Director Spotlight: CTE Competitions Report

27 March 2017

CTE Competitions Report

By CRTC Director Steve Rothenberg

Over the past few weeks, CRTC students from many of our programs have competed in statewide competitions.  It’s been an energizing ride with students pushing themselves to strive for professional excellence.  We’ve done well!

This past Saturday, our Teacher Prep students competed against 85 or so other students from seven different high schools at the Educators Rising Competition.  Our students excelled and placed: Children’s Literature K-3 (1st), Creative Lecture, Ethical Dilemma and Impromptu Lesson (1st).  

CRTC students also competed statewide at SkillsUSA NH events in Cosmetology, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Automotive Technology, and Graphic Design; at HOSA competitions in Health Science; and at Prostart Culinary Competitions.  About 12 CRTC students will be traveling to Orlando, Louisville, or Phoenix in late June to compete nationally, two will also go as statewide officers, and two teachers will go as state advisors.  These organizations, Educators Rising, SkillsUSA, ProStart, and HOSA are considered CTSO’s - Career and Technical Student Organizations.  They are national organizations with state chapters and essential components of the overall CTE experience.

In addition to CTSO’s, there is First Robotics, an international high school robotics competition that gives students real-world engineering experience.  A handful of our Computer Engineering/IT students were members of the larger CHS student team in the First Robotics Competition at Bedford High School, also on Saturday.  The team is particularly strong this year and expectations to reach the regional championship is particularly high.  The energy in the packed Bedford High gym was crazed, including a large Concord contingent.  Our team consists of a pit crew, drivers, and more.  The pride of our robot is a rigged device call a gypsy that lifted the entire robot up a rope.

Lastly, if you’re interested in seeing the scope of these competitions and the type of feedback received by students, check out this video

(turn the volume up) of professional chefs giving feedback to our ProStart competitors.  It’s as authentic as it gets!

We congratulate all students who competed and wish everyone the best as competitions continue.