AWFS hosted a Webinar for educators on attending the AWFS Fair including how to register, show features and activities, and the Teacher Track educational seminars. You can watch the recording here and view the Power Point presentation (below): See the AWFS Fair Teacher Webinar Presentation 2017 (PDF of the Power Point presentation) If you are an educator, […]
Companies and Industry Professionals Commit Time, Tools and Supplies for Students ANAHEIM, CA – May 1, 2017 – Royal Plywood, Blum, Colonial Saw/Lamello, Hafele, ESI, Decore-ative Specialties, Grex Tools, and West Wood Products generously donated nearly $10,000 in supplies, tools, and giveaways for students at the 2017 SkillsUSA California State Cabinetmaking and Introductory Woodworking contest […]
Providing More Students a Pathway to Success by Strengthening Access to Career and Technical Education U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce February 28, 2017 (courtesy of LobbyIt) The House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Todd Rokita (R-IN), held a hearing to discuss […]
Over the last several years, a Perfect Storm has been swelling in regards to re-valuing the inclusion of skilled trades in public schools. While change doesn’t come easy, educational institutions have been advancing in a direction of re-instating hands-on classes and touting them as critical to a comprehensive curriculum as well as to a country […]
March 29th of this year marks a special (albeit bittersweet) day in the history of AWFS®. This is the day that Nancy Fister, our Education & Conference Director, will be spending at Disneyland with the rest of the AWFS staff. For all of us, it is sort of an “unofficial” holiday as it marks the […]
Are you interested in networking with local woodworking industry and education professionals? Would you like to learn about local educational woodworking programs in the area? Do you enjoy hosting or participating in events and activities to support woodworking education? We intend to meet regularly and explore ways to help develop the future workforce for the woodworking industry. […]
AWFS Education Chair Meets with Legislator on CTE In September, AWFS Education Committee Chair, Don Bigelow, of Vero Software, attended an exclusive informal dinner event with Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) to discuss industry involvement with Career Technical Education (CTE). The invitation was extended to AWFS by the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE), one […]
Approximately 150 local area high school students and teachers attended the Manufacturing Day event hosted at Architectural Woodworking Company (AWC) near Los Angeles (CA) on Friday, October 7. Manufacturing Day is a national campaign to promote careers in manufacturing and increase awareness of the realities of the manufacturing industry by encouraging companies to offer tours […]
If you are a student, teacher or parent you will have noticed that scholarships, particularly for furniture/design/woodworking and related fields, are hard to find! That is why I am VERY happy and excited to share with you the details of a GREAT scholarship from a wonderful organization, the The American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD)! Here are some […]
Seize the day! Manufacturing Day that is, along with multitudes of other companies across America as they salute modern manufacturing and bring it to the attention of the next generation of workers. Now in its fifth year, Manufacturing Day is a “host it or attend it” opportunity, slated for the first Friday in October […]
