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Teacher Externships: Bridging the gap between education and industry

By Leslie Simmons, Director of Marketing & Communications at CTE Foundation The sun hasnโ€™t 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 didnโ€™t keep a team of educators from taking advantage of the shade as Miguel Lopez,

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Confessions of a STEMinist

A message from Community WISE program manager Leslie Simmons I donโ€™t 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

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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. Itโ€™s 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

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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.

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Cloverdale High creating makers and bakers

Kaylie L., Cloverdale High School โ€œIโ€™ve always wanted to be a baker,โ€ said Kaylie, so itโ€™s no surprise that she has twice enrolled in the Farm-to-Table Culinary class, one of many funded by CTE Foundation. โ€œI loved this class and recommend it for everyone,โ€ said Kaylie, a sophomore at Cloverdale High School. โ€œI like the fact that we cook every week and

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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 countyโ€™s 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 โ€œgap yearโ€ work experience internship following graduation. Beginning in

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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

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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 โ€œcollegeย 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

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CTE Foundation Announces New Executive Director

Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Eli Weinzveg as the organizationโ€™s new Executive Director. Weinzveg, will begin his new role on June 20th, succeeding

This Summer, 7,000 Sonoma Clean Power Customers Will Help Reduce Demand on California Grid SCP customers earn rewards for decreasing energy usage when demand for electricity is high. SANTA ROSA,

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