The Piedmont Housing Alliance is making plans to bring early childhood services and job training programs to Friendship Court, both during and after its redevelopment. “This is not just about improving physical buildings,” said Claudette Grant, community organizer for Friendship Court. “It’s about giving people a variety of opportunities that will add value to this […]
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CATEC board cuts administrator with funding request approval
The Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center will lose one of its four administrators next year, following the center board’s approval of a $2.3 million funding request Tuesday night. It adds an instructor and an instructional assistant, raises staff salaries by an average of 2 percent and eliminates the strategic planning officer position. CATEC Strategic Planning […]
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City looks to strengthen link between programs, employers
Charlottesville’s City Council recently directed City Manager Maurice Jones to develop a resolution designed to strengthen the relationship between local worker-training programs and the area’s emerging tech economy. The directive came after Councilor Kathy Galvin presented the rest of the council with a proposed resolution that directs city staff to create paid internships in the […]
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CATEC board hears range of options for FY17-18 budget
Three funding request options for the Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center paint three very different pictures of fiscal year 2017-18, but each promises to increase the center’s spending over the current fiscal year. The plans differ in spending on staffing and raises. The most expensive option would increase the CATEC budget by $453,000 over the current […]
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CATEC to cut ribbon on Cisco Networking Academy
The Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center on Wednesday will officially open a new information technology academy that will allow highschoolers to graduate with industry credentials in computer networking. The $310,000 facility, built over the summer by combining two existing classrooms at CATEC, marks the first opportunity area highschoolers have had to gain professional information technology […]
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CATEC IT academy set to open in August
The Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center will break ground June 6 on an academy that will provide professional certificates in computer networking. Students who enter the academy as ninth- or tenth-graders will graduate the program with Cisco Certified Network Associate certificates through Cisco Systems. Graduates will be able to directly transfer those credits toward an […]
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New foundation director looks to fill funding gap in teacher professional development
Sharon Deal started as the first full-time executive director of the Public Education Foundation of Charlottesville and Albemarle in December with a clear mission: help teachers navigate a rapidly changing educational landscape. As both school divisions explore ways to implement student-designed curricula, teachers will need additional education to transition from traditional classroom models to modes […]
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Students from sister city visit CATEC for lessons in culture, cars
Zak Taylor, a student in the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center’s automotive program, doesn’t speak any French. Adrien, a student in the motorcycle mechanic program at Lycée Henri Fertet near Besançon, France, is still adjusting to spoken English. Put the two side-by-side under the hood of a Chevrolet pickup, and the language barrier evaporates. Automotive […]
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Albemarle to hire transportation planner
In a sign that Albemarle County is becoming a more urban community, the Board of Supervisors has agreed to restore a staff transportation planner at a cost of $103,000 a year. “Like many counties evolving from a rural level of service to an urban one, Albemarle is seeing a changing role for managing transportation issues,” […]
