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Vocational-Technical Schools

Vocational-Technical schools, or Vo-Techs, prepare adolescents and adults to enter the labor market through a combination of academic, technological and specialty training. In New Jersey, vocational-technical education is delivered on a county-wide basis.

For the adolescent, a Vo-Tech is a public secondary school with emphasis on career preparation. Vo-Techs offer students an alternative to the traditional comprehensive high school. Generally, students and parents decide whether to attend a comprehensive high school or a Vo-Tech when the student is in the 7th or 8th grade. However, a transfer from a comprehensive high school can be made right up to the 10th grade year. Upon graduation, students from vocational-technical schools receive a state endorsed high school diploma and a certificate of competency in their career area.

For the adult learner, Vo-Techs offer a wide variety of adult education and career programs, both full and part-time, in the areas of technology, culinary arts, nursing and healthcare, building trades, and much more.

To learn about course offerings, registration, costs, and financial aid, browse through the following listing of county vocational-technical schools.

Atlantic County Vocational Technical School
Phone: (609) 625-2249
www.acvts.org
          Mr. Ronald Kollman
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Atlantic County Vocational Technical School
          5080 Atlantic Avenue
          Mays Landing, NJ 08330
          Phone: (609) 625-2249 x 1209
          Fax: (609) 625-8622

Bergen County Technical School
Phone: (201) 225-1760
www.bergen.org
          Mr. Michael Ryan
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Bergen County Technical School at Paramus
          E. 285 Pascack Road
          Paramus, NJ 07652
          Phone: (201) 343-6000 x 4605
          Fax: (201) 498-0423
          Email: micrya@bergen.org

Burlington County Institute of Technology
Phone: (609) 267-4226
www.bcit.cc
          Mr. John Karaska
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Burlington County Institute of Technology
          10 Hawkins Road
          Medford, NJ 08055
          Phone: (609) 654-0200 x 544
          Fax: (609) 654-2698
          Email: jkaraska@bcit.cc

Camden County Technical Schools
Phone: (856) 767-7000
www.ccts.tec.nj.us
          Mr. John E. Moore, Jr.
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Camden County Technical Schools
          343 Berlin-Cross Keys Road
          Sicklerville, NJ 08081
          Phone: (856) 767-7000 x 5299
          Fax: (856) 767-6625
          Email: jmoore@ccts.tec.nj.us

Cape May County Technical School District
Phone: (609) 465-2161
www.capemaytech.com
          Ms. D. Bonnie Lawrie-Higgins
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Cape May County Technical School
          188 Crest Haven Road
          Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
          Phone: (609) 465-2161 x 670
          Fax: (609) 465-4399

Cumberland County Technical Education Center
Phone: (856) 451-9000
www.cumberland.tec.nj.us
          Mr. Melvin Camp
          Cumberland County Technical Education Center
          601 Bridgeton Road
          Bridgeton, NJ 08302
          Phone: (856) 451-9000 x 258
          Fax: (856) 451-8487

Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
Phone: (973) 228-0377
www.essextech.org
          Mr. Edward Logue
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
          91 West Market Street
          Newark, NJ 07103
          Phone: (973) 395-8554
          Fax: (973) 623-2010

Gloucester County Institute of Technology
Phone: (856) 468-1445
www.gcit.org
          Mr. Maurice "Mike" Keegan
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Gloucester County Institute of Technology
          Tanyard Road
          P.O. Box 800
          Sewell, NJ 08080
          Phone: (856) 468-1445 x 2516
          Fax: (856) 468-7536

Hudson County Schools of Technology
Phone: (201) 854-6800
www.hcstonline.org
          Mr. Joseph Mantineo
          School-to-Work Coordinator
          Hudson County Schools of Technology
          8511 Tonnelle Avenue
          North Bergen, NJ 07047
          Phone: (201) 854-2398
          Fax: (201) 854-4632
          Email: jmantine@hcstonline.org

