The Massachusetts TECH PREP WEST Model [electronic resource]
The Tech Prep West Project, established in 1991, brought together three Massachusetts community colleges, seven secondary vocational schools, and one comprehensive high school to develop an alternative college preparation pathway for students, leading from the junior year of high school to an associ...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Summary: | The Tech Prep West Project, established in 1991, brought together three Massachusetts community colleges, seven secondary vocational schools, and one comprehensive high school to develop an alternative college preparation pathway for students, leading from the junior year of high school to an associate degree and employment in a specific career field. Key components of the program included: (1) tech-prep specialists at each site to direct program planning and implementation; (2) collaborative curriculum development; (3) joint staff development for faculty and counselors; (4) tech prep leaders in each school to enlist students and ensure institutionalization of program objectives; (5) curricular materials to support applied academics instruction; (6) a tech prep outreach counselor to promote the program in middle schools and high schools; and (7) tech prep clubs and other strategies to support and nurture student involvement. Members of the Tech Prep West Business and Industry Council review, modify, and validate program goals and curricula, as well as contributing time, staff, and work-experience opportunities. Over 70 articulation agreements between schools and colleges, affording credit in 25 career areas, provide incentives for student participation. The project report includes outlines of the Voc-Tech and Career Cluster curricular options from grades 6-8 to grades 13-14, with possible exit points after high school and community college graduation; a list of the key features of the Tech Prep West model; information on the target population and curriculum; an overview of curricular changes between 1991 and 1995 in each of eight schools; and outlines of four sample curricula. (KP) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED379038. ERIC Note: Materials presented at the Annual Conference on Workforce Training of the League for Innovation in the Community College (3rd, San Diego, CA, February 8-11, 1995). For a related document, see JC 950 118. |
| Physical Description: | 19 p. |