Join us Thursday at 2:00pm for Pioneer & MAVA’s Webinar……. “Vocational Technical Schools and Urban Education Reform”!!! Voc-Tech Schools & Urban Education Reform Pioneer’s book Hands-On Achievement: Massachusetts’s National Model Vocational-Technical Schools demonstrated that our Commonwealth is the nation’s leader in vocational-technical schooling. And yet, the state’s urban high schools continue to have deep pockets … Read more

O Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, Vocational technical and agricultural administrators are pushing back against accusations that their admissions policies are discriminatory, and that they should instead be made lottery based. Vocational school administrators such as Essex Tech superintendent Dr. Heidi Riccio, say school resources would be better spent trying to find new … Read more

MAVA members, We are pleased to share this update from Brian Cummings, Executive Director of MassCTE. Please share this information with your faculty. Ad Book Cover Design Contest deadline for submissions has been extended through Friday, February 16th! The MassCTE Awards – All submissions are in the process of being reviewed and voting is underway. … Read more

MAVA Members, Please be reminded that the month of February is celebrated annually as CTE Month. Career and Technical Education Month® is a public awareness campaign, hosted by ACTE and sponsored by National Association of Home Builders, that takes place each February to celebrate CTE, the accomplishments of CTE programs and the importance of CTE … Read more

Oct Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, Vocational technical and agricultural administrators are pushing back against accusations that their admissions policies are discriminatory, and that they should instead be made lottery based. But school administrators say a lottery-based admissions system would take seats away from students who benefit most from vocational technical & agricultural … Read more

Colleagues, We are pleased to share this exciting collaboration between a vocational technical school’s Carpentry Department and Dartmouth’s Pathways Committee who oversaw the completion of the Heritage Trail. “The students from GNB Vocational Technical did a marvelous job building and installing these two new kiosks,” Andrew Langhauser, project manager with the Dartmouth Pathways Committee, said … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, From the Milford Daily News. David Vocational school leaders push back against calls for lottery-based admissions Tom Benoit The Milford Daily News Published 6:05 a.m. ET Jan. 24, 2024 Local technical and vocational school administrators are pushing back against accusations that their admissions policies are discriminatory, and that … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, I trust you recall that on January 14th a small-plane crash occurred in western Massachusetts resulting in the death of all three aboard. The death of Fredrika Ballard, who served on the Aviation Advisory Board at Westfield Technical Academy, had a profound impact on the staff and students … Read more

JUST A QUICK REMINDER Registration Open for Spring Courses Colleagues, We are most pleased to share this email from Mario Sousa MAVA’s OSHA/Safety Coordinator. Please share this with all of your vocational technical & agricultural instructors!!! David To: All CTE Educators From: MAVA Safety Office Subject: OSHA Course Registration Registration NOW open for Spring Courses … Read more

Colleagues, We are excited to share this news from Northeast Metro Tech in Wakefield. A 2003 graduate of the school, who now works in Facilities Management and Operations at Boston University, won first place in both plumbing and heating/ventilation/air conditioning at the Elites Trade Championship Series held in Tampa, Florida. Craig Childress won $50,000 in … Read more

Colleagues, From this morning’s Boston Globe. We thank Jamie Gass for bringing this to our attention. David Debate swirls on Beacon Hill over proposal to admit students to vocational schools by lottery By James Vaznis Globe Staff,Updated January 22, 2024, 46 minutes ago 9 Freshman Luke Miarecki of Upton, center, gets advice from junior Ella … Read more

MAVA members, We are pleased to share this update from Brian Cummings, Executive Director of MassCTE. Please share this letter with your instructors. This newsletter includes: Ad Book Cover Design Contest "Best In Show" Contest ‘Most Creative’ Award 2024 MassCTE Annual Conference being held April 5th & 6th, 2024, at the Renaissance Hotel, Patriot Place, … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, From this morning’s Boston Globe. David OPINION Admissions lotteries would harm vocational-technical schools Expanding the number of seats must be done in a way that promotes equity without endangering the academic and occupational excellence that drives burgeoning demand for these schools. By Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass. The … Read more

Oct Colleagues, We are always excited to share interesting ideas and activities that have proven successful in one or more of our MAVA schools. Today we are pleased to share an idea from our colleagues at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Tech in Taunton. Last month first-year students participated in the 16th Annual Career Showcase to learn more … Read more

Colleagues, In honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 15th, Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech released a remarkable podcast created by one of its Media Technology students, Ryan Wilder. It is truly extremely well done, and we encourage you to listen to the work of Ryan and some of his classmates. … Read more

Colleagues, We are pleased to share this good news from Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School in Franklin!! We thank Ross Blacker, Public Relations and Events Coordinator for sharing this with us. David Congressman and State Representative Pay a Visit to Tri-County Recntly, Congressman Jake Auchincloss and State Representative Jeff Roy paid a visit to Tri-County … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, A student at Nashoba Valley Technical High School, where she’s taken part in the school’s Health Assisting program, put a life-saving lesson to good use when she stepped in to aid a person choking. We are most proud and thankful to Emily Durkin. David Teen snaps into action, … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, From this morning’s Boston Globe. One-size-fits-all admissions lottery is not the answer We were deeply disappointed to read your editorial supporting a lottery for vocational school admissions, and we take issue with your argument. We are proud that student enrollment in Massachusetts’ vocational-technical schools mirrors the demographics of … Read more

MAVA Colleagues, The Connecting for Success Conference Team has made their first post to MAVA’s NEW LinkedIn page!! We are suggesting you “like” the page and share this resource with your staff!! Scan or click the QR code below to be brought to the page (direct URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mava-ma). Below, please find the new deadline for … Read more

Colleagues, We are pleased to share this example of collaboration between a regional vocational technical school and a member community. David for Police, Fire Whittier Tech Carpentry Students Build New Ramp at Georgetown Water Dept. December 19, 2023 Camryn Langille Water Department News GEORGETOWN – Superintendent Maureen Lynch and Utility Director Marlene Ladderbush are pleased … Read more

MAVA Board of Directors & Vocational Coordinators, Knowing that not all Board members have a membership in ACTE, we are pleased to share this “Sector Sheet”. This may be of interest to members of your staff. David ACTE is re-launching their popular Sector Sheet series that describes career and technical education’s (CTE) role in growing … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, Very interesting piece that First appeared in Contrarian Boston 1.8.24 Please take a moment to read this piece written by David Mancuso, President of Mancuso Communication Strategies. We have faith in the legislature to act to increase capacity and are appreciative of all the legislature has done to … Read more

Colleagues, We are always excited to share interesting ideas and activities that have proven successful in one or more of our MAVA schools. Today we are pleased to share an idea from our colleagues at Southeastern Regional. As we are well aware in advocating for our schools, it is effective to invite local and state … Read more

Colleagues, We are pleased to forward this interesting story as Appleseeds, the student run restaurant at Leominster Center for Technical Education Innovation (CTEi), celebrates its 30th Anniversary !! David CTEi’s Appleseeds celebrates 30 Years Eatery run by Leominster Culinary Arts Program Appleseeds Restaurant, part of Leominster High School’s culinary program, was honored last month for … Read more

Colleagues, We are pleased to share the great news below, that our good friend and colleague Kevin McCaskill, is the new Principal at Brockton High School. Should you like to reach out to him his email is kevinmccaskill. MAVA extends its sincere congratulations to Kevin in his new position. We are very confident that he … Read more