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JTED now home to 100,000 success stories
Superintendent/CEO Kathy Prather reflects on the milestone of having the 100,000th student becoming a JTED alumni this year and what it means to our local economy in The Arizona Daily Star.
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Pima JTED starts 2021 semester with online-only learning and new programs
KGUN 9 reporter Megan Meier interviews Superintendent Kathy Prather about how Pima JTED is working during the pandemic and offering new programs for the new 2021 school year.
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Building Tucson Businesses: Pima County JTED supports students, employers
“This column is for every high school student within reading distance,” writes Arizona Daily Star reporter Ken Cook.
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Fall tech camp aims to expose eight, ninth grade students to more career pathways
KGUN 9’s Veronica Acosta reports on JTED’s Fall Tech Camp, an opportunity for students to learn about career pathways in health care, engineering, culinary arts and much more.
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Pima JTED creates job board on Facebook in place of cancelled job fair
KGUN 9’s Taja Davis interviews our Health Care Professions Program Manager Beth Francis, R.N. about an innovative way to connect our local health care partners who are recruiting with our current and former students.
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Hot home market builds construction jobs
KGUN 9 reporter Craig Smith interviews Pima JTED’s Construction Technologies instructor Craig Bal about the current high demand for skilled workers in the construction industry, and how much money JTED students can earn right out of high school.
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JTED creates new drone program for fall
KGUN 9 reporter Veronika Vernachio speaks to Mary Darling, owner of Darling Geomatics, about the need for drone pilots in numerous industries.
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State’s Medicaid program, insurers working to address shortage of care givers
Arizona Daily Star reporter Carmen Duarte takes a look at how industry and educators are working together to solve the shortage of home health care workers, including interviews with our Health Care Program Manager Beth Francis, R.N. and HCF instructor Brittany Marcello.
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JTED program prepares next generation of first responders
KGUN 9 reporter Veronika Vernachio investigates how high school students are preparing themselves for careers in law enforcement, the legal field, and much more.
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Pima JTED healthcare programs win award for techniques, tools used to teach students
KGUN 9 reporter Veronica Acosta examines the ingenious tools we use to teach compassionate care to our health care students, and why this program won this year’s prestigious ASBA Golden Bell Award.
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Building a bright future at Construction Career Days
Tucson Local Media’s Jeff Gardner reports on how students and industry have discovered a win-win situation at the Southern Arizona Construction and Career Days event held annually at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds.
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Firearms training system now available at Walden Grove High School
Sahuarita Sun reporter Kim Smith interviews several Walden Grove High School Law, Public Safety, and Safety students in instructor Doug Hansen’s class about a new simulator the class obtained. It’s the same one that police officers use for training in shoot/don’t shoot scenarios.
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Desert View skilled trades program, teacher win national honor
KOLD News 13 reports: Cesar Gutierrez, the precision manufacturing teacher at Desert View High School, was one of three first-place winners of the 2019 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. He was surprised with a check for $100,000 during an assembly at the school on Thursday, Oct. 24.
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Go JTED!
Features our Physical Therapy Tech, Medical Assistant, Cosmetology, Animation, and Fire Service program.
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Gift to JTED aimed at giving Tucson graduates an edge in the job market
The Arizona Daily Star’s Johanna Eubank reports on Ross Potoff’s recent contribution of $1 million to benefit Pima JTED students who are earning industry certifications and licenses to enter the workforce free of student debt.
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$1 Million donated to Pima County’s JTED program
KVOA’s Kylie Warren reports on Potoff Private Philanthropy’s gift of $1 million to the Pima JTED Foundation.
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Pima JTED students learn veterinary skills through program
KGUN 9 reporter Veronica Acosta interviews our Veterinary Assistant student Kaiya Davis and shares how JTED is helping students enter Veterinary careers.
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JTED’s big dream made possible by Rotary Club of Tucson
Arizona Daily Star reporter Johanna Eubank reports on how the Rotary Club of Tucson is helping JTED through it’s Dream Big: Make a Difference in our Community Grant of $250,000
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Biotechnology: Classroom to Career
Tucson Local Media reporter Jeff Gardner takes a closer look at how our Biotechnology programs at Ironwood High School and Pueblo High School are preparing a skilled workforce for local industry.
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JTED Cosmetology Alumna Spotlight: Macy Wallace
Voyage Phoenix profiles the success of Cutting Class JTED Academy of Cosmetology student Macy Wallace and her career at Gadabout Salons.
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New career-and-technical high school planned for Tucson
Arizona Daily Star reporter Brenna Bailey reports on our new JTED Innovative Learning Campus being constructed at I-10 and Park at the Bridges.
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Construction jobs rising at the fastest pace in more than a decade across Arizona
KGUN 9 reporter Ivan Rodriguez interviews our Construction Instructor and Internship Coordinator about the construction worker shortage crisis hitting Arizona.
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Career tech programs are building the future workforce
KGUN 9 Reporter Natalie Tarangioli reports on two new CTE programs that will be available to high school students, and how we’re doing our part to offset our nation’s shortage of skilled workers.