CTE Students Showcase Work to Woerner

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Assembly Member Carrie Woerner (D-Round Lake) said Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs provide great models, after visiting with CTE students, faculty, and administrators at the F. Donald Myers Center Education Center and SUNY Adirondack Early College Career Academy on September 30. Students from a variety of CTE programs gave information to Woerner about the programs they are enrolled in. Members of SkillsUSA and Future Farmers of America (FFA) also had a chance to talk about their organizations. Woerner was particularly interested in post graduation placement rates. Chef Maureen Clancy, an instructor in the Culinary Arts program, said she gets calls in May from local employers looking to recruit graduating seniors. Students in all CTE programs do internships, or job shadowing, which provides them with real world experience, and exposure to prospective employers or continuing education opportunities. “Each CTE program is certified by a national industry-based certifying body,” said WSWHE BOCES Superintendent of Schools, James Dexter. This makes graduates that much more desirable and contributes to high placement rates. CTE is a division of the WSWHE BOCES. It provides an array of classes for secondary school students as well as adults. CTE classes include Auto Body Repair, Automotive Technology, Construction Trades, Cosmetology, Criminal Justice Studies, Culinary Arts and Hospitality, Early Childhood Education, Employment Training and Transition, Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Graphic and Visual Communications, Health Occupations, HVAC-R, Heavy Equipment Maintenance and Operation, Horse Care, Horticulture, Landscaping and Floral Design, Machine Tool Technology, Power Sport Technology, and Welding. CTE also offers Service Level Hospitality, Service Level Human Services, and Service Level Technical and Trade Services programs, as well as New Visions Engineering and New Visions Health Careers Exploration. SUNY Adirondack Early College Career Academy programs in Electrical Technology/Advanced Manufacturing, Information Technology/Computer Networking, and New Media are also available at CTE. For more information: visit CareerAndTechEd.org.