What is Tech Prep?

Tech Prep is a rigorous technical and academic curriculum that includes: 4 years of high school + 2 years of college = 6 year program.... Tech Prep Associate Degree

• The resulting Tech Prep Associate Degree is available at Texas' community and technical colleges.
  
  
• A Tech Prep Associate Degree prepares students to go straight to work, or to pursue a bachelor's degree, or, as is becoming more and more common, both.
  
  
• Tech Prep is a school-to-careers partnership between education and business that prepares young people for today's skilled workforce. This partnership involves high schools, colleges, large & small businesses, governmental agencies -- all working together!
  
  
• Tech Prep relies on the business/education connection to design job-specific curricula to prepare students for occupations currently in demand and for those projected to be in demand.
  
  
• Tech Prep meets the "Learning for Earning" needs of the middle 50% of students.
  
  
• The Tech Prep Associate Degree includes the following components:
  - Integration of Academic & Vocational Curricula
  - Curricula which incorporate workplace know-how
  - Exposure to the workplace