Career Pathways is a rigorous technical and academic curriculum that includes:
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4
years of high school, which includes focusing on a career area
+ 1-2
years of community college or technical school
=
5-6 year program...Resulting
in an Associate of Science
Degree or Technical Certification
A
Career Pathways/Tech Prep Associate Degree prepares students to go
straight to work, or to pursue a bachelor's degree, or, as is
becoming more and more common, both. |
Career Pathways/Tech Prep is a
school-to-careers partnership between education and business that prepares
young people for today's skilled workforce. This partnership involves high
schools, colleges, large & small businesses, governmental agencies -- all
working together!
Career Pathways/Tech Prep relies on the
business/education connection to design job-specific curricula to prepare
students for occupations currently in demand and for those projected to be in
demand
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of
1998 [Sec. 202(a)(3)(A-F)] specifies that the term Tech Prep program
means a program of study that:
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Combines at a minimum two years of secondary education with a
minimum of two years of postsecondary education in a nonduplicative, sequential course of study;
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Integrates academic
and technical instruction and utilizes work-based and worksite learning where
appropriate and available;
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Provides technical
preparation in a career field such as engineering technology, applied
science, a mechanical, industrial, or practical art or trade,
agriculture, health occupations, business, or applied economics;
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Builds student
competence in mathematics, science, reading, writing, communications,
economics, and workplace skills through applied, contextual academics,
and integrated instruction, in a coherent sequence of courses;
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Leads to an
associate or a baccalaureate degree or a postsecondary certificate in a
specific career field; and
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Leads to
placement in appropriate employment or to further education.
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