Alaska Association For Career Technical Education

Senator Murkowski believes in CTE!!

Seeking and receiving strong support for CTE!!

Ben Eielson's Careers and Employability Class visiting our medical facilities! Great pics!!!

http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/eielson-students-to-learn-about-med
ical-field/article_7903193e-52a8-11e4-914a-0017a43b2370.html

School's career, technical education wing emphasizes hands-on learning
An 8,500-square-foot wing at Alaska's Sitka High School is in progress, with space allocated for classrooms and work spaces that can accommodate automotive technology, construction and other hands-on lessons. School officials say the project took eight years to secure funding and reflects their commitment to exposing students to job training and trades. The Washington Times/The Associated Press (10/5)

http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/nation/2014/09/30/job-economy-middle-skill-growth-wage-blue-collar/14797413/

Where the jobs are: The new blue collar More than 2.5 million middle skill, livable wage jobs will be created in the next few years, many of them a world away from their dirtier iterations of decades ago. But will Americans embrace the new jobs and find the training they need to get them?

http://www.krbd.org/2014/09/18/thorne-bay-student-greenhouse-prompts-restaurant-purchase/

Student greenhouses prompt Thorne Bay restaurant purchase | KRBD There are no restaurants in the approximately 500-person town of Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island. But that looks like it’s going to change.

CTE students working hard at Ben Eielson High School!