CareerTEC Return to Learn 2021

Jody Ackerman, Bookkeeper

Copying Fees

If the requested records are 50 pages, or less, in length, the pages will be copied and mailed to the requester. If the records exceed 50 pages, each additional copy will cost 15 cents per page.

Operating Budget

The total amount of CareerTEC operating budget for FY22 is $1,098,639

CareerTEC has 2 office locations

2037 W. Galena Ave.

Freeport  IL 61032

St. John’s Church

101 S. Park Blvd.

Freeport  IL

Number of employees

 7 full-time & 2 part-time

CareerTEC Board of Control

Jason Grey

Kurt Albertstett

Anna Alvarado

Jeff Milburn

Carl Carlson

Brian Greene

August 5th Budget Hearing Minutes

August 5th Board Minutes

Construction Trades

August/September 2021

Our Construction Trades students look to be a promising group based on what I have witnessed the first three weeks of school.  We started the first four days of school working at the present construction site on Factory St. The students built four work horses we will be needing for our future work. I was very impressed at the quality of their work and how well they all worked together in various groups. Our year 2 students put together the new mechanical bed for the HOYA class.

For the last week and a half we have been in the classroom at St. John's working on OSHA 10. The students should all be ready for their final test the end of next week. We all look forward to getting back to work over at Factory Street . 

The Illinois State Board of Education has produced the 52-page Career Guide for the 2021-2022 school year, meant to better educate students, parents, teachers and counselors on various career paths available to students right here in Illinois.

Purchase Career Guides for you school today!

Agenda 9-9-2021 CareerTEC Board Meeting

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Culinary start to the new year

August/September 2021

Culinary Occupations is in the process of preparing students for the nationally recognized Certified Professional Food Manager exam, an accreditation which opens many doors within the food service industry and beyond. Students are also practicing and developing their knife skills. Next week, students will begin learning about cooking methods, including saute, roast, grill, braise, and deep fry.

HOYA II

August/September 2021

We were so excited to have had a few moments relief from the wonderful hot weather on our first day of class.  Believe it or not, we had a great snowball fight.  Each student wrote 2-3 interesting facts about themselves on a piece of paper, made “snowballs” by crunching them together. After everyone threw the snowballs for several minutes in the classroom we then had to guess which person the snowball belonged to.  We learned a lot about each other.  

Students also put their first “donation” to our Positivity Treasure Bin.  This is the polar opposite of a swear jar. Students will add something positive that happened during their day at least bi-monthly and we will review these at the end of each semester. In the past few years, especially, it is too easy to emphasize the negatives in the daily grind and this is a way to “choose your attitude” and find  goodness in our lives.

Every month beginning the first week of October students will be working on educating others about different disease processes and health concerns by researching and presenting their chosen topics via a physical bulletin board and via a Google slides presentation.  The group project will enhance teamwork, communication, and time management.  Breast Cancer Awareness is the first topic.  

In the next 2 weeks we will focus on some health and wellness, self-care activities to help minimize the stress of a chaotic senior year. There will be a personalized self-care challenge.  The tactics they learn will be things that the students will be able to utilize throughout their lives.