percent cut next year. "Without support and continued development of a skilled workforce, we're not going to be able to fill the jobs," McGlade warned. Lehigh Career and Technical Institute would be impacted, as well -- 5 percent of its budget comes from federal grants. The school trains about 3,000 students from across the Lehigh Valley. According to the National Association of Career and Technical Schools, these students can earn $26 an hour more than workers with only a high school diploma. "There is going to be more and more of those skilled jobs that are available, that are going to be paying and provide a sustaining career for years and years to come," McGlade said. It's a career path that McGlade estimates will need 10 million more skilled workers over the next decade.
Georgia CTI would like to welcome the New CTI Coordinators for the 2011-12 year. Each of these coordinators participated in the Summer Institute and have already created a strong bond between each other as well as for Georgia CTI. We are so glad to have you on board and look forward to a great year. Please Welcome:
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Fundraiser
CTI students at Loganville High School have just finished a community service project that involved raising funds for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. A contest was held among 3rd period classes to see which class could raise the most money to benefit this very worthy cause. The contest ran from January 24-February 4.
These classes were rewarded for their efforts on Thursday, February 10 with a pizza party. The pizza was generously donated by Papa John’s. * In order to download, view or print
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