Tech Prep Career Pathways

 

What is Tech Prep?

In today’s job market, most careers require education beyond high school.

• 20 percent require professional degrees
• 62 percent require skilled labor

Mission College Tech Prep is a great way to start a college technical major while still in high school. In a Tech Prep program, you begin your course of study in high school and continue in a community college, such as Mission College. The result is a certificate or associate degree in a career field, or transfer to a four-year program.

What are the advantages of Tech Prep?

• Save money. College is expensive. The free Tech Prep college credits you earn apply toward your high school diploma and toward certificates and degrees at Mission College.
• Save time. Get a head start on your certificate or degree program requirements by earning college credits in your Tech Prep courses before you even set foot on Mission College’s campus.
• Gain confidence and a sense of success. Earning college credits before you leave high school lets you know that you can succeed at Mission College.

Visit Tech Prep Advantages to learn how Tech Prep can be a tremendous benefit to students, parents, and the community.

Ready? Click on Getting Started!

 

Tech Prep Coordinator: Jackie Slabaugh
email: jackie_slabaugh@wvm.edu
tel: 408-855-5209
office: Main Building S3-102A