Tech Prep: A Schematic

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Tech Prep A Schematic

• Paper presented at the
• NTPN 2004 CONFERENCE MINNEAPOLIS OCTOBER 13-16
• By Dr. Fidelis Njide Ubadigbo

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Tech Prep Act

• Section 201-208
• Section 201 Title-Tech Prep Education Act
• Section 202 Definitions
• 202(2)(A) Community College An institution of
  higher education as defined in section 101 of the
  Higher Education Act of 1965
• 202(2)(B) Includes Tribally Controlled Colleges
  or Universities

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Recipient

• Funds are allotted to states on the same basis as
  the basic state grant
• Institutions of higher education that award
  4-year baccalaureate degrees and employer and
  labor organizations are not eligible to
  participate as members of consortia

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ELIGIBILITY

• Consortia of
• LEAs, IEA, AVS, BIA-funded secondary schools
• Nonprofit institutions of higher education
  meeting HEA Sec. 481(a)
• Proprietary institutions of higher education
  offering a 2-year associate degree meeting 481(a)
  and Sec. 343(a)(1) of Stafford DMP

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Tech Prep Overview

• 1980 22 articulation and collaborative effort
  of over 30 state agencies in conjunction with
  CORD and AIT
• 1984 The Neglected Majority by Dale Parnell
  defined Tech Prep
• 1990 Congress included Tech Prep in the Perkins
  reauthorization to be funded through states Tech
  Prep consortia

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Tech Prep Overview

• 1991 Dale Parnell and Dan Hull authored Tech
  Prep/Associate Degree A Win-Win Experience
  (applied academics) and a conversion from 22 to
  42 (grades 9 and 10)
• 1993 Congress amended Perkins to allow Tech Prep
  spending to begin in 9th grade
• 1993 Secretarys Commission on Achieving
  Necessary Skills (SCANS)

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Tech Prep Overview

• 1993 Department of Labor What Work Requires of
  Schools A SCANS Report for America 2000 (3rd set
  of stds. in critical thinking in addition to
  academic and skills)
• 1994 School to Work focus on employer involvement
• 1998 U.S. Congress reauthorized federal support
  of Tech Prep through Carl D. Perkins A NEW ERA!!!
  ACADEMIC, SKILL EMPLOYABILITY STANDARDS

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TECH PREP PROGRAM

• 202(3)(A) Combines at a minimum 2 years of
  secondary education with a minimum of 2 years of
  postsecondary education in a non-duplicative,
  sequential course of study

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TECH PREP PROGRAM

• 202(3)(B)
• Integrates academic, and vocational and
  technical, instruction, and utilizes work-based
  and worksite learning where appropriate and
  available

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TECH PREP PROGRAM

• 202(3)(C)
• Provides technical preparation in a career field
  such as engineering technology, applied science,
  a mechanical, industrial, or practical art or
  trade, agriculture, health occupation, business,
  or applied economics

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TECH PREP PROGRAM

• 202(3)(D)
• Builds students 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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TECH PREP PROGRAM

• 202(3)(E)
• Leads to an associate or a baccalaureate degree
  or a postsecondary certificate in a specified
  career field

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TECH PREP PROGRAM

• 202(3)(F)
• Leads to placement in appropriate employment or
  to further education

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202a(3)(A) Combines at a minimum 2years of
secondary education with a minimum of 2 years
post-secondary education in a non-duplicative
sequential course of study.
202a(3)(F) Leads to placement in appropriate
employment or to further studies.
202a(3)(B) Integrates academic, and vocational
and technical instruction and utilize work-based
worksite learning.
202a(3)(E) Leads to associate or a baccalaureate
degree or post-secondary certificate in specified
career.
TECH PREP PROGRAM
202a(3)(C) Provide technical preparation in a
career field.
202a(3)(D) Build student competence in
mathematics, sciences, reading, writing, etc.
Tech Prep Program in Graphic
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Tech Prep Initiatives

• Cooperated to create work-based learning
  environments for students to experience careers
  and add context to their class and lab work
• Successfully explored the structure of career
  academies to create schools within schools, or
  magnet schools

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Tech Prep Initiatives

• Articulated course offerings between secondary
  and postsecondary institutions to eliminate
  duplication
• Pioneered efforts to improve student achievement
  through applied or contextual academics
• Established standards-based curricula and
  assessment strategies

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Dr. Fidelis N. Ubadigbo

• fidelis.ubadigbo_at_iowa.gov
• [phone]