Tells Board he appreciates cooperation he is receiving in adding new courses
The Verde Valley Academy for Technical Education superintendent, Bob Weir, expressed his appreciation at the September Governing Board meeting to Yavapai Community College for the cooperation he is receiving from its staff.
Weir said that there is now concurrent enrollment in the VACTE medical assistance program, culinary arts program and welding program. These were all new concurrent enrollment programs with the College and are available to all high school students in the JTED District, which covers the Verde Valley.
Enrollment so far includes 12 students in the medical assistance program, who eventually will take nine classes through Yavapai College. There are seven students from Mingus and six students from Sedona Red Rock high school enrolled in the culinary arts program. VACTE did not market the culinary arts program to Camp Verde because it has its own dual enrollment program with Yavapai College. The welding program has eight students mixed in with adults in the night program.
Weir also told the Board that VACTE has created a five-year strategic plan and hopes to have an independent CTE facility jointly with the College in the next five years.
You may view the three-minute report by Superintendent Weir to the Governing Board in full by clicking on the video below. (Note the speaker’s microphone was not turned on for about the first 45 seconds. You can turn the volume up on your computer and then hear the report as picked up by other microphones in the room until the speaker’s was activated.)