CREF recognizes 121 programs with Collision School Career Readiness Benchmark

April 12, 2017
The designation was determined by the Foundation based upon information provided by schools about the capabilities of their program on the Collision Repair Education Makeover grant application.

The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced it has recognized 121 schools with its new designation program called the “Collision School Career Readiness Benchmark” that was launched in 2016.

Under the new program developed by the Foundation, schools were classified into three tiers:

  • Tier 1: Advanced,
  • Tier 2: Proficient, or
  • Tier 3: Developing.
The designation was determined by the Foundation based upon information provided by schools about the capabilities of their program on the Collision Repair Education Makeover grant application.

Last year, due to expanded financial and in-kind support from the industry, every school that completed an application received a grant to help them move to the next Tier or increase their capabilities. The program is currently accepting applications for 2017.

In 2016, nine schools received a Tier 1 designation, 80 schools achieved Tier 2 and 31 schools achieved Tier 3.

Schools are recognized at different levels based upon criteria that focus around the number of hours of instruction, curriculum in place, along with the tools, equipment, and supplies a school uses to prepare their students for employment in the collision industry.

Participation in the Makeover grant program provides schools with necessary items to help them advance to higher levels and expand their programs to best serve students and the industry. The goal is to help every school acquire the resources to eventually achieve a Tier 1: Advanced school designation.

“I want to congratulate all of the schools who participated in the Collision Repair Education Makeover grant program last year,” said Melissa Marscin, Collision Repair Education Foundation Director of Grant Programs. “In 2015, the Foundation Board of Trustees refocused the Foundation’s mission to not only provide grants and donations, but also to bridging the employment gap for students to the collision industry. Creating this new designation program enabled the Foundation to focus our grants to those items each school needs that will ultimately benefit students training for a career in the industry.”

A complete list of schools and their Tier designations is available below:

Tier 1

  • Aims  Community  College  (Windsor, CO)
  • Central  Community  College  (Hastings, NE)
  • Des  Moines  Area  Community  College  (Ankeny, IA)
  • Eastfield  College  (Mesquite, TX)
  • Lex  La-Ray  Technical  Center  (Lexington, MO)
  • New  England  Institute  of  Technology  (Warwick, RI)
  • Ranken  Technical  College  (St. Louis, MO)
  • Ridgewater  College  (Willmar, MN)
  • Tennessee  College  of  Applied  Technology  Livingston (Livingston, TN)