Hunterdon County Polytech
Phone: (908) 788-1119
www.hcpolytech.org
          Ms. Kim Metz
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Hunterdon County Polytech
          North Campus
          1445 Route 31 South
          Annandale, NJ 08801
          Phone: (908) 806-3855 x 107
          Fax: (908) 735-0331

Mercer County Area Vocational Technical Schools
Phone: (609) 586-2129
www.mctec.net
          Mr. Joseph Borgia
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Mercer County Vocational Technical Evening Adult School
          1085 Old Trenton Road
          Trenton, NJ 08690
          Phone: (609) 586-5146
          Fax: (609) 586-1709
          Email: jborgia@mctec.net

Middlesex County Vocational & Technical Schools
Phone: (732) 257-3300
www.mcvts.net
          Mr. Bruce Negri
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Middlesex County Vocational & Technical Schools
          112 Rues Lane
          P.O. Box 1070
          East Brunswick, NJ 08861
          Phone: (732) 257-3300 x 1921
          Fax: (732) 390-4252
          Email: negrib@mail.mcvts.net

Monmouth County Vocational School District
Phone: (732) 431-7942
www.mcvsd.org
          Mr. Robert Colangelo
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Monmouth County Vocational Technical School
          West End Avenue
          Long Branch, NJ 07740
          Phone: (732) 229-3019 x 14
          Fax: (732) 229-5727

Morris County School of Technology
Phone: (973) 627-4600
www.mcvts.org
          Mr. Joseph Rooney
          County Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Morris County Vocational Technical School
          400 East Main Street
          Denville, NJ 07834
          Phone: (973) 627-4600 x 242
          Fax: (973) 586-4314
          Email: Rooney@mcvts.org

Ocean County Vocational & Technical Schools
Phone: (732) 240-6414
www.ocvts.org
          Ms. Bernice Dowd
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Ocean County Vocational & Technical Schools
          1299 Old Freehold & Bey Lea Road
          Toms River, NJ 08753
          Phone: (732) 473-3159
          Fax: (732) 349-9788
          Email: bdowd@ocvts.org

Passaic County Technical Institute
Phone: (973) 389-4201
www.pcti.tec.nj.us
          Dr. Kent Bania
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Passaic County Technical Institute
          45 Reinhardt Road
          Wayne, NJ 07470
          Phone: (973) 389-4101
          Fax: (973) 790-4727
          Email: kbania@pcti.tec.nj.us

Salem County Vocational & Technical Schools
Phone: (856) 769-0101
www.scvts.org
          Mr. Calvin Roberts
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Salem County Vocational & Technical Schools
          P.O. Box 350, R.D. #2
          Woodstown, NJ 08098
          Phone: (856) 769-0101 x 349
          Fax: (856) 769-4214

Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools
Phone: (908) 526-8900
www.scti.org
          Mr. Joseph Malone
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools
          Vogt Drive
          P.O. Box 6350
          Bridgewater, NJ 08807
          Phone: (908) 526-8900 x 7265
          Fax: (908) 526-9494
          Email: jmalone@scettc.org

Sussex County Vocational & Technical Schools
Phone: (973) 383-6700
www.sussex.tec.nj.us
          Ms. Lisa Krause
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Sussex County Vocational & Technical Schools
          105 N. Church Road
          Sparta, NJ 07871
          Phone: (973) 383-6700 x 222
          Fax: (973) 383-4781
          Email: lkrause@sussex.tec.nj.us

Union County Vocational & Technical Schools
Phone: (908) 889-8288
www.ucvts.tec.nj.us
          Mr. Ronald Weber
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Union County Vocational & Technical Schools
          1776 Raritan Road
          Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
          Phone: (908) 889-8288 x 309
          Fax: (908) 889-4940
          Email: rweber@ucvts.tec.nj.us

Warren County Vocational & Technical Schools
Phone: (908) 689-0122
www.warrennet.org/warrentech
          Mr. Edmond Turenne
          Apprenticeship Coordinator
          Warren County Vocational & Technical Schools
          1500 Route 57
          Washington, NJ 07882
          Phone: (908) 835-2841
          Fax: (908) 689-7699
          Email: TurenneE@warrennet.org

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