New Orleans Career Center named among city’s Best Places to Work for second year in a row
New Orleans is giving $5M in COVID money to 10 nonprofits for new economic mobility project. NOCC to receive $500,000 toward career prep programs for underemployed youth.
New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) continues its expansion to provide career prep and technical training to more New Orleanians with staff additions and a promotion. Each role extends the organization’s capacity to serve as many as 1,000 trainees a year across its high school and adult programs.
ACE Mentors Program trainees Giancarlo Casalegno, Clarence Cotton III, Rashad Thornton and Kameryn Washington all start LSU in the fall with scholarships resulting from their ACE Mentors participation and individual achievements.
23 students from 7 high schools signed their commitment letters to the inaugural class of the new LPN Apprenticeship Program. They start the three-year journey at NOCC in August.
This take on a classic sweet treat gains a little more nuance from browned butter. In the process of browning, the flavor becomes nutty, which you will smell as it cooks.
Today New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) received a $100,000 contribution from Boh Bros. Construction Co., LLC to support construction industry career preparation and technical training. NOCC launches its skilled trades training in the fall and will accept 200 trainees from New Orleans high schools in the inaugural cohort. During the two-year training, high school participants will be introduced to all trades and will continue training in the career pathway of their choosing. Trainees will earn industry-based credentials valued by the local trades unions and employers, a key first step onto the construction industry career ladder.
Trainees in NOCC’s healthcare pathways spent the day at Ochsner’s Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety Center. Staff offered practical skills training and practice including CPR, “stop the bleed,” wound care, and more.
“The trip to NASA Michoud Assembly Facility was a real eye opener regarding aerospace engineering.” So said NOCC trainee Kierstyn Guilbeau after the recent tour of Michoud and Nunez Community College’s Aerospace Technician Program.
Jake Gleghorn, NOCC Chief Strategy Officer talks all things NOCC with show host Dr. Jahquille Ross of New Schools for New Orleans in this lively and engaging interview.
NOCC’s own Claire Jecklin joins Biz New Orleans editor and podcast host Kim Singletary to talk jobs, career training, and the move to the Career Center’s beautiful new buildling.
From New Orleans CityBusiness - As the 15-year, $2 billion public school rebuilding project draws to a close, the New Orleans Career Center promises to create a path for students to fill the 12,200 jobs expected to be added to the Greater New Orleans economy over the next several years.
From Biz New Orleans - The New Orleans Career Center says business is booming.
This year, the job-training nonprofit has expanded enrollment, added instructors and staff, increased funding, grown partnerships and enlarged the scope of its programs and pathways. In addition, the renovation of the nonprofit’s new home at 1331 Kerlerec Street is nearing completion.
New Orleans Career Center is expanding to meet local demand for training opportunities and mid-skill employees. NOCC has added staff, partners and programs in preparation for moving to its new facility in 2023. In the new facility, NOCC will soon double (and ultimately triple) the number of trainees served.
New Orleans high school students interested in nursing careers will soon have a free, three-year path to becoming Licensed Practical Nurses starting in 11th grade. This LPN apprenticeship program was developed by New Orleans Career Center (NOCC), Delgado Charity School of Nursing and Ochsner Health. It is the only program of its kind in New Orleans, and recruiting will begin in the Spring.
New Orleans CityBusiness has selected NOCC among the honorees for its 20th annual Best Places to Work. The program identifies, recognizes and honors the best employers in New Orleans.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $175,000 grant to a Louisiana initiative that aims to help more students get an associate degree or career technical certification within a year of finishing high school. Read more about how NOCC fits into all of this.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched a new grant program to scale already-successful initiatives across the U.S. that help high school graduates attain postsecondary degrees quickly.
New Orleans Career Center trainees Giancarlo Casalengo and MiKayla Ennis use everyday objects to learn the principles and process of engineering design. Casalengo attends New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy; Ennis attends International High School of New Orleans. Each spends half of their school day at their home school and half at NOCC.
New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) held their highly anticipated King Cake wars just in time for Mardi Gras season. Classmates presented their twist on the decadent, cream cheese-filled treat and showcased their culinary skills to staff and partners.
Louisiana's superintendent of education wants to beef up the state's efforts to encourage students to complete an apprenticeship or earn an associates degree while still in high school. In Orleans Parish, public high school students can earn college credit at the New Orleans Career Center.
Nola.com discusses the New Orleans Career Center and the parallels to the 431 Exchange and the Adult Education Center founded by Alice Geoffray.
LAUNCH, the first program in New Orleans to provide a bridge for students from high school to college and career, is moving to the New Orleans Career Center (NOCC), beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.
New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) has added two people to its senior-level staff - Jake Gleghorn, Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Martha McKnight, Development and Capital Campaign Director.
New Orleans Career Center Founding Executive Director Claire Jecklin has been tapped to chair the Youth Committee of the New Orleans Workforce Development Board (NOWDB). The Youth Committee Chair serves as the liaison between NOLA Youth Works and the NOWDB and as convener of leaders of existing youth collaborative tables across New Orleans.
On Thursday, June 17, 2021, New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) will host a ceremonial groundbreaking at its new facility, an innovative career and technical education (CTE) campus located at 1331 Kerlerec St. in the Treme neighborhood.
