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Tech Prep Website: Student Educational Planning Career Objectives 4 +2 Alabama Career Pathways and more. Alabama Career Pathways. Print format – Fall 2002 CD Format – Spring and Summer 2003 Tech Prep Website – Summer 2004!!!!. A Career Pathway.
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Tech Prep Website:Student Educational Planning Career Objectives 4 +2 Alabama Career Pathwaysand more
Alabama Career Pathways • Print format – Fall 2002 • CD Format – Spring and Summer 2003 • Tech Prep Website – Summer 2004!!!!
A Career Pathway can help find the best courses to take in high school. It can also help establish what the next step will be after high school: apprenticeships, technical college, community college, four year college or universities, work, or a combination of several of these activities .
A Career Pathway • Provides students with an outline of career information • Provides educational professionals with career information that can aid them as they assist students with educational and career planning • Provides parents with career information that will aid them as they assist their student with career and educational planning
A Student’s Four-Year Plan • Is based on a career goal • Outlines high school courses needed/suggested to reach that career goal • Outlines postsecondary educational requirements to reach career goal
What is Tech Prep? • Local Consortium • Local Committees • Local Articulation • 22 State Consortium • Statewide Articulation • Web Site!!!!!
Many young people leave school without the knowledge or foundation that is required to find and keep a job. In the workplace of today, employers require that employees have advanced academic and technical skills. These skills are required because of the rapidly changing and emerging technologies.
The key purpose of Alabama TECH PREP is to help create pathways that lead to an associate or baccalaureate degree or a post-secondary certificate in a specific career field.
Students combine high school classes, real-world experience, and/or college classes, to form a balanced and practical educational experience.
Tech Prep programs help high school students earn college credit through content enhanced articulated courses and dual credit.
Students graduating from high school need highly technical skills to be competitive in the job market. Up to 85% of all jobs will require at least two years of education beyond high school.
How Can I use This Site? • Employment Skills Development • Research Activities • Student Advisement & Educational Planning • ECEP Participation • Program Recruitment • Articulation Agreements For Your Program • 4 + 2 Components of Your Program
Plans For The Future • Career Interest Inventory • Local Calendar of Events • Business Links • Newsletters • Consortium News and Events • Education Links
What is Missing? What Else Would You Like To See? • Additional Focus Areas • Additional Careers within a Focus Area • Vital Links • Other Resources like the resume builder