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

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

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

Pathways – Winter 2023How 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 2022NC Woodworking Classes Have a Waitlist; WCA Board Honors Duane Griffiths; WCA Celebrates a Record-Breaking Year 

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

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

Pathways – Fall 2021Social 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 2020WCA’s Follow-up COVID-19 Survey; Virtual Auction at IWF Connect Benefits WCA; Microvellum Software is Newest Edition to EDU Benefits Program

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

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

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

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

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

Pathways – Fall 2018Making a Case for Woodworking Credentials

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

Pathways Spring 2018Postsecondary Woodworking Programs Embrace WCA Credentials

Pathways Winter 2018Industry Supports Workforce Development

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

Pathways – Summer 2017WCA Sets Busy AWFS Fair Agenda

Pathways – Spring 2017How 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 2016WCA Named WMIA Educator of the Year