The Career & Technical Center offers dozens of high-tech training programs that lead to in-demand jobs . Graduates leave the half-day program offered at our state-of-the-art training facility in Port Ewen ready for college and the workforce.
Through a blended approach of classroom instruction, hands-on learning, and work site assignments, students build specific skills related to a career area. Our experienced instructors bring extensive job service in their respective fields.
Ulster BOCES collaborates with local business and industry to ensure that each curriculum meets industry standards and that students are trained using cutting-edge technology and equipment.
Students leave the program prepared to enter the workforce, post-secondary technical schools, and colleges. Graduates not only know how a task should be done, they’ve actually done it.
Data from the United States Department of Education also shows that students with technical education backgrounds perform more successfully in college.
Adriana Sorbara, a senior at Ellenville High School, has stepped into an extraordinary role within her community–a role she credits her experience in the Business & Entrepreneurship program at the Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Center with preparing her to take on.
The SkillsUSA Community Service Team, consisting of (left to right) Camille Samuels, a young professional from the Cosmetology program from the New Paltz Central School District, Taylor Drake, a young professional in the Graphic Visual Arts program from the Ellenville Central School District, and Jacob Holt, a Cisco and Cybersecurity student from the Onteora Central School District, met with Workplace Learning Lead/Assistant Principal) Stephen Casa (left) and Principal Joseph Salamone (right) to present their design. They then surveyed young professionals about their volunteer experiences and surveyed organizations about their needs. Finally, they worked together to create a website dubbed Ulster Community Connect. The site includes volunteer opportunities, community resources for our young professionals and their families, and will celebrate volunteers from our Career & Technical Center community. The website will launch on April 21st during a celebration at the Happy to Help Food Pantry, in Kingston.
A team consisting of three young professionals from the Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing program and one from the Welding & Metal Fabrication program at Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Center recently showcased their knowledge and skills at the Project MFG’s 2024 Advanced Manufacturing Regional Competition.
John and Stephan Gatica, who attend the Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Center, spend three days a week working side-by-side measuring and welding steel frames for custom-crafted windows before heading over to Ellenville High School to complete their school day.
Pat Bennett, a senior from Saugerties High School who attends the Career & Technical Center, recently applied the knowledge and skills learned in his Ulster BOCES Welding & Metal Fabrication program to a real-life scenario.
Joseph Salamone
Principal of CTE
Stephen Casa
Assistant Principal of CTE
Allison Ramirez
Assistant Principal of CTE
Ronald Bath
Guidance Counselor
Cristina Wieczorek
Guidance Counselor
Gen Rochetti
Special Education Consultant Teacher
Route 9W
Port Ewen, NY 12466
phone: 845.331.6680
Schools and offices closed
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