CareerTech teacher salaries analyzed
The Tulsa World recently analyzed average pay for Oklahoma CareerTech instructors and compiled salaries in a searchable database.
Technology center instructor base salaries increased by almost 5% from 2023 to 2024, the newspaper reported. Tech center salaries are generally determined by the local boards. Raises were part of an education package manadated by the state legislature in 2023.
Read more and search the database on the Tulsa World website.
Oklahoma CareerTech is a workforce solution
Oklahoma CareerTech stands at the forefront of workforce training, providing skills employers need.
A new video showcases how CareerTech connects students and employers in Oklahoma.
Pontotoc Tech receives federal funds
Pontotoc Technology Center in Ada has received $4.5 million in federal funds.
The money comes from the 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill.
Pontotoc Tech administrators said the money will help renovate and expand the health care wing and build a helipad.
Read more on the KTEN News website.
Great Plains instructor named Chickasaw Nation Dynamic Woman of the Year
Nancy Howell, an emergency medical technician and firefighter instructor at Great Plains Technology Center, was recently named Chickasaw Nation Dynamic Woman of the Year.
Howell began teaching EMT training in 1992 and eight years later was instrumental in developing the EMT and firefighter course taught in Oklahoma’s technology centers. She also coordinates emergency service training for manufacturers in GPTC’s area.
Read more on the Chickasaw Nation website.
Video showcases CTSO Day at the Capitol
Seventy-five Oklahoma CareerTech students gathered in February at the state Capitol to talk to legislators about how career and technology education helps students prepare for careers and college.
Leaders of CareerTech student organizations -- FFA, FCCLA, TSA, HOSA, BPA, SkillsUSA and DECA -- talked to lawmakers about their experiences.
Listen to what they had to say in a new video on the Oklahoma CareerTech YouTube channel.
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