Tech Prep: An Effective Strategy for HB1144

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Tech PrepAn Effective Strategy for HB1144

• Provided by
• Tech Prep of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc.

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Tech Prep A National and State Initiative

• Tech Prep at state and national levels attempts
  to meet employers demand for a highly qualified
  workforce
• Federal Carl D. Perkins Act (1990 and 1998)--
  federal requirements for Tech Prep and CATE
• Texas HB2401 (1999)--state endorsement for Tech
  Prep codifies relationship between Tech Prep and
  the Recommended High School Program
• 26 regional Tech Prep consortia in Texas (led
  by partnership of THECB and TEA)

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HB1144

• New state law--also attempting to meet employers
  demand for a highly qualified workforce
• Specifies Recommended High School Program as
  required for high schools beginning with ninth
  graders in 2004-2005
• Tech Prep, already promoting the Recommended
  High School Program, can help schools to succeed
  in implementation of HB1144

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• A public/private collaborative partnership whose
  mission is to form working partnerships that
  leverage regional resources to provide
  reality-based learning for achieving a higher
  level of competence in the Valleys workforce.

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Tech Prep of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc.

• Tech Prep RGV is a regional collaboration of
• 30 independent school districts
• 7 colleges and universities
• Region One Education Service Center
• Other private and public partners
• Incorporated board leads both Tech Prep
  consortium and School-to-Careers Partnership
• Board members elected by, accountable to member
  stakeholders

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Tech Prep is a program that includes

• college preparation based on the Recommended High
  School Graduation Plan
• career counseling and guidance
• 6-year education plans leading to specific
  careers (ARTICULATED programs)
• rigorous curriculum for technical-based jobs
• integrated academic and technical courses
• contextual learning
• work-site-based training where applicable

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Tech Prep Key Components

• 6-year educational plans, grades 9-14
• Academic and technical concepts taught in context
• Career guidance and counseling
• Joint staff development for ISD/PSI teachers,
  counselors, administrators
• Joint state agency approval process for Tech-Prep
  programs (6-year plans)
• High school transcript code for articulated
  courses (letter A)
• PEIMS code to identify secondary Tech Prep
  students

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Tech Prep of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc.
Initiatives

• Manufacturing Technologies Laboratory
• Work-based learning
• K-8 curriculum, Careers in Action
• Staff development (S-TEAMs, Counselors Network,
  workshops and conferences)
• Parent outreach
• Resources (posters, brochures, handbooks) and
  technical assistance
• Tech Prep Texas Scholars and Dr. Lauro F. Cavazos
  Tech Prep Scholarships

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Why Tech Prep?

• 5 million Americans are unemployed.
• 72 million Americans cannot read well enough
  to complete a job application.
• There are no good jobs left for people who do not
  have a marketable package of academic and
  technical skills!

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Rio Grande Valley Issues

• High dropout rates
• High unemployment rates
• Shortage of educated role models-
• 47 of RGV residents have high-school diplomas
  (72 for state)
• 12 RGV residents have some college training
  (20 state/national averages)

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In a Typical High School...

• One-third are preparing to go to college
• Two-thirds

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Transition to Career

• 50 find jobs by chance not by choice
• 64 that go to work would like to consider other
  career options
• First job retention average is less than 1 year
• 90 need problem solving, critical thinking, team
  work and communication skills.

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Todays Vs. Tomorrows Workplace
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What does Tech Prep of the Rio Grande Valley,
Inc. offer?
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www.techprepRGV.com
 
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Support Team Network

• Local campus- based interdisciplinary teams who
  are bringing about positive changes by
  encouraging high academic standards with
  real-life applications
• Started with Tech Prep funds, expanded with
  School-to-Careers funds

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Counselors Network

• Counselors from public schools, colleges, and
  other organizations
• Annual meetings and targeted staff development
• Annual Awards of Counseling Excellence
• Perkins funds through Weatherford College

