{"id":37127,"date":"2022-02-14T20:13:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T01:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=37127"},"modified":"2022-02-15T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:17:15","slug":"new-industry-grant-supports-skillsusa-chapter-at-myers-education-center-saratoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2022\/02\/new-industry-grant-supports-skillsusa-chapter-at-myers-education-center-saratoga\/","title":{"rendered":"New Industry Grant Supports SkillsUSA Chapter At Myers Education Center, Saratoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37128\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/02\/skillsusa-hc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/02\/skillsusa-hc.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/02\/skillsusa-hc-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/02\/skillsusa-hc-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The F. Donald Myers Education Center in Saratoga Springs recently received a SkillsUSA educational grant through its longtime partnership with Lowe\u2019s Home Improvement.<br \/>Courtesy SkillsUSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SkillsUSA has awarded a grant to the SkillsUSA chapter at the F. Donald Myers Education Center in Saratoga Springs, thanks to its longtime partnership with Lowe\u2019s Home Improvement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SkillsUSA and Lowe\u2019s have teamed up for 16 years to support career and technical education (CTE) classrooms across the nation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The new Lowe\u2019s grants provide eligible SkillsUSA chapters with additional programming resources including tools and equipment and construction materials for students\u2019 hands-on learning projects, officials said. The support can also be used for materials and supplies for local community service projects SkillsUSA chapters would like to conduct but need additional support to launch.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Each eligible school applied for a grant up to $15,000. Schools are asked to focus on outcomes and the quantifiable impact data of their projects. The grants are intended for construction trades programs to prepare our future skilled workforce, as well as for lab improvements or community service.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The grant obtained by the SkillsUSA chapter at the F. Donald Myers Education Center will be used to provide the HVAC lab with upgrades and state of the art industry equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis amazing opportunity through Lowe\u2019s provides our SkillsUSA chapters with more resources to support CTE and hands-on learning. All SkillsUSA projects are student-led and center around the development of personal skills, workplace skills and technical skills grounded in academics through the SkillsUSA Framework, so every member has an opportunity for career success,\u201d said SkillsUSA executive director Chelle Travis. \u201cThese grants remove financial barriers to excellence and ensure that SkillsUSA chapters have quality resources for the betterment of our CTE programs and projects.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span>\u201cThe Saratoga Housing market, not unlike other places in our country, has encountered a severe shortage of skilled trade workers,\u201d said<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>said Michele Morris, SKillsUSA chapter advisor at the F. Donald Myers Education Center. \u201cOur CTE programs work closely with our community businesses through internships\/work placements to ensure that classroom instruction combined with work placements make for the right employee within the right company.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEquipment that is used in the industry must match that which is being used in the classroom. HVAC equipment is often expensive to obtain and upgrade, thereby grants of this nature allow us to upgrade our classroom tools and equipment using the newest technology. This allows us to serve both students and the community to the best of our ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A total of 43 SkillsUSA chapters in 22 states were awarded grants.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SkillsUSA is a nonprofit partnership of education and industry founded in 1965 to strengthen our nation\u2019s skilled workforce. Driven by employer demand, SkillsUSA helps students develop necessary personal and workplace skills along with technical skills grounded in academics.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Through SkillsUSA\u2019s championships program and curricula, employers ensure schools are teaching relevant technical skills, and with SkillsUSA\u2019s new credentialing process, they can now assess how ready potential employees are for the job.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SkillsUSA has members nationwide in high schools, colleges and middle schools, covering over 130 trade, technical and skilled service occupations, and is recognized by the U.S. departments of Education and Labor as integral to career and technical education<\/p>\n<p>For more information: www.skillsusa.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SkillsUSA has awarded a grant to the SkillsUSA chapter at the F. Donald Myers Education Center in Saratoga Springs, thanks to its longtime partnership with Lowe\u2019s Home Improvement.\u00a0 SkillsUSA and Lowe\u2019s have teamed up for 16 years to support career and technical education (CTE) classrooms across the nation.\u00a0 The new Lowe\u2019s grants provide eligible SkillsUSA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":37128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>New Industry Grant Supports SkillsUSA Chapter At Myers Education Center, Saratoga - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2022\/02\/new-industry-grant-supports-skillsusa-chapter-at-myers-education-center-saratoga\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Industry Grant Supports SkillsUSA Chapter At Myers Education Center, Saratoga - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SkillsUSA has awarded a grant to the SkillsUSA chapter at the F. 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