CTE Month: HVAC/Renewable Energy
In an industrialized society, HVAC is literally everywhere. HVAC—or Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning—refers to all those ducts behind walls that heat, cool and ventilate many of our homes and businesses, even our vehicles. One might wonder, where would we be...Students go to work at RA
Students at Rensselaer Academy have a new tool at their disposal to learn life and career skills and prepare themselves for life after school. RA’s Practical Assessment Exploration System (PAES) Lab began in December, and since then, students have had several chances...CTE Month: Media Communications
Media Communications is one of the newest Career & Technical Education programs offered by Questar III. Based in the media lab at Catskill High School and taught by Virginia LuPone, the program was launched for the 2015-2016 school year. It may be new but it is...Culinary Arts students get a critique
Seniors in the Culinary Arts program at Rensselaer Educational Center in Troy had a special guest visit their class February 3. Arts writer Steve Barnes of the Times Union’s “Tablehopping” blog came to the school to taste students’ dishes and give them a glimpse into...Consultant Cmtes. meet in Hudson
Professionals from throughout Rensselaer, Columbia, and Greene Counties came together at Columbia-Greene Educational Center January 27 for Questar III’s annual CTE Consultant Committee Breakfast. Each program has a committee made up of professionals currently working...CTE Spotlight: Aviation Maintenance
Aviation Maintenance Technology is a relatively new Career & Technical Education (CTE) program at Questar III—one of two State Education Department-approved programs to be added since 2010—and it has consistently drawn in students from school districts across the...Students work in the community
Students in Cindy Burola’s AIM (Achieving Individual Milestones) class at Columbia High School have the chance to spend one or two days a week working in the community at Price Chopper in East Greenbush and the East Greenbush Public Library. Burola says the goal of...Town Super visits Sackett
Students at Sackett Educational Center got the chance to learn a little about politics from a professional. Schodack Town Supervisor Dennis Dowds visited the school January 25 to give the students some insight into the world of government. Sackett Student Council...Assisting districts with GASB45
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is an independent organization that establishes and improves standards of accounting and financial reporting for state and local governments. GASB Statement No.45 is the guidance from GASB relating to accounting and...Recent News
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