Theย Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation of Sonoma Countyย is proud to announce its 2025-2026 Board of Directors including newly appointed officers...
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Seizing the moment for classroom to career success
Written by Eli Weinzveg, Executive Director of CTE Foundation As students head back to class, Santa Rosa City Schools is...
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The State of CTE in Sonoma County – August 2025
As summer unfolds across Sonoma County and our schools take a seasonal pause, itโs a time not just for...
Read MoreTeacher Externships: Bridging the gap between education and industry
By Leslie Simmons, Director of Marketing & Communications at CTE Foundation The sun hasnโt yet hit its highest point in the sky as I drive up through the large-scale carport of Virginia Dare Winery (owned by Francis Ford Coppola Winery) on a recent summer day, but it didnโt keep a team of educators from taking advantage of the shade as Miguel Lopez,
August 26, 2021
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August 9, 2021
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Video Spotlight: Costeaux Bakery & Sonoma Corps
Hear from Will Seppi, President and CEO of Costeaux French Bakery, why he has chosen to support career-connected learning opportunities through the Sonoma Corps gap year internship program.
August 9, 2021
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Confessions of a STEMinist
A message from Community WISE program manager Leslie Simmons I donโt have a background in STEM. In fact, when I was in high school, I thought an engineer was someone who wore blue pinstripes and worked on the railroad. Why, I wondered, did my peers have to go to Cal Poly for this career pursuit? The last math class I took was
January 8, 2021
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2020: When the Only Certain Thing Has Been Uncertainty
Message from Kathy Goodacre, CEO As 2020 ends, I cannot help but reflect. Itโs an annual tradition to look back on accomplishments and set our sights on new goals for the coming year. In considering milestones today, I began by looking back at our January 30 newsletterย – released just 10 days after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the United
December 16, 2020
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Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation Pivoting to Support Students and Educators Amidst Covid-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Rosa, California (April 23, 2020) โ With education as we know it flipped upside down, Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation is pivoting to address the challenges that the shelter-in-place order has created for learning. Following extensive conversations with partners and funded programs, CTE Foundation is implementing three initiatives to support students and educators during home-based remote learning.
April 23, 2020
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Cloverdale High creating makers and bakers
Kaylie L., Cloverdale High School โIโve always wanted to be a baker,โ said Kaylie, so itโs no surprise that she has twice enrolled in the Farm-to-Table Culinary class, one of many funded by CTE Foundation. โI loved this class and recommend it for everyone,โ said Kaylie, a sophomore at Cloverdale High School. โI like the fact that we cook every week and
June 24, 2019
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News Release: Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation Launches Fresh Initiative to Support Local Workforce Pipeline
For Immediate Release Santa Rosa, California (March 13, 2019) โ The Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation Sonoma County has launched its newest initiative in partnership with the countyโs largest employers and education institutions. The Sonoma Corps is a pilot program recruiting high school students in their senior year to prepare them for a โgap yearโ work experience internship following graduation. Beginning in
March 13, 2019
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News Release: Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation Exceeds $3 Million Investment In Local Schools & Programs With Recent Grant Awards
Santa Rosa, California (February 6, 2019) โ The Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation has approved $343,652 in grant funding for 22 technical education programs among 11 Sonoma County schools. Now in its sixth funding cycle, the CTE Foundation has invested over $3 million since its founding in 2013, creating new programs that connect students to employers for career exploration and skill-building and spurring
February 8, 2019
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Rethinking College and Career Readiness
Last spring, the CTE Foundation, in partnership with Sonoma County Office of Education, launched a community engagementย process to help develop a common definitionย andย success measures forย what it means to truly be โcollegeย andย careerย readyโ for Sonoma County graduates.ย ย Through this effort, a task force was formed to answer the question: What skillsย andย characteristics does a K-12 graduate in Sonoma County need to demonstrate in order to
September 5, 2018
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Theย Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation of Sonoma Countyย is proud to announce its 2025-2026 Board of Directors including newly appointed officers and the addition of new leadership who will help guide
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