Three members of the wood products industry with close ties to the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America were among those honored in this year’s 40 Under 40 awards program presented by Woodworking Network. They include: Luke Barnett, founder and owner of the Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute based in Adrian, MI. The institute is an […]
2021 continues to move forward at an improved rate and candidates/students are entering the system at similar to pre-pandemic numbers, 322 so far this year. With most students now back-to-face to face learning, WCA EDUcation instructors are conducting evaluations to complete the testing process prior to the end of the school year. It will be […]
Q&A with Scott Nelson, president of the WCA. 2020-21 will go down as a time many of us would like to forget but will always remember. It may not have been all bad, but it most certainly was not all good. Scott Nelson, president of the Woodwork Career Alliance, rolled up his sleeves to field […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is pleased to welcome eight new EDUcation™ member schools, two new MANufacturing™ members, 15 renewing INDustry™ Sponsors. Thank you for your membership and support! New EDUcation™ Members Appleton East High School, Appleton, WI Columbia High School, Columbia, NC Cumberland County High School, Burkesville, KY Florence High School, Florence, CO […]
The WCA is all in for the Vegas woodworking show to discuss its programs and industry best practices for developing a skilled workforce. LAS VEGAS – The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America immensely looks forward to reconnecting with the wood products industry at the AWFS Fair in Las Vegas, July 20-23. “We are […]
Six high school woodworking instructors discuss how COVID-19 has slowed, but can’t stop students driven to earn their WCA Sawblade Certificate. During a school year fraught with unexpected stops and starts due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCA) has already issued more than 200 Sawblade Certificates with hundreds […]
CALABASAS, Calif. — Applications are being accepted until May 21 for the 2021 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. The fifth annual program will award cash prizes totaling more than $1 million to 18 of America’s best public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. Nominations can be submitted at hftforschoolsprize.org. The […]
Chris Hofmann, U.S. Lamello product manager for Colonial Saw of Kingston, MA, has been appointed to the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America’s Board of Directors for a three-year term. Hofmann has been active in woodworking education both on the national and local stages. He is currently chairman of the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association’s Education […]
Last fall, the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America rolled out an online training program for accredited skill evaluators (ASE). The initial thrust of the new program is providing more opportunities for high school and postsecondary woodworking instructors to attain ASE status. By doing so, they are able to use the WCA’s Skill Standards to […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America’s online accredited skill evaluator (ASE) training program, which debuted last fall, is a game changer in more ways than one. For starters, it paves the way for more high school and postsecondary woodworking instructors throughout the United States and Canada to attain ASE status. This in turn opens […]