WCA News & Events

WCA Schedules Accredited Skill Evaluator Training Events

Register now to reserve a seat. The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is organizing several Accredited Skill Evaluator Training events over the next few months, including sessions during the AWFS Fair this summer in Las Vegas. Other sessions are planned for Madison, WI; and Colorado Springs, CO. The course fee covers the half-day training […]

Center for Furniture Craftsmanship Offers ‘Teaching the Teachers’ Scholarships

  The Rockport, ME, institution issues invites woodworking instructors to apply for free training courses.  In 2018, the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship launched a successful pilot program for a new scholarship initiative called Teaching the Teachers. Recipients are educational institutions and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and abroad that provide woodworking instruction to economically disadvantaged […]

Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute Branches Out

This WCA EDUcation™ member is expanding its woodshop to accommodate more equipment and programs. The Sam Beauford Woodwork Institute of Adrian, MI, truly offers something for everybody from organizing woodshop camps for the local Boys and Girls Club through training adults for woodworking careers. Founded five years ago to provide hands-on instruction to woodworking hobbyists […]