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can help find the best courses to take in high school.

It can also help establish what the next step will be after high school: apprenticeships, technical college, community college, four year college or universities, work, or a combination of several of these activities .

A Career Pathway

•Provides students with an outline of career information

•Provides educational professionals with career information that can aid them as they assist students with educational and career planning

•Provides parents with career information that will aid them as they assist their student with career and educational planning

A Career Pathway

•Is based on a career goal

•Outlines high school courses needed/suggested to reach that career goal

•Outlines postsecondary educational requirements to reach career goal

A Student’s Four-Year Plan

What is Tech Prep?What is Tech Prep?

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Many young people leave school Many young people leave school without the knowledge or foundation without the knowledge or foundation that is required to find and keep a that is required to find and keep a job. In the workplace of today, job. In the workplace of today, employers require that employees employers require that employees have advanced academic and have advanced academic and technical skills. These skills are technical skills. These skills are required because of the rapidly required because of the rapidly changing and emerging changing and emerging technologiestechnologies..

The key purpose of The key purpose of Alabama TECH PREP is to Alabama TECH PREP is to help create pathways that help create pathways that lead to an associate or lead to an associate or baccalaureate degree or a baccalaureate degree or a post-secondary certificate post-secondary certificate in a specific career field.in a specific career field.

Students combine high Students combine high school classes, real-world school classes, real-world experience, and/or college experience, and/or college classes, to form a balanced classes, to form a balanced and practical educational and practical educational experience.experience.

Tech Prep programs help Tech Prep programs help high school students earn high school students earn college credit through college credit through content enhanced content enhanced articulated courses and articulated courses and dual credit.dual credit.

Students graduating from Students graduating from high school need highly high school need highly technical skills to be technical skills to be competitive in the job competitive in the job market. Up to 85% of all jobs market. Up to 85% of all jobs will require at least two years will require at least two years of education beyond high of education beyond high school. school.

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