February is Black History month, and also CTE month! Please join us in honoring Black achievements & contributions to CTE, and learn about how CTE can be used to achieve racial equity goals in both education and workforce. “Meaningfully improving racial equity would help to increase these groups’ access to and participation in CTE programs that improve academic and workforce outcomes, thus narrowing the significant opportunity gaps that exist along racial lines.” Interested in learning more about Black history & CTE? Check out this article, which provides further background and history of Black students and CTE.
Listen: VT CTE & Workforce Development
Give your ears a thrill and check out Vermont Public Radio’s new podcast “Can Vermont solve its workforce crisis with career & technical education?” Featuring Jay Ramsey, assistant division director for the Agency of Education, Sarah Ballou, program coordinator for the electrical and plumbing apprenticeship program at Vermont Technical College, and Melissa Connor, director and principal at Strafford Technical Center. Plus, a call-in from our very own Jason Raymond, Digital Media Lab instructor here at BTC!
VT Digger features collaboration between VWW, BTC towards ending gender stigma in CTE
Check out this wonderful article “Rhoni Basden: End gender stigma in career and technical education” published in the VT Digger. Basden discusses the challenges of overcoming gender stigma in certain career fields, the positive impact of CTE education towards expanding opportunities across gender, and celebrates ongoing collaborations between Vermont Works for Women, Burlington Technical Center and other VT CTE centers. Stay tuned for an announcement of VWW & BTC’s Career Challenge day this spring!
Kicking Off 2022 With Gratitude
Happy New Year, everyone! We are feeling grateful to be kicking off 2022 with such an exceptional group of students and staff. Our appreciation extends to the greater Burlington community, from all of us here at BTC. This past week, the morning class of our Health Sciences Academy wrote lovely thank you cards to our healthcare workers, as pictured here, and we’ll say it again: thank you! We are grateful for this community that cares for and sustains us, and we are looking forward to another great year.
Announcing BTC VT Scholastic Scholars!
We are delighted to congratulate the following BTC students on their nominations as Vermont Scholastic Scholars:
- Kassidy Jay (CVU) Design & Illustration- Presidential Scholar for the Arts
- Zoe Maxwell (BHS)– Design & Illustration- Honorable Mention, Presidential Scholar for the Arts
- YwaBlu Htoo (BHS)– Digital Media Lab– Honorable Mention, Presidential Scholar for the Arts
- Khellmar “OJ” Daring (WHS) Digital Media Lab– Honorable Mention, Presidential Scholar in Career Technical Education
- Abigail Willis (CVU)- Culinary Arts- Honorable Mention, Presidential Scholar in Career Technical Education
We are awed by the hard work and incredible talents of our students, and blown away by the tireless dedication and support of our instructors. Bravo, BTC community!
Tis the Season… to visit a BTC Open House!
Come join BTC for one of our Open Houses in 2022! We invite you and your family to come check out our classroom spaces and meet our talented faculty and staff to learn more about our programs. Please follow this link for the complete list of program Open Houses.
Check out our new College & Career Scholarship opportunities
College application season is upon us, and now is the right time to begin applying for scholarships! There are so many ways to fund your education & training, and we have just posted a few awesome opportunities to our site. Make sure to keep checking back for new information here.
We’re thrilled to be back at our BTC locations!
The school year is off to a wonderful start! We are so happy to have our students back five days a week at all of our five locations across the city of Burlington. Burlington Technical Center faculty and staff has worked tremendously hard to create wonderful, hands-on learning spaces for each program, and we are already so proud of all that our students have accomplished. Check out this update from WCAX on student life at BTC:
https://www.wcax.com/2021/09/24/burlington-tech-students-find-more-permanent-locations/
