According to the US Department of Education, students who complete career and technical (CTE) courses while in high school obtain higher median annual earnings than students that do not. “AG students are going to be much higher in continuing with their education than other fields,” says Jimmy Crosby, “because the …
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Major Salvatore Fiorella was the Career & Technical Education instructor and head of the JROTC program at Globe High School (GHS) when he was asked to teach a CVIT satellite course on drones. Drones are unmanned aircraft, regulated by the FAA, similar to manned aircraft. Although Major had a pilot’s …
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Mike O’Neal was recently named superintendent at the Cobre Valley Institute of Technology, but he’s been training for that position essentially all of his professional life, and working in that role since last year. O’Neal began with CVIT in 2017 as Executive Program Director and Principal, but when then-superintendent Pete …
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Thinking about a career in healthcare? A great place to start is by becoming a nursing assistant. CVIT offers a comprehensive Nursing Assistant course, specifically designed as an introduction to healthcare. During this one-year program, students learn medical terminology, medical dosages, and basic healthcare concepts; how to take a patient’s …
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Finding students who are so serious about their education that they work around obstacles and do the best they can, despite them, isn’t always easy. But Patrick Tarango is one such student. As a 15-year-old high school sophomore, he decided to take CVIT’s Nursing Assistant program. “At first, I wanted …
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The Cobre Valley Institute of Technology (CVIT) not only provides job training for high school students in the rural areas of eastern Arizona, but also gives them tools to deal with life beyond the classroom. From agriculture to health care, CVIT offers career and technical education programs to enhance the …
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