CRTC Compass Magazine

  CRTC MISSION: CAREER SUCCESS The CRTC mission is to prepare our students to become agile, lifelong learners, self-driven to continuously improve their skills, knowledge and professional traits to be successful in a demanding and rapidly evolving 21st century economy. CRTC VALUES: PERSONALIZED COLLEGE AND CAREER PLAN We support our students in developing a strategic approach to their high school education, working with them to identify strengths, talents, and potential college and career tracks, and collaborating with them to devise and implement a personalized, self-directed plan for their future. CRTC VISION: BE PREPARED TO STAND OUT As students strive to improve themselves and achieve their goals, they must clear many difficult hurdles. These endeavors center around a simple and universally competitive premise, “WHY SHOULD WE -- CHOOSE YOU?”    Why should we ACCEPT YOU to our 4-year, 2-year college or certificate program?    Why should we HIRE YOU for a particular career job or IND

  Making Recruitment Season a CRTC Family Affair COVID has complicated all our lives, forcing us to find new ways to adapt our old routines, and challenging us to explore new means of connecting and collaborating from a safe social distance. So as the CRTC begins its annual drive to recruit up to 450 new students, we are looking for some help from our CRTC family of students, alumni and their families in spreading the word throughout the nine school districts in our region. Because we are unable to hold traditional recruitment events, such as assemblies, tours and open houses, we are hoping to partner with our supporters to help take our message viral by spreading the word through their own social media connections.  Here are three things you can do today to help us out: Visit our Facebook page regularly and share relevant posts with friends, family and neighbors, especially those with freshman and sophomore students Tell your CRTC story in a short text or, better yet, video post on o

  Student’s Career Passions Find a Match in CRTC Emergency Services II Growing up, Olivia Anderson had a passion for helping people out. So when she heard about the CRTC Emergency Services program at the sophomore recruitment assembly, she went online to check it out. What she learned about the program intrigued and excited her, so she filled out her application and has never looked back. “I knew I was interested in this career field when I applied, but after taking that first year I was really hooked,” Olivia said. “This is the coolest thing I’ve ever done.” Olivia, a Concord High School student, started the Emergency Services I program in her junior year, where she earned three college credits in a Lakes Region Community College course (taught at the CRTC by an LRCC professor), participated in Concord Fire Department ride alongs, and earned her CPR/First Aid certification. As a senior, Olivia is taking Emergency Services II and participating in the CRTC+ program , which provides moti

  New CRTC Brochure Available Just In Time For Recruitment Season The new CRTC brochure was recently published and has been sent out to 2,700 families from the nine school districts sending students to our regional Career and Technical Education center.  This year’s brochure includes updated program information, new CRTC+ student profiles, and a new work-based learning page, and it will be an especially important marketing tool in a school year where face-to-face student recruitment will not be possible. “Because of COVID restrictions on in-person contact, it’s going to be a challenging year to recruit students into our center,” said CRTC Program Coordinator Kate Amrol. “So we will be relying on our brochure and our social media sites to help us to connect to interested freshman and sophomore students and their families.” The CRTC serves almost 700 students from nine Concord-area school districts, and offers 11 career pathway programs where students can earn industry credentials and c

  Meet Our Teachers:  John Hubbard, Construction Trades CRTC programs are a blend of rigorous academics and applied learning that provide students with the opportunity to explore their interests, talents and career ambitions. The lynchpin in these programs is the unique character of the CRTC teacher, who typically has years of industry experience before making the transition to the classroom.  Learn a little more about our Construction Trades teacher, John Hubbard, by reading this month’s CRTC Teacher Q & A . How long have you been a Career and Technical Education teacher? I’ve been teaching Construction Trades at the CRTC for 20 years, and for 9 years before that at the Huot Career and Technical Center in Laconia. What industry experience did you bring into the classroom with you? Before becoming a CTE teacher, I spent 14 years in the construction industry, starting as a laborer and working my way up to job superintendent. What excites you about being a CTE teacher? Introducing st

  Meeting The COVID Challenge: Bob McIntosh, Culinary & Pastry Arts COVID-19 has changed our lives in ways unimaginable just nine months ago. And as we navigate this new reality, the students, teachers and staff at the Concord Regional Technical Center have been stepping up and sorting out the changes and challenges of providing a hands-on, career-focused education in the midst of a hands-off educational environment. Chef Bob McIntosh has been teaching the Culinary & Pastry Arts program for 20 years. He says his students have remained eager to engage in in-person learning, despite the challenges and obstacles presented by shifting COVID restrictions across the nine school districts sending students to the CRTC. “The students are very motivated to be here,” Chef Mac said. “So they’ve made it work so that they could be here as much as possible, even when their home schools went fully remote or stopped offering bus transportation.” When the state shut down in March, CRTC teachers

  CRTC+ Experience: Two Students, One Career Passion, 33 College Credits Two CRTC students from two different CRTC programs are spending part of their senior year together taking welding classes at Manchester Community College, where they are on track to earn more than 30 college credits between them - before they graduate high school. Automotive Technology completer John Mazgelis (left in photo) and Construction Trades II student Josh Blye (right in photo) are part of the CRTC+ program, which allows motivated second year students and program completers to customize their schedules with on-campus college courses, robust internships and deep work-based learning experiences. “The CRTC+ program really helped me to have a more meaningful senior year,” said Josh Blye, a Concord High School student. “Instead of finishing up my high school credits taking a pottery class or something, I’m getting the chance to do something that’s really helping me to jumpstart my future.” Customized Senior Yea

From the Director's Desk: Welcome to the First edition of the CRTC Compass Magazine . You've become accustomed to receiving the Compass newsletter each week, but this communication has a different focus.  First and foremost, it is not about daily COVID challenges, which in itself should be a relief. Rather it is a series of stories about how the CRTC makes a difference in people's lives. Our goal is to target a number of stories for each edition that will provide some perspective on why CTE, and specifically the CRTC, is so vital an experience to a high school student’s trajectory. These are the stories we've been dying to tell this year.   In this issue, you will read how Chef Bob McIntosh, our Culinary & Pastry Arts teacher, has navigated COVID restrictions and challenges to safely provide his students with a robust, hands-on learning experience. There are a couple stories highlighting CRTC+ students having amazing senior year experiences, and you’ll read how the