Amanda Jay, English Teacher, CATEC What is the most challenging aspect of your job? I have the unique opportunity to be an English teacher in a school that caters to career preparedness. My students will enter the local workforce as industry-certified employees in two years’ time. This shifts how and why I teach English. […]
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Albemarle predicts nearly $7 million deficit & other school news
Albemarle County Public Schools Superintendent Pam Moran presented the School Board with a $164.28 million budget proposal Thursday. The needs-based plan represents a nearly six percent increase from last year’s $155.3 million budget. However, with revenues projected to grow by only one percent, to $157.3 million, Albemarle is predicting a deficit of nearly $7 million. […]
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New model for CATEC shared with public
Future students at the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center may see a program that blurs the lines between the last two years of high school and the first two years of college. The model unveiled for public comment Monday at CitySpace is based upon a close relationship between CATEC and Piedmont Virginia Community College, and […]
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CATEC Board approves preschool feasibility study, reacts to strategic plan models
In the coming years, the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center might play home to students who have yet to reach high school. During a strategic plan work session last week, the CATEC Board approved Director Adam Hastings’ request to conduct a feasibility study about starting a preschool teacher training program at the regional center. “So […]
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CATEC Board approves preschool feasibility study, reacts to strategic plan models
In the coming years, the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center might play home to students who have yet to reach high school. During a strategic plan work session Tuesday, the CATEC Board approved Director Adam Hastings’ request to conduct a feasibility study about starting a preschool teacher training program at the regional center. “So far […]
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Technical education center to be strategically focused on ‘real jobs’
The Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center is in search of a new model to prepare students for the workforce, and Grant Tate is on a mission to find it. Tate, a tech executive turned consultant who heads the Charlottesville-based firm the Bridge Ltd, is leading CATEC through a strategic planning process that he believes can […]
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CATEC students prepare for 12th Thanksgiving & other school news
Two days before Thanksgiving, Bob Bressan was in the throes of organizing the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center’s 12th annual Thanksgiving fundraiser. He was rattling off orders for walnut stuffing and ham biscuits, reminding students to take turkey gravy off the stove, and running pots and pans through the dishwasher. “It’s organized chaos,” said Bressan, […]
