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New Career and Technical Education Extension Center opens

The new Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) Extension Center opened for students on Sept. 4, providing opportunities for more than 200 high school juniors and seniors to build their professional skills. Located at 886 Watervliet-Shaker Road in Albany—across from the Albany Career and Technical Education Center—the CTE Extension Center is home to …

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Beth Kellerman honored with 2025 Extra Mile Award

Beth Kellerman, Grants Writer with Engagement & Development Services, has been selected as the recipient of the Capital Region BOCES 2025 Extra Mile Award. This honor recognizes staff who make a meaningful and positive impact on the BOCES community and consistently embody our guiding commitments. Award recipients are nominated by their managers in recognition of …

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BOCES welcomes Catie Magil as new Director of Special Education

Capital Region BOCES is proud to welcome Catie Magil as our new Director of Special Education. Magil succeeds Caralee Kardash, the division’s previous director. Magil was appointed as the new Special Education Director at the August 18 board of education meeting. In addition, she will  serve as a facilitator of the regional Directors of Special …

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Capital Region BOCES hosts inaugural regional Security Summit

On Aug. 14, Capital Region BOCES’ Management Services and NERIC divisions co-hosted their first regional Security Summit, with more than 50 school administrators, law enforcement officers, safety personnel and technology directors in attendance. The event provided a timely and comprehensive overview of the current school security landscape. The summit’s keynote address, “Crisis Leadership in Action,” …

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BBL Construction Services makes donation to career and technical education in the region

Representatives of BBL Construction Services presented the Capital Region BOCES Board of Education with a $25,000 donation during the board’s Aug. 18 meeting. The donation is in support of career and technical education and represents BBL’s efforts in leading the first annual Don Led Duke Careers in Construction Sporting Clays Event. The event is held …

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Recent CTE graduate presents at Amazon Web Services Summit

A recent Capital Region BOCES student recently presented his knowledge and skills at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in New York City. William Kruk is a 2022 graduate of the Game Design and Implementation program who now works as a software engineer for Lynkwell. The Schenectady-based company is described as “a provider and aggregator …

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CTE grad returns as adult to build her career; already employed in healthcare industry

Anjolina Bussing’s pathway to a career in medicine has been made easier by multiple programs at Capital Region BOCES. The Mechanicville resident is a graduate of the BOCES Two-Year Sequence of Health Careers program, which she took while a student in Cohoes High School. She is currently enrolled in the part-time adult Practical Nursing program …

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Maywood Academy students learn from area first responders at annual Community Helpers Day

Students at Maywood Academy met with area first responders for a day of fun and learning about what it takes to keep our communities safe.  Maywood held its annual Community Helpers Day on July 31, an event that allows students to meet and learn from emergency services personnel in a fun and educational setting.  “The …

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Workforce development dignitaries tour new CTE Extension Center

With a month to go before the 2025-26 school year launches, workforce development leaders from colleges and industry toured on Wednesday the new Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) Extension Center in Albany. The 46,377-square-foot CTE Extension Center will open in September on Watervliet-Shaker Road, across the street from the Career and Technical …

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Learn to be a nurse assistant and home health aide through Capital Region BOCES

Adults interested in getting their foot in the door of the healthcare industry need to look no further than Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Center and its Nurse Assistant Program/Home Health Aide program. With a 22% projected job growth between now and 2033 for home health care aides and  4% forecasted growth for nurse …

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