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GORDON COOPER TECHNOLOGY CTR - Oklahoma School District

About School District: Gordon Cooper Technology Center is a public career and technology education center located in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the intersection of Interstate 40 and State Highway 18. Itis part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system. The school is named for Gordon Cooper, an American aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the seven original Mercury astronauts, the first manned space program of the United States. Cooper piloted the longest and final Mercury spaceflight in 1963. He was the first American to sleep in space during that 34-hour mission and was the last American to be launched alone into space. In 1965, Cooper flew as command pilot of Gemini 5. The school was founded in 1968 and serves around 1,000 full-time students and has over 15,000 short-term enrollments annually.
Website: http://www.gctech.org/
County: POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
Contact Phone: 4052737493
Contact Address: 1 JOHN C BRUTON BLVD, SHAWNEE OK 74801
Grade Level: † to †
Total Schools: 0
Total Students: 0
Total Staffs: 0
FTE Teacher: 0
Job/Career URL: http://www.gctech.org/about/employment-opportunities/

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