Carbon Career and Technical Institute Principal Michele Connors completed a 7-hour training through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, a requirement for all school safety and security coordinators.

“The training was informative and provided helpful resources for understanding the state’s mandates on school safety plans, protocol and procedures, including staff professional development mandates,” Connors reported.

For the past three years, CCTI has been using Vector Solutions as the learning management system for mandated school safety trainings.

Connors ran reports on Vector to determine what training is needed by which staff members. Some trainings are required annually, every three years, every five years, or every seven years, and some are specific to some building staff depending on their position.

Connors said she is working on assigning Vector trainings to staff members based on their needs in order to be in compliance with the Act 55 guidelines.

Connors said she is working to update CCTI’s social media presence on Facebook and Instagram.

“I’ve been working closely with our digital marketing and business fundamentals instructor, Mrs. (Carly) Rinda, to ensure that our social media pages are properly and efficiently maintained and that the content is helpful and appropriate,” Connors explained.

Dave Reinbold, administrative director, thanked administration for their work preparing for the school year.

“The school looks great both inside and out. The student tours went really well. Ms. Connors came into her new role as principal and hit the ground running and has received a lot of support from the staff. Thank you to everyone for your efforts.”

Jason Moser, Lehighton Area School District superintendent, takes over as the administrator on record.

“I’m really incredibly excited to be part of this for the next school year,” Moser said. “I look forward to working professionally, to getting to know CCTI inside and out.”