Lake Worth ISD CTE

LWISD Career & Technical Education 🚓🛠🚜🍽⚖📸🔬🎥🏗🍎🔎⚙Where School Meets Life 🐸

[Burleson FFA @BurlesonFFA]

Welcome back students. Mr. Manning and Ms. Greaney are looking forward to an amazing 2019-2020 school year. #bhsmakingconnections

[Advance CTE @CTEWorks]

#CTEFridayFact Learners indicated that their participation in a program of study made them more likely to focus on their studies and know where they were headed (80 percent) throughout and after high school. https://t.co/w6gEAgVlJf #CTE #CTEWorks

[Advance CTE @CTEWorks]

To expand access to high-quality #CTE programs states must target their investments of resources & funds to the communities that are most in need. Read strategies state leaders are using to expand #CTE opportunities for each learner.https://t.co/LKSNwD6Fd6 @CCSSO @Edstrategygroup

[Advance CTE @CTEWorks]

Do you support #CTE? Tell Congress you want to double the investment in Career Technical Education — learning that works for America. https://t.co/IXCBT6765A #ISupportCTE

[Lake Worth ISD CTE @LWISD_CTE]

93% students in CTE, graduate, outperforming 80% nat'l grad rate.

75% HS students in CTE pursue postsecondary studies.

81% of students who didn't finish HS say relevant, real world learning would've kept them in school.

Career Readiness Pathways:Fuel Ed Solution; March 2017.

[Lake Worth ISD CTE @LWISD_CTE]

#CTEinLWISD @LWISD_CTE

[Advance CTE @CTEWorks]

Almost half of employers in the U.S. cite difficulty finding skilled talent, and many of the hardest-to-fill positions are in technical fields. #CTE can fill that gap. https://t.co/IXCBT6765A #ISupportCTE

[Lake Worth ISD CTE @LWISD_CTE]

.@lakeworthffa #FFA award banquet tonight. Great success this year! @LWISD_CTE @LakeWorthISD

[Advance CTE @CTEWorks]

#CTEFridayFact: 70% of #CTE learners reported that their program of study helped them get better grades. (via @NRCCTE https://t.co/w6gEAgVlJf) #CTEWorks

[Lake Worth ISD CTE @LWISD_CTE]

.@LWISD_CTE welding students learning from local partner Integrated Machine Solutions about welding /manufacturing and needed trade jobs and skills. @LakeWorthISD @LakeWorthHS #CTE #workforce

[Lake Worth ISD CTE @LWISD_CTE]

.@LWISD_CTE students at Costruction Education Foundation day. Networking with DFW contractors. @LakeWorthHS @LakeWorthISD #construction #welding

[Lake Worth ISD @LakeWorthISD]

Diego awarded a $2500 scholarship.
Gas Metal Arc Welding (Gmaw) Certification:
Billy Banks, Assak Garcia, Fernando Parendes, Erick Molina, Diego Rosas, Erick Trejo, Ariel Torres. Go Bullfrogs! #LWISD

[Lake Worth ISD @LakeWorthISD]

Placing in SMAW
Erick Trejo -1st place three pass weld, Diego Rosas-2nd place three pass weld. Erick Trejo was named Grand Champion SMAW weld of the entire contest and awarded a $500 custom belt buckle plus a $10000 scholarship,

[Lake Worth ISD @LakeWorthISD]

#LWISD results for the #AmericanWeldingSocietyCertification and competed in the states largest single welding cert. #WichitaFallsISD CTE Weld-off. The results are: Shielded Metal Arc Welding-300 welders Certification: Billy B., Assak G., Nathan S., Diego R., Erick T., Ariel T.

[SkillsUSA @SkillsUSA]

The country needs highly-trained employees in both technical and employability skills to begin to bridge the skilled labor gap. There has never been a better time to be skilled in America and we believe there has never been a better time to be involved in CTE and SkillsUSA. #CTE

[SkillsUSA @SkillsUSA]

April is #NationalWeldingMonth!

Did you know a highly skilled welder can earn the salary of a doctor or a lawyer? Welding is one of the very few skills that can earn you a six-figure income without a college degree.

[Advance CTE @CTEWorks]

Nearly 60% of companies lack qualified applicants for open jobs, costing them up to $800K a year. https://t.co/IXCBT6765A #ISupportCTE

[Lake Worth ISD CTE @LWISD_CTE]

Puerto Rican night at the Bistro. #TresLeche @LWISD_CTE @LakeWorthISD @LakeWorthHS

[Advance CTE @CTEWorks]

#CTEFridayFact Learners in Career Technical Education are far less likely to drop out of high school — saving the economy an estimated $168 billion each year. https://t.co/IXCBT6765A #ISupportCTE #CTE

[Kimberly Green @KGreen0922]

Did you know that over 90% of students in #DualEnrollment earn college credit and 30% earn an associate degree with their HS diploma? See @EdTrust and @CollegeinHS fact sheet: https://t.co/47HSCqcMUX

[Kimberly Green @KGreen0922]

More high-school students are turning to vocational training programs likely to lead to available jobs https://t.co/nOPOnJR1zn via @WSJ (...but let's call it #CareerTechEd instead, ok? and stop positioning CTE against college.)