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Automotive training at Orlando-area college on track with success
By Steven Cole Smith
Sentinel Automotive Editor
February 10, 2009

The 40 service bays in Seminole Community College's state-of-the-art Professional Automotive Training Center are filled with the sort of vehicles you would expect to see in a school environment -- a faded Ford Taurus, a battered white Chevrolet pickup. There is also a vehicle you wouldn't expect: a bright blue locomotive engine.

"Part of the traditional college experience, in my view, is giving back," Davis said. "And our students are going to fix this and put it back in service."

One Hundred (100) Career & Technical Education Programs through the Orange County Public Schools. Career Training, Adult education, Continuing Education, Personal Enrichment and Online Courses.

A Day For Dads, Families
By LENORA LAKE
Tribune correspondent

Erik Youngs, director of Education Group 101, which teaches a positive way of life through culinary skills. The organizers said fathers deserved recognition for setting good examples. Mr. Youngs is enrolled in the Technical Education & Industry Training program.

If We Grow Them, They Will Work
DEVELOPING A HIGH-TECH WORKFORCE IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA STARTS BY TEACHING THE TEACHERS.
by Ashley Pinder

"Just tell them they are '‘gaming' and you can get kids interested in learning algebra and geometry," says Phil Tillery, who teaches communications technology courses at Timber Creek High School. Mr. Tillery is an adjunct in the Technical Education & Industry Training program.