The award winner is a long-time active member of the Woodwork Career Alliance, including serving on the WCA Board of Directors. AMITY, Ore. — John Stearns, Career Technical Education Director and woodworking instructor at Amity High School, has been honored with the 2024 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools (HFTS) Prize for Teaching Excellence. This prestigious […]
This marks the eighth time a member of the Woodwork Career Alliance has won the Wood Industry Association’s prestigious Wooden Globe Award for education excellence. LINCOLN, Neb. – Mark Smith, a dedicated woodworking instructor and chairman of the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America’s Education Committee, was honored with the prestigious 2024 Wooden Globe Educator […]
The Cabinet Makers Association (CMA) is proud to announce the launch of its inaugural scholarship program. This new initiative is designed to support the next generation of cabinetmakers by awarding scholarships to competitors at the SkillsUSA National Championships and their dedicated sponsors. The first recipients of the CMA scholarship participated in the SkillsUSA National Championships […]
The Wood Industry Association’s annual sponsorship program supports students currently studying or interested in studying woodworking in college. Every year the WIA awards scholarships to college students pursuing studies in wood technology, machinery, and related fields. To date, the WIA and former WMIA Education Foundation have awarded more than $551,000 to 298 students. Scholarship applications […]
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 […]