A strong community needs a competitive workforce. Enter Waubonsee’s career and technical education building, to be named the Technical Education Center (TEC) — a building specially designed to meet the rigorous training and educational needs of 21st century technicians, the makers and doers that drive the regional economy and beyond.

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TEC Construction Progress

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2024 Technical Education Center Progress

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When this building opens, it will give students, the local workforce, and the wider community more of what they need — increased enrollment capacities, enhanced curricular possibilities, greater opportunity for industry partnerships, and more.

 

Building Stats:
  • Projected Opening:
    Fall 2025
     
  • Size:
    100,000 square feet
     
  • Projected Cost:
    $60 million
642,000
auto/collision/diesel techs needed by 2024 (TechForce Foundation)
84,000
welding jobs open every year to 2025 (EMSI)
2x
the enrollment capacity for these programs in the new building vs. current