ALBANY — Capital Region BOCES, area educators and industry leaders are digging into the mounting problem of a shortage of heavy equipment technicians and operators. There will be as many as 73,500 vacant heavy equipment technician positions by 2025 nationally, according to an AED Foundation industry research report. The current job opening rate is three …
ALBANY – Danielle Graham knew from a young age that she wanted to be in law enforcement, but it wasn’t until she enrolled in the Capital Region BOCES Criminal Justice Program that she knew she wanted to be a New York State Trooper. Graham, a 2018 graduate of BOCES and Cobleskill-Richmondville High School, graduated from …
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ALBANY – National Grid regional leadership reaffirmed their support of Capital Region BOCES during a tour Tuesday of the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. Brian Sano, Regional Director of National Grid, and Susanne Collins, Customer & Community Manager, toured the campus and met with Nancy Liddle, BOCES Managing Program Coordinator – Business …
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Just days after graduating from Guilderland High School and Capital Region BOCES, Pedro Mateo Sanchez became an entrepreneur, opening Café TEO in Albany. Though only 17, Sanchez combined the skills he learned in the BOCES Culinary Arts and Hospitality Technology program with his desire to be his own boss to open the establishment. “It’s pretty …
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The latest adult The Nurse Assistant/Personal Care Aide/Home Health Aide/Nurse Assistant (NA/PCA/HHA) class started this week at Capital Region BOCES with more than a dozen adults seeking brighter futures through the program. The 14 students began meeting July 24 in the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus Health Careers labs and classrooms, where …
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Capital Region BOCES is proud to welcome Karen Swain as its new Assistant District Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction. Swain, an esteemed educational leader with extensive experience in educational administration and teaching, joined the BOCES in July 2023. Before joining BOCES, she served as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction at the Scotia-Glenville Central …
A Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk teenager has earned six professional Adobe certifications at Capital Region BOCES – and he only recently completed his junior year of high school! “I am very interested in becoming as good of a graphic designer as I possibly can. I am very passionate about it,” Evan Agan said after recently earning his fifth …
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On Tuesday, July 11, voters residing within Capital Region BOCES component districts and the City School District of Albany authorized construction of a storage building at the Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus, with 1007 casting votes in favor and 44 opposed. The new five-bay, 4,500-square-foot garage will be used to store equipment …
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Seven recent graduates of Capital Region BOCES performed well during a recent national competition that tested their professional skills and abilities last month in Atlanta. Representing Capital Region BOCES at the national SkillsUSA competition were Class of 2023 Career & Technical Education graduates Olivia Harris, from Mohonasen, Rhiannon Islip from Sharon Springs, Jeffrey Caron from …
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The future of education at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus is taking flight–literally! Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, students in the Schoharie campuses’ Building Trades, Heavy Equipment Operator and Criminal Justice programs will receive training on operating drones. “This training will help students build their resumes while …
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