Pipeline AZ and Pima Joint Technical Education District (JTED) are introducing a platform for students to explore employment opportunities within their fields of interest.
The launch aims to make career development opportunities more accessible for Pima County residents, boost individual student success and answer the employment needs of Southern Arizona’s economy.
The career ecosystem is guided by professionals from local businesses to ensure that students are entering the job market with relevant skills and have developed a career pathway, the organizations said in a news release.
It will promote skills development opportunities for industries such as construction, health care and computer science.
Key features of the new platform include:
• Connecting alumni with employers, and matching alumni to employment opportunities and on-the-job learning experiences, including internships and work-based learning opportunities.
• Helping young professionals who complete JTED easily transfer to the JTED alumni network with its K-12 Student Profile, featuring skills, certifications and licenses for job matching.
• Enabling Pima County employers to search for and connect with Pima JTED candidates.
Electric food carts in Vail
Vail Unified School District now has electric food carts at three of its high school campuses, in partnership with the district’s food service provider Aramark Student Nutrition.
The fully electric food carts are meant to help serve meals to students, flexibly.
The three Godega food carts are at Mica Mountain High School, Cienega High School and Andrada High School.
Students can receive a full, reimbursable lunch and snack bar item from the Godega during school hours. All meals are part of the nutritional program and are Smart Snack compliant.
Sahuaro hosts guitar festival
Sahuaro High School hosted the First TUSD Guitar Festival on Monday.
The one-day festival offered hands-on workshops for Tucson students from 11 schools, culminating in a concert Monday night.
The event was hosted by Sahuaro faculty and Philip Hemmo (former professor of guitar, University of Arizona, Pima Community College and Northern Arizona University, and featured workshops with Martha Masters (professor of guitar, Arizona State University), Charles Hulihan (professor of guitar, Glendale Community College) and Michael Lich (professor of guitar, PCC).
Altar Valley board vacancy
The Altar Valley Elementary School District has a vacancy on its governing board with the resignation of Robert Ethridge.
Under state law, the board may submit up to three names to the Pima County school superintendent, Dustin J. Williams, who will appoint a member to fill the vacancy but is not required to choose from that list.
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Candidates who would like to be considered must submit an affidavit of qualification and a candidate appointment questionnaire to the County School Superintendent’s Office by 5 p.m. on March 20. The application packet can be found at schools.pima.gov/elections.
The term runs though Dec. 31 and the seat will be on the November general election ballot.