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Workshops and Conferences

• One-day events (e.g., Texas Friendly Ambassador,
  Labor Market Trends)
• Conferences (e.g., 2001 Tech Prep/School-to-Career
  s Regional Conference CBIRD 1st International
  Technology Conference)
• In-service training on local campuses
• Coming events http//www.techprepRGV.com

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Work-Based Learning

• Activities giving students opportunities to
• Experience the real world of work
• Learn how academic and work-related skills
  studied in class are used in the workplace

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Work-Based Experiences

• Industry speaker presentations
• Field trips to employers place of work
• Job-shadowing
• Mentoring
• Tech Preps MTL program

• Apprenticeships
• Internships
• Externships
• Co-op classes

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Parent Outreach

• Information given to both parents and
  students to help them plan for the future!

• Importance of academics
• Importance of work-based learning
• Labor market information
• Tech Prep articulation information

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What are the keys to Tech Prep?

• Provides savings in time and money
• Links education to demand jobs
• Prepares for good job AND more education

• Offers career exploration
• Provides career guidance
• Guides goal setting
• Provides clear means of reaching goals

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Tech Prep programs save MONEY!!!
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Articulation of Courses
Students receive credit for high school courses
that are enhanced to be equivalent to
introductory college courses. These save time
as much as a full semester of college These save
money in some types of courses student/parents
save fees and tuition and the state saves funding.
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In one year, students enrolled in 37 colleges,
and their parents, saved about 288,000 and the
state saved about 472,000, for a statewide total
of 760,000.
Thats BIG bucks!!!
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Tech Prep Students Succeed!!!
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Lower Dropout Ratesfor Tech Prep Students
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Dropout Rates
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Higher Attendance Ratesfor Tech Prep Students
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Attendance Rates
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Higher Graduation Ratesfor Tech Prep Students
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Graduation Rates
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Tech Prep Students Lead in Graduate Follow-Up
Study in Higher Education,Fall After Graduation
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Follow-Up RGV Graduates in Higher Education
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Tech Prep School to Careers Rio Grande Valley
Staff

• Patricia G. (Pat) Bubb,
  Executive Director
• Martha Gutierrez,
• Work-Based Experiences Specialist
• Belinda Torres, AmeriCorps Planning
  Specialist
• Melinda Morales, First Generation
  Specialist

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X. Stakeholders
2002-2006 Strategic Plan
Tech Prep Inc.s stakeholders are its voting
members, who are named below
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XI. Board of Directors
2002-2006 Strategic Plan
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RICHARD VAUGHN, President
and Executive Officer, Partnership DEAN LaFEVER,
Vice President , Marketing and Awards ROBERT
GOMEZ, Treasurer LINDA WADE, Ph.D., and NORMA
SALAIZ, Ph.D. Curriculum/Work-Based Learning and
Professional Development JOE VASQUEZ and ROBERT
GOMEZ, Finance and Bylaws PERRY A. VAUGHN,
Nominations SAM O. OLIVAREZ, Technology
Initiatives LINDA FOSSEN, Universities and
Colleges DIRECTORS LILLY G. DE LA ROSA,
Assistant Vice President, Market Manager IIMid
Valley, Capital One, N.A. San LINDA FOSSEN,
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Planning,
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas
Southmost College ROBERTGOMEZ, Vice President of
Financial Services, Texas State Technical
College, Harlingen ROBERT GOMEZ, Vice President
of Financial Services, Texas State Technical
College, Harlingen

• HERNAN GONZALEZ, Executive Director, Economic
  Development Corporation of Weslaco
• ROEL GONZALEZ, Superintendent of Schools, Rio
  Grande City CISD
• BELINDA GUZMAN-GARCES Dual Enrollment Workforce
  Programs Specialist, South Texas College, McAllen
  
