The I-CAR Education Foundation has provided 23 schools I-CAR Live Curriculum and training grants that will assist 10 instructors to attend the I-CAR Instructor Qualification Workshop (IQW). The curriculum grants, with a retail value of more than $65,000, and training grants, with a value of $4,000, are funded by the Collision Repair Education Campaign, formerly the $100 per Collision Repair Facility per Year Campaign, and general donations made to the Education Foundation.
The schools receiving curriculum grants are:
- Arcadia Valley AVTS (Ironton, Mo.)
- Beck Career Center (Red Bud, Ill.)
- Brashear High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Butler County AVTS (Butler, Pa.)
- Clearfield County Career & Technology Center (Clearfield, Pa.)
- Dover High School and Regional Tech Center (Dover, N.H.)
- Fayette County Area Vocational Technical School (Uniontown, Pa.)
- Honolulu Community College (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Hurst-Euless Bedford Technical Education Center (Bedford, Texas)
- J. Everett Light Career Center (Indianapolis, Ind.)
- Madison Park Technical-Vocational HS (Boston, Mass.)
- Miller Career and Technology Center (Katy, Texas)
- Modesto Junior College (Modesto, Calif)
- Montana State University-Great Falls (Great Falls, Mont.)
- Nashoba Valley Technical High School (Westford, Mass.)
- New England Institute of Tech (Warwick, R.I.)
- Omaha Career Center (Omaha, Neb.)
- Oneonta Job Corps (Oneonta, N.Y.)
- Ramona High School (Ramona, Calif.)
- Southeast Career Technical Academy (Las Vegas, Nev.)
- Sunnyside High School (Tuscon, Ariz.)
- Warren County Voc-Tech (Warren, Pa.)
- Whitewater Technical Career Center (Connersville, Ind.)
The schools will each receive part of a package of the I-CAR Live Curriculum covering tasks required by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). In addition, each school will become a member of the I-CAR Industry Training Alliance within the next year. Once a member of the Industry Training Alliance, the schools can award their students I-CAR credits (points) upon graduation.
The Instructor Qualification Workshop (IQW) grant recipients are:
- Bill Burnette, Regional Career Tech Center (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
- Edward Callico, Blue River Career Program (Shelbyville, Ind.)
- Garry Carr,Maine Vocational Region Tech (Brunswick, Maine)
- Kurt Chrysler from Saginaw Career Complex (Saginaw, Mich.)
- Keith Crocker from Fred P. Hamilton Career Center (Seneca, S.C.)
- John Doty from Central Nine Career Center (Greenwood, Ind.)
- Rod Everson from New Market Skills Center (Tumwater, Wash.)
- Jaron Grayless from Ivy Tech State College (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
- Mike Patten from Grant Career Center (Bethel, Ohio)
- Rick Starbard from Lynn Vocational Tech School (Lynn, Mass.)
The IQW will help the instructors learn how to teach using the I-CAR Live Curriculum. Completion of the IQW is one of the steps needed to induct the instructor’s school into the Industry Training Alliance.
If you would like to support a school in your area, contact the I-CAR Education Foundation at (888) 722-3787, ext. 282, or visit www.ed-foundation.org.
