Applications are open for the 2022 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, which will award cash prizes totaling $1.25 million to 20 of the best U.S. public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. Teachers can apply through May 20, 2022 at hftforschoolsprize.org. (Staci Sievert, a WCA accredited skill evaluate and […]
Five rural school districts pool their resources to better prepare students for career opportunities in the trades. The motto of the Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative (SWCEC) could be, “Share and share alike.” Indeed, that might make for a great bumper sticker for the pull trailer that recently began shuttling industrial equipment from one school to […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is pleased to welcome two new EDUcation™ member schools, one new MANufacturing™ members, six new sponsors, and eight renewing INDustry™ Sponsors. Thank you for your membership and support! New EDUcation™ Members Cedarburg High School, Cedarburg, WI Ouray High School. Ouray, CO Find WCA EDUcation™ woodworking programs in your […]
Record-setting EDUcation™ membership and Passport credentialing enrollments among the highlights. NELLYSFORD, Va. — The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America looks to build on the numerous accomplishments it achieved in 2021 despite the protracted COVID-19 pandemic. The WCA entered the New Year coming off a year in which it enrolled 686 new candidates in its […]
Even before graduating from the Wood Manufacturing Technology program at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) last August, Patrick Volkmann had landed a job with Black Wolf Design, a custom woodworking firm based in Omro, WI. Volkmann’s is but one of a parade of stories about FTVC grads who have launched successful woodworking careers. In the […]
TINLEY PARK, IL – Goodheart-Wilcox, a publisher specializing in books for career and technical education, has released the 6th edition of Modern Cabinetry. The new edition comes with videos and other digital extras. Modern Cabinetmaking offers a complete solution for cabinetmaking and woodworking courses, with comprehensive coverage of the industry, design and layout, materials, machining […]
Benchmark study finds that most North American woodworking managers expect the industry’s already problematic skills gap to widen. A new study of the U.S. and Canadian woodworking industry conducted by Woodworking Network and the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America reveals that the production worker shortage continues to increase at an alarming rate with no […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is pleased to welcome 20 new EDUcation™ member schools, three new MANufacturing™ members, two new sponsors, and 17 renewing INDustry™ Sponsors. Thank you for your membership and support! New EDUcation™ Members AC Reynolds High School — Ashville, NC Charles D. Owen High School — Black Mountain, NC Church […]
The EDU Core and EDU Green credentials allow serious-minded woodworking students to stand out from the pack. NELLYSFORD, VA – The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America has created a pair of EDUcation credentials, giving woodworking students new opportunities to be recognized for expanding their skills. The EDU Core and EDU Green credentials are both […]
Congratulations Staci Sievert! The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America congratulates Staci Sievert for being a winner of the 2021 Prize for Teacher Excellence Award presented by Harbor Freight Tools for Schools (HFTS). Sievert, a technical education teacher at Seymour High School in Seymour, WI, was one of 18 winners in HTFS’ fifth annual program […]