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Mississippi Tech Prep is an important school-to-careers transition
program model that helps students make the connection between school
and lifelong learning. The program combines rigorous academic
courses with high-level technical training leading to a certificate,
associate or baccalaureate degree. Tech Prep in Mississippi prepares
young people for the careers of tomorrow.
Tech
Prep is a collective effort across disciplines and institutions to
provide career education and planning for all students. Tech Prep
provides for enhanced curriculum through teacher training that
emphasizes rigor and relevance, applied methodologies, contextual
teaching and integration between academic and vocational.
Based on the Carl D. Perkins Career
and Technical Education Act of 2006,
the components of Tech Prep are:
Articulation
Program of Study
Development of Tech Prep programs for secondary and
post-secondary
In-service professional development for teachers, faculty and
administrators
Professional Development Programs for counselors
Equal access to technical preparation programs to members of
special populations
Preparatory Services
Coordinate with activities conducted under Title I
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