Kelley Townsend, Director

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• Kelley Townsend, Director
• Upper East Texas Tech Prep/
  School-to-Work
  Partnership

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Regional Tech Prep Partners

• Northeast Texas Community College
• Texarkana College
• Paris Junior College
• 47 ISDs
• 40 High Schools

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Background

• Tech Prep began in 1990
• 26 Tech Prep Consortia in Texas
• Texas Tech Prep Consortia funded by a separate
  stream of funding through Perkins
• Each Tech Prep Consortia must be partnered with
  at least one community college and one
  independent school district
• All Tech Prep Consortia have different funding
  focuses
• Managing authority is the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board with Dr. Susan Hetzler

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Tech Prep is a Program of Study

• Provides for 4, 6 or 8 year Tech Prep programs
• College-Preparation based on the Recommended High
  School Graduation Plan
• Career Counseling and Guidance
• Rigorous Curriculum for Technical-Based Jobs
• Work-Site-Based Contextual Learning
• Integrated Academic and Technical Courses
• Articulation and Dual Credit

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Articulation of Courses
Students receive credit for high school courses
that are modified 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. Student earns a Workforce Education
One-Year Certificate or an Associates of Applied
Science (AAS) Degree These courses can also lead
to a BAAS or BAT Degree within the Texas Two-Step
Program.
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What kind of courses apply?

• Dual-credit courses one institution teaches and
  both give credit
• Concurrent-credit courses student is
  co-enrolled at both institutions
• Advanced Placement courses student takes a
  modified class and a standardized exam
• Articulated courses student takes a modified
  class and is given credit in escrow

Not all courses count for all degrees so you have
to know where you are going first
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What is the key to Tech-Prep?

• Career exploration
• Career guidance
• Setting of Goals
• Clear means of reaching those goals
• Savings in time and money
• Linked to demand jobs

• What does work mean?
• Is it realistic?
• What are my options?
• How do I get there?
• What is the best way?
• Prepared for good jobs AND more education

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Benefits of Tech-Prep

• Students gain marketable skills
• Increased college matriculation
• Students develop goals
• Opens options for students
• Improved GPAs
• Improved scores on standardized tests

• Reduces discipline problems
• Reduces drop-outs and absenteeism
• Better trained workforce
• Improved transition from school to workplace.
• Saves money and time on education
• Decreases remediation

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College Tech Prep Works
Todays Tech Prep

Percent Enrollment
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Todays Tech Prep

• Enrollments
• High School to College Rates
• Post Secondary Enrollments
• Cost Savings Families Taxpayers
• Programs
• Articulation Agreements

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2007-2008 Statewide Tech Prep Enrollment
High School Grades 9 12 156,430 students
College Tech Prep Works
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HS to College 2006 Cohort Rates
2006 High School Graduates Immediately Entering
Postsecondary Institutions in Texas 4-year
Summer 2-year Summer PS Summer or Fall
2006 or Fall 2006 or Fall 2004
26.5 30.0 56.4
College Tech Prep Works
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Postsecondary Enrollments Fall 2006
Tech-Prep Enrollments 60,362 Total
Enrollments 575,712 Tech-Prep
10.5 Source THECB CBM001
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Potential Cost Savings

• For Tech-Prep Seniors and Families
• Assumptions
• 3 High School Units
• Units articulated as 3 college courses (9
  hours)
• 1 book per course

Average College Cost per Student - 674
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Potential Cost Savings
For Tech-Prep Seniors and Families 36,128,283 in
Savings
Source TEA
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Potential Cost Savings
For the State i.e. Taxpayers 34,517,252 in
Savings
Source THECB Financial Index, TEA
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Top Tech Prep Program Clusters

• Business, Management and Administration 158
• Health Science 140
• Information Technology 115
• Manufacturing 104
• Architecture and Construction 61
• Total AAS Programs 810

College Tech Prep Works
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Tech Prep Programs By Cluster
Law, Public Safety and Security
46 Transportation Distribution and Logistics
41 Education and Training 38 Hospitality
and Tourism 24 Agriculture, Food, and
Natural Resources 22 Arts, A/V Technology and
Communications 22 Marketing, Sales and Service
19 Human Services 9 Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math
8 Government and Public Administration
2 Finance 1 Total Programs 810
College Tech Prep Works
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Tech Prep Partners
There are 8,954 articulation agreements.
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• If you have any questions
• Kelley Townsend
• Director
• 903.782.0740
• ktownsend_at_parisjc.edu
• http//dns1.parisjc.edu/techprep
• State Website www.techpreptexas.org