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WHAT IS TECH PREP?
"Tech Prep is college prep for technical careers!"
Tech Prep is a rigorous technical and academic curriculum that includes:
+4 years of high school
+2 years of college
+=6-year Tech Prep Associate Degree
The resulting Tech Prep Associate Degree is available at South Plains College and other Texas community and technical colleges.
A Tech Prep Associate Degree prepares students to go straight to work, pursue a bachelor degree, or, as is becoming more and more common, both.
Tech Prep is a partnership between education and business that prepares young people for today's skilled workforce. This partnership involves high schools, colleges, large and small businesses and governmental agencies - all working together!
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.
Tech Prep meets the "Learning for Earning" needs of the middle 50% of students.
Tech Prep includes the following key components:
6-year educational plans composed of secondary programs of study articulated with technical programs at two-year colleges
Academic and technical concepts taught in context
Career guidance and counseling
Joint staff development activities for secondary and postsecondary teachers, counselors and administrators
Joint state agency approval process for Tech Prep programs (6-year plans)
A high school transcript code for articulated courses (letter "A") and a PEIMS code to identify secondary students electing to participate in Tech Prep programs.
Educator Resources
Approved Program List for High Schools
CATEMA: Instructions for entering teacher information into the CATEMA system.
CATEMA: Instructions for entering student information into the CATEMA system
Child Development Workshop: James Durham Materials
CATEMA: Link to the CATEMA login.