Seamless Education Opportunities for Tech Prep Students

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Seamless Education Opportunities for Tech Prep
Students

• Facilitating Transitions from Secondary to
  Postsecondary Education

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The Mission of Tech Prep Is
To provide every student an opportunity to
participate in a seamless educational system that
includes high-level academic and technical
preparation for workforce readiness and lifelong
learning
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Seamless Education Opportunities for Tech Prep
Studentsin Georgias Technical Colleges
Joint Enrollment -Course taught by
postsecondary- A high school student
taking postsecondary courses for postsecondary
credit ONLY
Alignment/ Articulation -Course taught by
secondary- A high school student taking HS
courses aligned with PS courses that have been
locally approved for advanced credit upon
completion of HS and entrance into PS
Dual Enrollment -Course taught by
postsecondary- A high school student
taking postsecondary courses for BOTH high school
AND postsecondary credit
Dual Enrollment Degree Programs
Dual Enrollment Certificate and Diploma Programs
Methods of Payment HOPE-Tuition paid by HOPE
-must follow guidelines as outlined -
www.dtae.org/dualenrollment Other-Tuition paid by
some source other than HOPE
Methods of Payment HOPE-Tuition paid by
HOPE Other-Tuition paid by some source other than
HOPE
Methods of Payment Accel Accel Program is
funded by GA Lottery for Education Other-Tuition
paid by some source other than Accel Program
For complete details go to http//www.gsfc.org/Ma
in/dsp_main.cfm.
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What Is Articulation?
Articulation
Articulation allows high school students to
transfer credit for certain high school course
work to technical colleges in Georgia.
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Criteria for Articulation

• Student must make a minimum grade in the high
  school course as determined by the technical
  college. (where applicable)
• Student must be accepted to a technical college
  within 18-24 months of graduation from high
  school.
• Student must validate credit (methods vary)
• Exemption test
• Successful completion of next level course in
  program
• Successful completion of a quarter of work at
  technical college

Career Pathway is the key!
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EXAMPLE Quick Reference Guidefor Early
Childhood Care and Education
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What Is the Purpose of Dual Enrollment?

• To allow students to begin a postsecondary
  program in their chosen career field while they
  are still in high school
• To allow students to earn credit at both the high
  school and the technical college while they are
  still in high school

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What about Student Eligibility?
The student must have met all technical college
admission requirements for the selected program
of study (such as testing and age requirements).
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What about Funding? (Dual Enrollment
Certificate and Diploma programs)

• The program is a collaborative agreement between
  DOE and DTAE.
• Funding
• FTE funding for secondary schools
• HOPE Grant funding for technical colleges

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What Is the Process?

• Agreement to Participate is signed by the
  technical college President and the local system
  Superintendent.
• Local high schools work with the technical
  college to develop and implement courses to
  expand opportunities for students in each school.

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What Are the General Guidelines?

• Courses offered by the technical college must not
  supplant courses already offered in the secondary
  school.
• Courses must be required within a technical
  certificate or diploma program offered by the
  technical college.

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What Are the General Guidelines?

• Course objectives must correlate with state DOE
  board-approved QCC course objectives (see website
  below)
• Course must have a state-approved course number
• Course cannot be secondary core academic course
• English, Mathematics, Psychology, Biology, etc.

http//www.doe.k12.ga.us/curriculum/edtech/framewo
rks.asp
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What about Faculty?

• A secondary staff person is assigned to monitor
  and support the class.

• The class is taught by a technical college
  instructor employed by the technical college.

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Whats New? Accel Program

• Effective Fall term 2004, the Postsecondary
  Options Program was discontinued.
• The Accel Program was created to serve a similar
  purpose for eligible high school students
  enrolled in college degree-level courses.
• -Associate and 4-year degree programs
• Students earn college degree-level credit and
  high school course credit for eligible courses.
• For list of eligible courses, refer to
  http//www.gsfc.org/main/publishing/pdf/2005/accel
  _courses_011305.pdf.

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Joint Enrollment

• Funding and admissions requirements are the same
  as dual enrollment.
• Courses are taught by postsecondary instructors.
• High school students receive postsecondary credit
  ONLY.

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For More Information

• http//www.sandersvilletech.edu/techprep
• Jackie W. Holton, Coordinator
• Sandersville Tech Prep Consortium
• 478-553-2098
• jholton_at_sandersvilletech.edu

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For More Information

• http//www.hgtc.org/techprep/default.htm
• Brooka Hutcheson, Coordinator
• Heart of Georgia Tech Prep Consortium
• 478-274-7765
• bhutcheson_at_hgtc.org

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For More Information

• http//www.mgtc.org/
• Alicia Long, Coordinator
• Middle Georgia Tech Prep Consortium
• 478-988-6883
• along_at_middlegatech.edu