What is Tech Prep?
Tech Prep is an educational reform that is changing the way high school and college students learn across the United States. In Illinois, Tech Prep consists of a sequence of academic and technical courses taugh t at a minimum during the two years of secondary school proceeding graduation and (1) during two years of post-secondary education leading to at least an Associate of Applied Science degree or (2) an apprenticeship of at least two years following high sch ool. The sequence must include integrated academic and technical content, workplace skills, and instruction delivered both at the work-site and in the school/college setting. Programs often begin at the 9th grade, and some also articulate to four year bac calaureate degrees.
Last Updated 5/24/99