Masonry Magazine June 2012 Page. 25
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Masonry Instructors Workshop
PENNSYLVANIA IS FORTUNATE to have 40 secondary and three post-secondary vocational education schools with masonry programs. In order to provide support to the instructors of these programs, PCMA ramped up the level of involvement with the schools in 2006, by holding the First Annual Masonry Instructors Workshop. This all-day event is coordinated by PCMA and has been funded for the last seven years by the PCA Northeast Cement Shippers Association. The PCMA works with the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to have their support and cooperation by providing Act 48 Education Hours for the instructors who attend, participating in the event, and encouraging school administrators to allow the masonry instructors to leave the classroom for the day to attend. PDE representatives present
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