MIJTED reports receiving more than 9,000 post-secondary credits from Yavapai College in last six years
It was reported in the Daily Courier on December 29 that the Mountain Institute JTED (Joint Technical Education District) has received more than 9,000 post-secondary credits at Yavapai College. Those college credits were awarded over the past six years. It also issued more than 1,600 third-party industry certifications.
There is nothing comparable to this in terms of numbers of College credits from Yavapai College for CTE training being awarded on the East side of the County.
The MIJTED states that its mission and vision is to provide the highest quality of career and technical education to students in western Yavapai County as well as get them trained, certified, and hired in the workforce. You may read the entire story by clicking here.
The largest benefit to MIJTED students is no doubt the construction of the Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) by Yavapai Community College at the Prescott airport. So far, the College has invested around $20 million in taxpayer dollars and grants into that facility. East County residents were not involved in the decision to locate the campus at its present location when the decision was made in 2007.
Unfortunately, the CTEC facility is not available to high school students on the East side of the County. It is also challenging to access it by non high school students on the East side of the County. The facility was built essentially for Prescott and Prescott Valley residents using tax money from throughout the County. The lack of access by East County residents has not troubled the College, which does not run any transportation from the East side of the County to CTEC. It has likewise made no similar investment in CTE training for residents living in the East part of the County.