Expresses hope that there will be a CTE facility built by the College that will work closely with him and his programs in the not too distant future
Bob Wier
Mr. Bob Wier, the superintendent for the Valley Academy Career and Technology Education program in the Verde Valley, reported to the Governing Board at its October meeting on the progress he was making on cooperatively developing Career and Technical Education programs at his Cottonwood facility with Yavapai College.
Recall that Mr. Wier’s east county 8,000 square foot facility is paid for by East County taxpayers as a part of their annual property tax bill. Also recall that the west side of the County has a similar CTE program plus the state-of-the-art 105,000 square foot CTE facility built and run by the College at the Prescott airport. The College works closely with the east County Mountain Institute and has trained thousands of its high school students. (Not one high school student from west side of County has been trained there.)
It is hoped that in the not too distant future that the College will construct a facility similar (but not as large) as the one at the Prescott airport and join hands with Bob Wier’s programs in its operation. The Mountain Institute CTE program, on the west side of the County , has developed a close working relationship with the College and actually offices at the College’s CTE facility at the Prescott airport.
Mr. Wier reported that he is starting a cooperative construction program with the College in the fall. Students will have paid internships. He has doubled enrollment in culinary training at the College’s Sedona Center.
Mr. Wier also reported that the superintendents on the east side of the County are working together cooperatively on a number of CTE projects. You may view his report to the Board on the video below.