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January 4, 2023Capital Region BOCES Earns National Workforce Development Award
Capital Region BOCES has received a $5,000 national award as a result if its efforts—and the efforts of its business, education and labor partners—to promote careers in construction to high school students.
The Career & Technical Education Center recently learned it has been awarded a $5,000 prize from The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and its Build Your Future (BYF) initiative.
The prize will be used to enhance program opportunities for the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education construction programs, which educate and train hundreds of students each year who go on to pursue a career in the construction industry.
Capital Region BOCES is one of more than 100 schools and education providers across the country to take the Build Your Future pledge in 2022; BOCES was joined by an education center in Northern Vermont, as well as two high school students in Oklahoma and North Carolina, as being recognized in December for their efforts.
By taking the pledge, Career & Technical Center administrators and faculty vowed to work with industry representatives to conduct events and educational offerings promoting the value of a construction education throughout the month of October, which is national Careers in Construction Month. Nearly two-dozen such events, ranging from demonstrations and training from the Upstate Masonry Institute to certification courses offered by from National Grid and Careers in Construction Month industry fair, were conducted.
BOCES not only hosted events on its Albany and Schoharie campuses, but reached thousands of parents, prospective students, current and prospective business partners and others through social media and traditional media outlets.
“We understand the need to build the construction industry workforce and value the work of our partners in offering great opportunities to our students,” said Nancy Liddle, senior business liaison for Capital Region. Thank you to our community and business partnerships for their expertise, knowledge and continued support in inspiring our next generation in the trades. This scholarship is a result of business partnership and education collaboration during the month of October and beyond.
