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This week’s top highlights…

CTE – Education at Work, Part 3: Hands-on experience giving youth a leg-up on adulthood

Editors note:As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell. This is part…

19 Sep 2024

CTE – Education at Work, Part 3: Hands-on experience giving youth a leg-up on adulthood

Editors note:As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell. This is part…

19 Sep 2024

CTE – Education at Work, Part 3.2: Youth talent making up where top industries lack

Editors note:As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell. This is part…

19 Sep 2024

CTE – Education at Work, Part 3.2: Youth talent making up where top industries lack

Editors note:As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell. This is part…

19 Sep 2024

Creswell’s Kathi Holst earns Lane Regional Teacher of the Year

CRESWELL — A Creswell Middle School teacher was greeted with a surprise of her life on Wednesday, Sept. 18, after walking into a hush-hush all-assembly announcing Kathryn “Kathi” Holst as…

19 Sep 2024

Creswell’s Kathi Holst earns Lane Regional Teacher of the Year

CRESWELL — A Creswell Middle School teacher was greeted with a surprise of her life on Wednesday, Sept. 18, after walking into a hush-hush all-assembly announcing Kathryn “Kathi” Holst as…

19 Sep 2024

Cottage Grove HS principal placed on paid leave

COTTAGE GROVE — Kevin Herington, Cottage Grove High School principal, was placed on paid administrative leave last week, with South Lane School District citing “personal circumstances,” in a letter addressed…

19 Sep 2024

Cottage Grove HS principal placed on paid leave

19 Sep 2024

Romeo’s big show: Festival celebrating ‘World’s Largest Steer’ is Saturday

CRESWELL — The world’s tallest steer was announced on May 22 this year as Romeo, a 6-4 ½ Holstein, and now he has a festival in his name. Romeo joined…

19 Sep 2024

Romeo’s big show: Festival celebrating ‘World’s Largest Steer’ is Saturday

CRESWELL — The world’s tallest steer was announced on May 22 this year as Romeo, a 6-4 ½ Holstein, and now he has a festival in his name. Romeo joined…

19 Sep 2024

CTE – Education at Work, Part 2: CTE teachers make a living while making a difference

From top left: Mark Simmons, Springfield High School’s Automotive teacher in his on campus shop … Al Kennedy instructor preparing students for honey harvesting in the Agriculture program. … Amanda Hoggard the Creswell High School teacher for both the Business and Early Childhood Education … Polly Khol, Thurston High School’s manufacturing and welding teacher. … At left, Joanna Holley, Peyton White and Angela White, agriculture and CTE program leader, working in Pleasant Hill’s on-campus greenhouse.

There doesn’t seem to be one perfect path to becoming a CTE teacher, but Lane County teachers have a passion for helping students become career-ready and a drive to make successful programs.

Naturally, there are different barriers for each school, whether it is the cost of CTE certifications, overfull classes, or business connections, but the consensus from educators across the county is that the community needs to recognize the benefits of CTE classes and start engaging with them.

In Mark Simmons’ classroom, there are at least 10 different cars, many with the hood up or on a lift. Multi-drawer tool boxes line the walls, flags with different mechanical brands decorate the area, and you can smell oil and rubber.

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