NEVADA WEEK

Nevada Week | Workforce for a New Nevada - Redefining Vocational

SEASON 1: EPISODE 23 | Airdate: 12/21/18

We used to call education and training for non-college degree jobs “vocational.” But the new era and its modernized workforce needs demand a higher level of education, skills and training. An expert panel of educators, economic leaders and employers discuss the shift to career and technical education, or CTE, and its relevance to closing labor market gaps and building our state’s economy.

Resources

• Vegas PBS: American Graduate Initiative
• Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance
• SouthEast Career Technical Academy
• Nevada Department of Education: Programs of Study
• Helix Electric
• Nevada Department of Education: Career and Technical Education
• UNLV Career Day
• JAG Nevada
• JAG-Nevada Students visit Tesla Gigafactory
• Terry Culp, Deputy Director at Nevada Industry Excellence
• Desert Rose Tech Center
• Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED)
• Nevada Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation (NVDETR)
• Steve Hill, President & COO at Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority - LVCVA

Episode Guests

• Victor Fuchs, President at Helix Electric
• Perry Ursem, Vice President - Business Retention and Expansion at Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance
• Kerry Larnderd, Director of South East Career and Technical Academy
• Jeannie Kuennen, Program Manager at Workforce Connections