Tier 2

  • A.P.  Brewer  High  School  (Somerville, AL)
  • Area  30  Career  Center  (Greencastle, IN)
  • Athens  Technical  College  (Athens, GA)
  • Baker  College  Flint  Michigan  (Flint, MI)
  • Bay  Path  Regional  Vocational  Technical  High  School  (Charlton, MA)
  • Bellingham  Technical  College  (Bellingham, WA)
  • Berks  Career  and  Technology  Center  (Oley, PA)
  • Cerritos  College  (Norwalk, CA)
  • Chantilly  Academy  (Chantilly, VA)
  • Chippewa  Valley  Technical  College  (Eau Claire, WI)
  • Cleveland  Community  College  (Shelby, NC)
  • C.S.  Monroe  Technology  Center  (Leesburg, VA)
  • College  of  Lake  County  (Grayslake, IL)
  • Dennis  Technical  Education  Center  (Boise, ID)
  • Dowell  J  Howard  Center  (Winchester, VA)
  • Dunwoody  College   of  Technology  (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Eden  Career  Technical  Center  (Ashville, AL)
  • Ehove  Career  Center  (Milan, OH)
  • Erie  1  BOCES  Kenton  Career  and  Technical  Center  (Tonawanda, NY)
  • Erie  Community  College  South  (Orchard Park, NY)
  • Forbes  Road  Career  and  Technology  Center  (Monroeville, PA)
  • Forsyth  Technical  Community  College  (Winston Salem, NC)
  • Freedom  High  School  (Freedom, WI)
  • Ft.  Hayes  Career  Center  (Columbus, OH)
  • Fayetteville  Technical  Community  College  (Fayetteville, NC)
  • Greater  Lawrence  Technical  School  (Andover, MA)
  • Greenville  Technical  College  (Greenville, SC)
  • GST  BOCES  Coopers  Education  Center  (Painted Post, NY)
  • Hennepin  Technical  College  (Brooklyn Park, MN)
  • Highland  Community  College  (Freeport, IL)
  • Hillsborough  Community  College  (Tampa, FL)
  • Holmes  High  School  (San Antonio, TX)
  • Ivy  Tech  Community  College  of  Indiana  Northeast  Region  (Fort Wayne, IN)
  • Kennedy  King  College  (Chicago, IL)
  • Kingwood  Park  High  School  (Kingwood, TX)
  • Kishwaukee  College  (Malta, IL)
  • Lake  Career  and  Technical  Center  (Camdenton, MO)
  • Lakeshore  Technical  College  (Cleveland, WI)
  • Lehigh  Career  and  Technical  Institute  (Schnecksville, PA)
  • Lewis  and  Clark  Career  Center  (Saint Charles, MO)
  • Live  Oaks  Career  Campus  (Milford, OH)
  • Manatee  Technical  College  (Brandenton, FL)
  • Marshall  Technical  School  (Guntersville, AL)
  • Maxwell  High  School  of  Technology  (Lawrenceville, GA)
  • Mercer  County  Technical  Education  Center  (Princeton, WV)
  • Minot  High  School  – Magic  City  Campus  (Minot, ND)
  • Morrisville  State  College  (Morrisville, NY)
  • Nichols  Career  Center  (Jefferson City, MO)
  • North  Dakota  State  College  of  Science  (Wahpton, ND)
  • North  Idaho  College  (Coeur d’Alene, ID)
  • North  Technical  High  School  (Florissant, MO)
  • Northern  Neck  Technical  Center  (Warsaw, VA)
  • Oxford  Hills  Technical  School  (Norway, ME)
  • Pathfinder  Regional  Vocational  Technical  High  School  (Palmer, MA)
  • Pulaski  Technical  College  (North Little Rock, AR)
  • Regional  Career  Technical  Center  (Ypsilanti, MI)
  • Renton  Technical  College  (Renton, WA)
  • R.L.  Turner  High  School  (Carrollton, TX)
  • San  Benito  High  School  (San Benito, TX)
  • Seminole  High  School  (Sanford, FL)
  • Shelby  County  College  and  Career  Center  (Columbiana, AL)
  • South  Central  College  (North Mankato, MN)
  • South  Technical  High  School  (Sunset Hills, MO)
  • Southwest  Wisconsin  Technical  College  (Fennimore, WI)
  • Springfield  Clark  Career  Technology  Center  (Springfield, OH)
  • Stanly  Community  College  (Albemarle, NC)
  • Steel  Center  Area Vocational Tech  (Jefferson, PA)
  • Susquehanna  County  Career  Technology  Center  (Springville, PA)
  • Tazewell  County  Career  and  Technical  Center  (Tazewell, VA)
  • Tennessee  College  of  Applied  Technology  (Chattanooga, TN)
  • Tennessee  College  of  Applied  Technology  (Knoxville, TN)
  • Tennessee  College  of  Applied  Technology  (Morristown, TN)
  • Texarkana  College  (Texarkana, TX)
  • Thomas  A.  Edison  CTE  High  School  (Jamaica, NY)
  • Texas  State  Technical  College  (Waco, TX)
  • University  of  Arkansas  Community  College  at  Morrilton  (Morrilton, AR)
  • Warren  Tech  (Lakewood, CO)
  • Warrensburg  Area  Career  Center  (Warrensburg, MO)
  • Washington  County  Joint  Vocational  School District  (Marietta, OH)
  • Wenatchee  Valley  Tech  (Wenatchee, WA)

Tier 3

  • Academy  for  Careers  and  Technology  (Mullins, SC)
  • Atlanta  Technical  College  (Atlanta, GA)
  • Big  Sandy  Community  and  Technical  College  (Paintsville, KY)
  • Career  Center  High  School  (Winston-Salem, NC)
  • Central  Louisiana  Technical  Community  College  (Alexandria, LA)
  • Chester  County  Technical  College  High  School  Pennock’s  Bridge  Campus  (West Grove, PA)
  • Delcastle  Technical  High  School  (Wilmington, DE)
  • Ellicottville  Career  and  Technical  Education  Center  (Ellicottville, NY)
  • Lake  Technical  College  (Eustis, FL)
  • Lebanon  Career  and  Technology  Center  (Lebanon, PA)
  • Lenoir  Community  College  (Kinston, NC)
  • Livermore  High  School/Tri-Valley  ROP  (Livermore, CA)
  • Marengo  Community  High  School  District  154  (Marengo, IL)
  • Medford  Vocational  Technical  High  School  (Medford, MA)
  • Monroe  2  Orleans  BOCES  (Spencerport, NY)
  • Moore  Norman  Technology  Center  (Norman, OK)
  • Northern  Westmoreland  Career  and  Technology  Center  (New Kensington, PA)
  • Norwalk  High  School  (Norwalk, CA)
  • Paul  M.  Hodgson  Technical  High  School  (Newark, DE)
  • Portland  Arts  and  Technology  High  School  (Portland, ME)
  • Rolla  Technical  Institute  (Rolla, MO)
  • Shawsheen  Valley  Regional  Vocational  Technical  High  School  (Billerica, MA)
  • Silicon  Valley  Career  Technical  Education  (San Jose, CA)
  • Tennessee  College  of  Applied  Technology  (Paris, TN)
  • Tennessee  College  of  Applied  Technology  (Shelbyville, TN)
  • Technical  College  High  School  Pickering  (Phoenixville, PA)
  • Thaddeus  Stevens  College  of  Technology  (Lancaster, PA)
  • Tidewater  Community  College  (Chesapeake, VA)
  • United  Technical  Center  (Clarksburg, WV)
  • US  Grant  Career  Center  (Bethel, OH)
  • Waite  High  School  (Toledo, OH)

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