{"id":90386,"date":"2019-02-05T15:42:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T01:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=90386"},"modified":"2020-03-06T14:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T00:11:24","slug":"leeward-career-technical-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/02\/05\/leeward-career-technical-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Career and technical education celebrated at Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> events"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_90397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90397\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-career-technical-education.jpg\" alt=\"people with signs\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-career-technical-education.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-career-technical-education-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leeward staff and students prepare to welcome high schools.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_90399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90399\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-high-school-students-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"students smiling\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-high-school-students-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-high-school-students-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-high-school-students.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students await the start of the program.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_90557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90557\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-automotive-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-automotive-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-automotive-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-automotive.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High school students learn about gasoline engine operation and performance at the Automotive Technology Program demonstration.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_90558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90558\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-televsion-production-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"student filming other students\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-televsion-production-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-televsion-production-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-televsion-production.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Middle school students learn about digital camera operations at the Digital Media Program demonstration.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>More than 500 Leeward and Central <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> middle school and high school students helped launch Career and Technical Education (<abbr title=\"Career and Technical Education\">CTE<\/abbr>) Month&reg; at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> on February 5.<\/p>\n<p>Students participated in the 2019 <abbr>CTE<\/abbr> open house featuring tours and hands-on activities to introduce them to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/cte-programs\"><abbr>CTE<\/abbr> programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>CTE<\/abbr> students gain industry-relevant skills for high-wage, high-demand careers. <\/p>\n<p>Programs encompass many different types of education, including classroom learning, certification programs, work-based learning opportunities outside the classroom and non-credit workforce development programs.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>CTE<\/abbr> courses are taught by faculty who are experts in their fields, have real world experience and take time to help each student.<\/p>\n<p>During the month of February, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> is celebrating <abbr>CTE<\/abbr> Month with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><abbr>CTE<\/abbr> displays past and present in the learning commons<\/li>\n<li>February 2&#8211;March 30: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/vita\">Volunteer income tax assistance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 5, 6: Open house for 500 high school juniors and seniors and 125 middle school students<\/li>\n<li>February 12: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.leeward.hawaii.edu\/event\/spring_fair_9962#.XFo67tF7k2I\">Student entrepreneur spring fair<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 17: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.leeward.hawaii.edu\/event\/scholarship_brunch_2019#.XFo7AtF7k2I\">Culinary arts scholarship brunch<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 20: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.leeward.hawaii.edu\/event\/scholarship_brunch_2019#.XFo7AtF7k2I\">Culinary arts employment fair<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 26: SkillsUSA automotive competition<\/li>\n<li>February 26: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.leeward.hawaii.edu\/event\/digital_media_student_panel#.XFo7JdF7k2I\">Digital media student panel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kathleen Cabral<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90559\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-students.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-students.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leeward-cte-open-house-students-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exploring career options with a career coach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 500 Leeward and Central <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> middle school and high school students helped launch Career and Technical Education Month at Leeward Community College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[763,65,71],"class_list":["post-90386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-career-and-technical-education","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90386"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112745,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90386\/revisions\/112745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}