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Pathways – July 2026 – WCA to Present Two Training Sessions at IWF; Molly Turner Receives WIA Educator of the Year Award, IWF Silent Auction Benefits WCA

Pathways – March 2026 – WCA Issues 10,000th Passport; How Bobby Miller Is Promoting Potential Woodworking Careers to His Students; Comprehensive Table Saw Guide

Pathways – December 2025 – Next Step’s Workforce Development Program; AWI & WIA Scholarship and Grant Opportunities; National Woods Board Accomplishments & Goals

Pathways – October 2025 – How Avery Pipkin Preps His Students for Potential Woodworking Careers; WCA Launches Online Training Program; Jon Cerio Wins $50,000 HFTS Teacher Prize

Pathways – Spring 2025 – SkillsUSA National Cabinetmaking Championship; WCA Workforce Development Presentations at AWFS Fair

Pathways – Winter 2025 – WCA Celebrates Landmark Year; Award-Winning Teacher’s Approach to CTE; Kelly-Victor Burke Joins WCA Board

Pathways – Fall 2024 – WIA Names Mark Smith Educator of the Year; John Sterans Is Finalist in HFTS Teacher Prize; WCA Sponsors Offer Discounts to EDU Members

Pathways – Summer 2024 – 2024 SkillsUSA Cabinetmaking Championship Results; IWF Silent Auction Benefits WCA; WCA Workforce Development Activities at IWF

Pathways – Spring 2024 – National Woods Board & WCA Partner; Bond elected WCA Board Chairman; WCA to present Training Workshop at IWF 2024

Pathways – Winter 2024 – Kettle Moraine HS Embraces Core Credential; Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative Expands in Size and Scope; State of the WCA: Still Growing Strong

Pathways – Fall 2023 – Conley Earns Diamond Award; National Woods Board Seeks Industry Support; WCA’s Online Training Courses Being Beta Tested

Pathways – Summer 2023 – SkillsUSA Tests Student Cabinetmaking & Time Management Abilities; WCA Launches MANufacturing Members Drive; Gearing Up for AWFS Fair

Pathways – Spring 2023 – Passing the Sawblade at Madison College; How WCA’s Credentialing System Promotes Career Paths; WCA to Present Training Sessions at AWFS Fair 

Pathways – Winter 2023 – How Fox Valley Tech Trains Nex Gen Woodworkers; Kettle Moraine Students Win on the Gridiron and in the Woodshop; WCA Welcomes Two New Board Members 

Pathways – Fall 2022 – NC Woodworking Classes Have a Waitlist; WCA Board Honors Duane Griffiths; WCA Celebrates a Record-Breaking Year 

Pathways – Summer 2022 – WCA Names EDU Scholarship Fund to Honor Greg Heuer; SkillsUSA Recap; IWF Auction Supports WCA 

Pathways – Spring 2022 – Cat Cole’s Long & Winding Road to a Woodworking Career; Hocking College’s New Cabinetmaking Program; WCA to Present Training Workshop at IWF 2022 

Pathways – Winter 2022 – Five SW Colorado School District Woodworking Programs Join Forces; Modern Cabinetmaking 6th Edition Released; WCA Issues 2021 Progress Report 

Pathways – Fall 2021 – Social Studies Teacher Turned Woodworking Instructor Wins $50K Prize; Woodworking Workforce Study Results; WCA Adds Two New Student Credentials

Pathways – Summer 2021 – Recap of Virtual SkillsUSA Cabinetmaking Contest; Columbia HS Bucks the Trends; AWFS Fair Auction Supports WCA

Pathways – Spring 2021 – State of the Woodwork Career Alliance; Woodworking Students Persevere; WCA Revs Up to AWFS Fair

Pathways – Winter 2021 – Woodworking Industry’s First Gold Credential; ASE Training Goes Online; Hofmann Joins WCA Board

Pathways – Fall 2020 – WCA’s Follow-up COVID-19 Survey; Virtual Auction at IWF Connect Benefits WCA; Microvellum Software is Newest Edition to EDU Benefits Program

Pathways – Spring 2020 – WCA The Trials & Tribulations of Teaching Woodworking Online; Studies Show Support for Skilled Trades Education

Pathways – Winter 2020 – WCA President Talks Training & Credentialing; WorldSkills Report, 29 High Schools Join WCA

Pathways – Fall 2019 – Jefferson Millwork Woodworker Earns First WCA Red Credential; NC Teachers Go to Summer School; Tim Fixmer’s Commitment to Woodworking Education

Pathways – Summer 2019 – WCA Gears Up for AWFS Fair in a Big Way, How Mark Smith ‘Casts’a Vision’ to Support his Woodshop Program; Introducing WCA 4.0

Pathways – Spring 2019 – O’Keefe Millwork’s Looks to St. Paul College for Woodworking Talent; WCA Stakes a Claim in the Yukon

Pathways – Winter 2019 – Woodworking Training Champions: Luke Barnett & Kristine Cox

Pathways – Fall 2018 – Making a Case for Woodworking Credentials

Pathways – Summer 2018 – WCA Skill Standards at the Core of the MiLL Curricula

Pathways – Spring 2018 – Postsecondary Woodworking Programs Embrace WCA Credentials

Pathways – Winter 2018 – Industry Supports Workforce Development

Pathways – Fall 2017 – Maine State Prison Woodshop Pilots WCA Passport Program

Pathways – Summer 2017 – WCA Sets Busy AWFS Fair Agenda

Pathways – Spring 2017 – How Jefferson Millwork Uses WCA Skill Standards

Pathways – Winter 2017 – Q & A with the Father of Woodworking Skill Standards

Pathways – Fall 2016 – Skill Standards Are Flooring Manufacturers Passport to Success

Pathways – Summer 2016 – WCA Named WMIA Educator of the Year