The 2024 SkillsUSA Cabinetmaking Championship, recently held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, challenged students to construct a standing leg cabinet in eight hours. This project, designed for transportability, required competitors to build a cabinet with removable top and leg sections. All poplar wood, including pre-milled components, was provided. “Any parts that we […]
WCA is looking forward participating in IWF next week. Please stop by and see us at Booth BC424! We will be rolling out our first three online training modules as well as the WCA Overview Module, which is a prerequisite for all of the modules. The initial three training modules are: Math, Measuring and Layout; […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is pleased to welcome the following new members and renewing sponsors. Thank you for your membership and support! New EDUcation™ Members Eisenhower High School — Shelby Township, MI Henry Ford II High School – Sterling Heights, MI Lemont High School – Lemont, IL New MANufacturing™ Member Gaithersburg Cabinetry […]
Net proceeds from the special event will help fund woodworking skills development programs offered by the WCA to woodworking instructors and their students. ATLANTA — Woodworking professionals and supporters of skilled trades can bid on exciting items and experiences at the IWF 2024 Silent Auction. This fun and charitable event raises funds for the Woodwork […]
Each module consists of several related courses covering a wide range of woodworking essentials. LINCOLN, Neb. – The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCA) is addressing the industry’s skilled labor shortage by offering a glimpse into its first-of-their-kind online training modules at the International Woodworking Fair (IWF), taking place Aug. 6-9 in Atlanta, Ga. […]
The WCA Board of Directors held its biennial face-to-face meeting in April. It was a day and a half full of information sharing, brainstorming and future planning. We were joined by representatives of the National Woods Board (NWB) and worked out final details for a strategic partnership, a fellow non-for-profit organization that is reformatting the […]
John Stearns, Career Technical Education Director of Amity School District in Amity, Ore., and is a member of the Woodwork Career Alliance Board of Directors, is one of 50 U.S. public high school skilled trades teachers named as finalists for the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools (HFTS) Prize for Teaching Excellence. A total of […]
Le Snelling, woodworking instructor at Silverton High School in Beaverton, Ore., announced that 18 out of 22 student candidates successfully completed their Sawblade Certificate. Snelling was recently appointed to the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America’s Education Committee.
The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is pleased to welcome the following new members and renewing sponsors. Thank you for your membership and support! New EDUcation™ Members Live Oak High School – Morgan Hill, CA New Castle High School – New Castle, WY Oshkosh North High School – Oshkosh, WI Portage Northern High School […]
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America elected Brian Bond, professor of Sustainable Biomaterials at Virginia Tech, to serve as chairman of the board of directors. Additionally, the WCA Board selected Mark Smith, industrial technology teacher at Reed-Cutler High School, to serve as chairman of the WCA Education Committee. Bond, who is also […]