The Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools recently published its first issue of The Prairie Career Advocate, and in it, featured Geneseo High School's Career and Technical Education Center.
It includes the following excerpt:
"[The] district and community reaffirmed their deep commitment to the personal and professional success of students by mobilizing resources to establish their own Career and Technical Education Center.
"At a time when most rural districts in Illinois are struggling to offer more than one or two traditional vocational classes, Geneseo was able to create a coalition of supporters and actors to build a new CTE building, expand CTE participation to 300 students, out of the 800 that attend the high school, and set up nationally recognized apprenticeship programs, to name a few accomplishments.
"While there are certainly elements of the story in Geneseo that are unique to the people and assets of that place, sharing the journey of how they came to construct this exemplary program will nonetheless prove informative for all small and rural districts."
Read the full story now by visiting airssedu.org or clicking on the below image.
