2+2 Tech Prep Credit

"I hear and I forget. I see and I understand."
-Confucious

Click here for a listing of the classes available at Foothill High School that earn college credit.

1,606 high school Tech Prep students earned college credit and save $487,602 in tution and fees in '06-'07.

The Tech Prep Program offers high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to receive college credit from College of Southern Nevada for certain articulated high school courses.

The student must receive an "A" or "B" on their final report card, meet the competencies of the course, and pay a ten dollar application fee for each college course.

The purpose of this program is to encourage students to continue their education and hopefully follow a career path begun in high school.

Tech-Prep Application Deadline is the beginning of April every year. The CSN will mail you information in the early spring, as well as, your teachers handing out the information. There is a limit of 15 credits per studnet.

Tech Prep Program Schedule

Registration for qualified high school juniors and seniors for Tech Prep college credit will begin in the early spring. Every high school has a Tech Prep Liaison who coordinates all Tech Prep activities at their school.

Tech Prep staff and the high school liaison (Mr. Doyle) will meet with all Tech Prep teachers in February of each year. Teachers will receive relevant information about the program and a supply of student data forms. TP teachers are asked to distribute and explain the program to their students. Please return all completed student data forms to the liaison by the date shown on the application. (April of each year)

It is estimated that about 50% of eligible students do not submit an application for Tech Prep college credit.

In spite of all of our efforts to reach them and all that teachers and liaisons do to encourage students to take advantage of the opportunity to receive college credit for high school work, many students do not apply.

A good deal of this is just the general apathy of students. In spite of this, there are some schools who get applications from 90% of their eligible students.

Of the students who actually choose not to apply, the reason seems to be that they believe that the credits will not be of value to them because they are not planning to attend CSN or college at all.

Tech Prep college credits have value even if the student does not attend CSN. College credits have value, of course, in various situations: in the military, transferring to other colleges, applying for employment or advancement. The fact is, many students plan to go to another institution and although they may start there, sooner or later they enroll at CSN.

Southern Nevada Tech Prep "Model Program"

In a report from the Nevada Department of Educatoin, "The Status of Tech Prep Reporting in Nevada's Community Colleges," the Tech Prep consortium of CSN got high marks for the quality of its program. The state office of Career and Technical Education visited all the Tech Prep programs in the state to determine why some seemed to be more effective than others.

The report states "CSN is a model Tech Prep Program for community colleges in Nevada." The report recommends that the other programs in the state consider adopting similar methods and approaches as CSN's Tech Prep Program.

We are proud of the success of our program and share that sucess with teachers, liaisons, and staff.

Career and Technical courses offer options to all high school students

More than 260 Career and Technical Education courses, from architecture to welding, are available to CCSD high school students. These courses provide students with the academic and technical knowledge the need to persue higher education or enter the workplace upon graduation.

Career and Technical Education courses available at all high schools and in several magnet programs. In addition, 87 courses are articulated with the College of Southern Nevada, enabling students to earn college credit for these courses.

An option for every high school student, career and technical courses provide hands-on training and real-life experiance, and an array of opportunities including job shadowing, internships, and paid work experiance.

For more information about Career and Technical Education courses at your school, please check with your high school counselor or refer to your course registration guide.

SkillsUSA and NAM
A recently announced partnership between SkillsUSA and National Assocication of Manufactures reiterate the nations need for highly skilled workers. Through the SkillsUSA network, NAM officials feel that they will be able to reach out to more students and help teach important workplace skills. According to the 2005 Skills Gap Survey conducted by NAM, 80% of respondents were affected by the shortage of highly skilles workers in the work force. To find out more information about the partnership between SkillsUSA and NAM, please visit the NAM website at www.nam.org.