Tech Prep

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Tech Prep

• Patty Santoianni

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Tech Prep - Goal

• To increase enrollment in Tech Prep programs.

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History of Tech Prep

• Inspired by Dale Parnells, The Neglected
  Majority.
• Educational reform enacted through the federally
  funded Perkins Act in 1990.
• Began as vocational education reform.
• Cornerstone is meeting the needs of the academic
  middle through the use of applied academics.

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Tech Prep Successes

• 4 million students nationwide
• High, college-prep academics taught through
  contextual learning techniques
• Seamless 4 year program starting in high school
  and leading to an Associate degree and beyond.
• Full integration of academic and technical course
  content
• 50 improve high school grades when enrolled in a
  Tech Prep program

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Tech Prep Successes

• 6 college remediation rate versus 56 in general
  student population.
• 50 more Tech Prep students are making plans to
  attend college.
• Mentorship opportunities in Information
  Technology
• Opportunity to learn soft skills
• Scholarship funds available to high school
  graduates

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History in Ohio

• Began in 1991.
• Organized as 26 consortia in order to reinforce
  partnerships and generate curricula.
• Consortia must consist of at least 1 public,
  community, technical, or university branch
  campus 1 or more VEPD and business, industry
  and labor.

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Tech Prep Metrics

• of high schools participating
• of students participating
• of students articulating to SCC from area
  Tech Prep high schools
• of internships secured by high school students
• of students articulating to bachelor's degree
  programs from SCC

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Tech. Prep. Deliverables/Objectives

• Align SCC curriculum w/ Tech Prep at high schools
• Formalize articulation agreements with Tech Prep
  high schools
• Maintain and expand high school relationships
• Maintain and expand industry relationships
• Increase awareness through IT seminars
• Create local Cisco academies
• Train faculty per Cisco standards (required)
• Increase participation in Tech Prep's high school
  faculty training classes

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Tech Prep 3 Year Budget
See Binder
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Tech Prep Progress...
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Miami Valley Consortium
Partnerships

• 7 Vocational Education Planning Districts
• Serving 67 high schools
• Sinclair Community College
• University of Dayton
• Wright State University
• Over 100 business and industry partners

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Miami Valley Consortium
1999-2000 School Year

• High School programs were offered at 17 different
  sites one of them being the Sinclair Community
  College campus.
• 1,525 students were in the Tech Prep program.

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Miami Valley Consortium
Accomplishments

• Highest number of students in the state.
• Consistently recognized regionally and nationally
  as an exemplary model.
• Named Best in the Nation in 1996 by the U.S.
  Department of Education.

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Tech Prep - GoalState of Ohio

• To increase enrollment in Tech Prep programs.
• Current enrollment (total) 10,820
• Target enrollment 35,000

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Information Technology

• High School Juniors 195
• High School Seniors 106
• Total 311
• SCC TP students 70

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Information TechnologyParticipating Schools

• Centerville
• Patterson (Belmont)
• Butler County JVS (D. Russell Lee)
• Greene County CC
• Greenville
• Kettering Fairmont
• Miami Valley CTC
• Miamisburg
• Northridge
• Warren County CC

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Accomplishments

• Career Nights3
• Enrollment Grants9
• TP Awareness Days172 sophomores
• TP Mentorship Program18 students
• Tours/Labs3
• Advisory Boards4
• IT Implementation Handbook

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Tech Prep 3 Year Budget
See Binder
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Tech Prep Next Steps

• Enhance relationship with High Schools
• Evolve relationship with Cisco
• Deploy Cisco academies
• Work with IT Alliance and Employers
• Benchmark and adapt/adopt best practices from NSF
  partners, particularly Collin County Community
  College

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Tech Prep Track Issues

• Recruitment (particularly female)
• Provide greater consistency (quality and content)
  among high schools
• Faculty Development
• Cisco rollout