A Saline County resident now occupies a seat on a national council for computing.
One of the industry’s top IT trade associations, CompTIA, recently announced the formation of a council to focused on accelerating career paths in technology. Carl Frank, of Traskwood, now occupies a seat on the National Career and Technical Education Advisory Council, representing the great state of Arkansas. Frank is a CTE teacher at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
“I am honored to be selected to serve on this national CTE Advisory Council, and that I hope we can have meaningful dialog that will produce expanded opportunities for our students,” stated Frank.
The CompTIA National Career and Technical Education (CTE) Advisory Council has three representatives from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to join the council. Members serve two-year terms.
“We strongly believe that CTE will play a critical role in our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has devastated household finances and changed educational plans for many families,” said Angel L. Piñeiro Jr., Vice President of Strategic Academic Relationships, at CompTIA. “With the help of an elite group of educators and other leaders we intend to raise national awareness of CTE as a creator of opportunities for careers that will provide a better way of life for multiple generations to come and to do so in a way that addresses digital inequity head-on.”
In January, U.S. employers advertised more than 232,000 job openings for core IT positions. These openings occurred in virtually every industry sector and included positions in software and application development, IT support, systems engineering and architecture and IT project management.
The CompTIA National CTE Advisory Council intends to design strategies to diversify the tech workforce and shape the future of CTE tech curriculum. Areas of focus include technology trends and emerging tech, best practices for instruction, professional development for instructors, credentialing and certification programs, grants and other funding sources, articulation agreements and connecting with industry employers.