Tech Prep: Three Components

Tech Prep is
More Than a Program... It is a Cultural Change.

Tech Prep is an integrated system that achieves new outcomes through three core components:

• School-based Learning 
  To enhance learners’ knowledge of traditional subjects and
  provide them with opportunities to apply what they learn across disciplines.

• Work-based Learning
  To extend academics into the workplace by providing career
  preparation and direct work experience, bringing labor and
  employers into schools to help integrate workplace skills and
  competencies into the curriculum.
  

• Connecting Activities 
  To involve the private sector, civic leaders, learners and parents in the development and delivery of approaches and programs that respond to the specific workforce needs of their communities. By combining strong academics with applied learning, offering real-world experience and bringing together education, business and community in productive partnerships, Tech Prep represents an energetic new approach to career bound education-- and acts now to provide Illinois with the 21st century workforce needed for future success.
  

It's a partnership! It's a community-based system! It's an opportunity!

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