• PAT HOBBS, Vice President for Student Learning,
  Texas State Technical College, Harlingen
• DEAN LaFEVER Director of Rio Grande Valley, Texas
  Gas Service Company, Harlingen
• ROBERT LEFTWICH, Material Planning, United Launch
  Alliance, Harlingen
• MINNIE LUCIO, Community Coordinator, Cameron
  Works Workforce Centers, Brownsville
• DAVID MERRILL, Financial Consultant and Vice
  President of Investments, Wachovia Securities,
  LLC, Brownsville
• SAM O. OLIVAREZ, President/Owner, Barreras
  Supply Co., Inc., Mission
• EVA-JEAN RADEL, Broker/Owner, Re/MAX RGV, McAllen
• HOLLIS V. RUDLEDGE JR., President and CEO, Hollis
  Rutledge and Associates, Inc., Mission
• NORMA SALAIZ, Ph.D., Superintendent of Schools,
  LaVilla ISD

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XI. Board of Directors
2002-2006 Strategic Plan
DIRECTORS CONTINUED JOEY TREVINO,
Planning/Business Development, Halff Associates
McAllen RICHARD VAUGHAN President/CEO, Burton
Companies, Weslaco PERRY A. VAUGHN, Executive
Director, Rio Grande Valley Chapter, Associated
General Contractors of American, Inc.,
Harlingen LINDA WADE, Ph.D., Superintendent of
Schools, Harlingen, CISD JOE VASQUEZ, Community
Volunteer (formerly Vice President of Human
Resources, Mid Valley Health Systems/Knapp
Medical Center), Weslaco ASSOCIATE
DIRECTORS RACHEL ARCAUTE, Administrator Liaison
for Higher Education, McAllen ISD THIA YVETTE
GARZA, Community Volunteer (former Tech Prep RGV
employee), Austin DOMINIQUE HALABY, D.P.A.,
Acquisition Consultant, Premier Machining
Service, Houston ROBERT F. LOREDO, Interim
Superintendent of Schools, Donna Independent
School District JOSE G. MARTIN, Ph.D., Provost
Vice President for Academic Affairs, The
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas
Southmost College

• JANICE H. MUMFORD, Community Volunteer (former
  Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and
  Instruction, McAllen ISD (retired), McAllen
• ARNOLD PEDRAZA, Owner, Utility Engineering
  Specialists, McAllen
• NOAMI PERALES, Community Relations
  Representative, Texas Gas Service Company,
  Harlingen
• HECTOR RENDON, Vice President, South Texas Career
  and Technology Association and Director, Career
  and Technical Education Programs, San Benito
• FELIPE REYES, Administrator for Career and
  Technical Education, Brownsville Independent
  School District
• BILL SUMMERS, President/CEO, Rio Grande Valley
  Partnership, Weslaco
• ESTELLA L. TREVINO, Executive Director, Edinburg
  Housing Authority
• RON TUPPER, Chairman, Board of Directors, El
  Milagro Clinic, McAllen
• STEPHEN M. VASSBERG, Community Volunteer
  (formerly Associate Vice President for Workforce
  and Economic Development, TSTC Harlingen),
  Harlingen
• ROMEO VILLARREAL, Owner, Romeo Villarreal Rental
  Properties, Edinburg

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XI. Board of Directors
2002-2006 Strategic Plan

• Directors Emeritus
• EDUARDO CAMPIRANO
• Port Director and Chief Executive Officer,
  Port of Brownsville
• Brownsville
• RAY ELLEDGE
• Division Manager, Texas Commercial Energy
  (retired)
• Harlingen
• CEASAR MALDONADO, P.E.,PMP
• Consulting Engineer
• Harlingen
• ED TAMAYO
• Executive Vice President, First Community Bank
  (retired)
• Harlingen

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Tech Prep and HB1144

• Tech Prep successes are documented and growing.
• Tech Prep IS an effective strategy for HB1144!

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For Additional Information

• Tech Prep RGV www.techprepRGV.com
• Tech Prep in Texas www.techpreptexas.org
• Carl D. Perkins Act and Texas Tech-Prep Act
  www.thecb.state.tx.us/ctc -- go to Guidelines for
  Instructional Programs in Workforce Education,
  Part II Tech Prep
• HB1144 www.capitol.state.tx.us enter HB1144 in
  the Bill section, then Go, then click on
  Enrolled Version