Our Mission
Provide learning opportunities that represent the evolving industries of the Lehigh Valley and prepare all students for their personalized career pathway.
Our Vision
Striving for equity in education with opportunities for all students to achieve, serve, inquire, lead and innovate.
Our Story
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute is Pennsylvania’s largest career and technical school. Founded in 1971, LCTI today provides more than 45 skills-based programs of study and academic instruction for about 2,700 ninth- through 12th-grade students from Lehigh County’s nine public school districts. Those school districts are:
- Allentown, home to William Allen and Louis E. Dieruff high schools
- Catasauqua Area, home to Catasauqua High School
- East Penn, home to Emmaus High School
- Northern Lehigh, home to Northern Lehigh High School
- Northwestern Lehigh, home to Northwestern Lehigh High School
- Parkland, home to Parkland High School
- Salisbury Township, home to Salisbury High School
- Southern Lehigh, home to Southern Lehigh High School
- Whitehall-Coplay, home to Whitehall High School
LCTI also offers industry-relevant training and credentials for adults working in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. The school’s state-of-the-art facilities encompass roughly 450,000 square feet on a 47-acre campus in the Schnecksville section of North Whitehall Township.
Our Joint Operating Committee
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute is governed by a 21-member Joint Operating Committee composed of school directors from each of the nine sending districts. The number of committee members from a given district is proportionate to the market value of that district’s property, as determined by Pennsylvania’s State Tax Equalization Board. The districts’ school boards appoint their representatives. The JOC members are:
Allentown School District
- Lisa Conover
- Audrey Mathison
Catasauqua Area School District
- Jillian Emert
East Penn School District
- Allan Byrd
- Paul Champagne, Treasurer
- Joshua Levinson
- Adam Smith
Northern Lehigh School District
- Gary Fedorcha, JOC Chairperson
Northwestern Lehigh School District
- Alan Rex
Parkland School District
- Robert Bold
- David J. Hein, JOC Vice Chairperson
- David M. Kennedy
- Carol Facchiano
- Patrick Foose
- Marissa Ziegler
Salisbury Township School District
- Sarah Nemitz
Southern Lehigh School District
- Kyle Gangewere
- Kathleen Parsons
Whitehall-Coplay School District
- Tina Koren
- Joseph Shields
Our Administration
Executive Director: Dr. Thomas J. Rushton
Director of Career & Technical Education: Mr. Darin VanNorman
Director of Academic & Special Programs: Dr. Mark Covelle
Director of Curriculum & Instruction: Dr. Lisa Greenawalt
Director of Student Services: Sean Will
Director of Postsecondary & Workforce Education: Ms. Wendy Harris
Director of Information & Educational Technology: Dipal Kipadia
Business Administrator: Ms. Patricia T. Bader
Human Resource Manager: Ms. Stacey Conway
Facilities Engineer: Travis Serfass
Supervisor of Career & Technical Education & Special Projects Coordinator: Regina Naradko
Supervisor of Career & Technical Education: Brian Faust
Supervisor of Career & Technical Education: Kelly Cahoon
Supervisor of Special Education:
Cafeteria Supervisor: Pamela Hittinger
