Students and Industry Leaders Celebrate Careers in Construction Month
October is National Careers in Construction Month, and there’s no better place for area high school students and adults to learn the trade than at Capital Region BOCES.
Adult nursing program partners with regional hospitals to train next generation of health professionals
The Capital Region BOCES Adult Practical Nursing program signed agreements with Albany Medical Center and Trinity Health to expand on-site clinical practice and training for adult practical nursing students. Starting this fall, students in this program will have the opportunity to learn at Albany Medical Center and Trinity Health facilities for the first time in …
New Career & Technical Education Center, New Era Of Workforce Development
During an Aug. 16 ribbon cutting event, hundreds of education, business and political leaders celebrated the impact our new Career & Technical Education Center – Albany campus, located at 925 Watervliet Shaker Road, will have on both the students it educates and the industries it prepares students to enter. “BOCES has taken it to another …
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Cosmetology Grad Aims To Be A Cut Above At Nursing
Madison Sluers is so committed to becoming a cosmetologist she spent dozens of hours practicing her skills and earning state-required hours in our classrooms after she graduated from our program and Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School. So it may surprise you to learn that her aspirations have her working with patients, not customers. Sluers, a Cosmetology program …
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Business Partner Gives Student Learning A Charge
Current Career & Technical Education students and recent graduates are building their professional tech skills and earning real-world workplace experience through internships with local renewable energy firm and BOCES business and education partner Livingston Energy Group. Gavin Christman, Nick Dunham, William Kruk and Michael Martin, all 2022 graduates of our Game Design and Implementation program, …
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Simulators Expand Learning For Construction Students
This summer, our Career & Technical Education Center in Schoharie received four new heavy equipment operator simulators that will be used to train students on how to operate backhoes, bulldozers, graders, excavators and dump trucks. Training on the simulators for campus faculty and staff was led by experts from CM Labs Simulations. Funded through a …
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Grads Go The Extra Mile To Become Nurses
New Adult Practical Nursing Session Beginning Fall 2022 You could say that Chris Davis went the extra mile—literally!—to become a nurse. The Otego resident, who recently graduated from our Adult Practical Nursing program in Albany, drove 175 miles daily to take classes and complete required clinical time training. “I spent between $150 to $180 a …
Grad Learns “Smart” Skills, Gains Future Career
Recent Network Cabling Technician/Smart Home Technology program graduate, Thomas Rodick, has built a solid educational foundation—preparing him for the Electrical Construction and Maintenance (ECM) program at Hudson Valley Community College he will attend this fall, and securing him a future career at National Grid. “At BOCES, my classmates and I learned industry skills, took part …
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Automotive Grad’s Future Shifts Into High Gear
Aiden Drebitko, a recent graduate of our Automotive Trades Technology program, has found the “right gear” for his future—and work in his field of study—thanks to his time in our Career & Technical School program. “BOCES is a great way to peruse your career in the automotive field,” said Drebitko, who is now working with …
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Cosmetology Grad Shares Experiences With Current Students
Melissa LaPorta, Spa Director at Tuscan Sun at Kimberly’s and Rumors and a 2006 Career & Technical School program graduate, recently returned to our Albany Campus to talk with current students about the world of cosmetology. After graduating, LaPorta helped opening the Benefit cosmetics counter while working for Macys in Albany. From there, she launched …
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