Chronicle Editorial Board’s Column in support of CTE/WTI
Chronicle Editorial Board’s Column in support of CTE/WTI
Thank you to the Chronicle Editorial Board’s Column in Tuesday, May 13th, 2014 in support of CTE. I so appreciate the Chronicle for their support of CTE and for kindly including me in their article. The blog post the Chronicle is referring to that I wrote was, “National Technical Honor Society at WTI” (April 15, 2014) which you can read in it’s entirely by following this link https://thomastalks.org/?p=5970.
Below is an excerpt and link to the Chronicle’s Editorial article.
WTI students — they’ve got skills
THE ISSUE: WTI students shine in statewide competition.
OUR OPINION: Technical education a great road for the future.
In a time when jobs are tough to find, doesn’t it make sense to think about an education/training program with a very high placement rate? That’s what about 550 students a year have been doing right here in Citrus County.
Withlacoochee Technical Institute offers 21 Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. A state rule requires WTI to track and meet standards for course completion rates, placement rates and licensure rates. The school far exceeds standards in all categories.
For job-seekers, it’s the placement rate that matters — that is, what percentage of students completing the programs get jobs in a related field? At WTI, the most recent report shows that 10 programs have 100 percent placement rates. Of the other programs, the lowest placement rate is 75 percent, and most are in the 80s and 90s. We call those pretty good odds.
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