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 […]
The overarching aim of the collaboration is to equip school woodworking programs with comprehensive instructional tools that will prepare their students for the workforce. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., and LINCOLN, Neb. — The National Woods Board (NWB) and the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCA) are pleased to announce a transformative strategic partnership […]
The session will focus on developing or improving an in-house training program to build and sustain a skilled woodworking workforce. LINCOLN, Neb. — The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America will conduct a workshop at the International Woodworking Fair addressing the industry’s ongoing challenge to recruit, train and retain productive woodworkers. The workshop, “Building […]
As stated in our most recent press release, 2023 was WCA’s best year ever. We entered 1,391 candidates into the WCA Passport Credentialing Program and awarded 1,358 Credentials. I thank all of our WCA EDUcation & MANufacturing members that worked hard in 2023 to make this accomplishment possible! This month we will begin beta testing […]
Editor’s note: A year ago, Pathways featured a profile of the robust woodworking program at Kettle Moraine High School. By happy coincidence, dozens of participating students were also members of the high school’s varsity football team which had just won the state of Wisconsin’s 2022 football championship. While the Kettle Moraine Lasers came up short […]