Tech Prep is College Prep for Technical Careers!

Tech Prep is a way to start a college technical major in high school. In a Tech Prep program, you begin your course of study in high school and continue in a community or technical college. The result is a certificate or associate degree in a career field.

Tech Prep programs combine the academic courses needed for success in college AND technical courses that begin to prepare you for a career.

Students in Tech Prep programs can earn college credit through:

• Content-enhanced articulated courses (statewide articulation and/or local articulation);
• Dual credit (concurrent enrollment); and/or
• College Board Advanced Placement (AP)

Tech Prep includes the following key components:

• 6-year educational plans composed of secondary programs of study articulated with technical programs at two-year colleges;
• Academic and technical concepts taught in context;
• Career guidance and counseling;
• Joint staff development activities for secondary and postsecondary teachers, counselors and administrators;
• Joint state agency approval process for Tech Prep programs (6-year plans); and
• A high school transcript code for articulated courses (letter "A") and a PEIMS code to identify secondary students electing to participate in Tech Prep programs.

Resources:

• College Tech Prep Works - 2008 Educators
• College Tech Prep Works - 2008 Parents
• College Tech Prep Works - 2008 Students
• Tech Prep Brochure
• Tech Prep Texas