OCCRL--Office of Community College Research and Leadership




	I. Background

	II. Core Curriculum

	III. Inovative Instructional Processes

	IV. Student Support Activities

	V. Professional Development

	VI. Colaboration and Governance

	VII. Organizing Tech Prep Consortium

	VIII. Administering Tech Prep

	IX. Components of Tech Prep

	X. Components in Local Setting

	XI. Successes, Problems, Challenges

Module 2: Key Features of Tech Prep

	Overview

	The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technology Education Act defines a Tech Prep program as "a program of study that combines at a minimum 2 years of secondary education (as determined under State law) with a minimum of 2 years of postsecondary education in a non-duplicative, sequential course of study…" Along with the federal definitions of Tech Prep based on the Perkins Act, this module also describes key features and the essential elements of Tech Prep.

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