A limited number of COMPASS test units and Advancer Remediation units are available to partners of the Ohio Tech Prep Southwest Region.  Resources will be awarded to partner schools, based upon need and documentation of planning and follow-up activities. COMPASS test requests must include plans for pre-test outreach to explain purpose of testing and test strategies.  Audience includes parents, students and ...

Thirty agriculture and environmental high school and college instructors attended a Program of Study and Articulation Meeting, Thursday, Dec. 8 at the Great Oaks Career Development Center.  The day was structured into segments tailored to needs of secondary and post-secondary instructors including pathways, course options, program of study completion, regional articulation opportunities and assessment.  Cyndi Brill, ODE Consultant for Agriculture ...

A collaborative venture involving Southwest Ohio career tech high schools and colleges has been awarded state funding to support curriculum linkages and college readiness. The Southwest Ohio Tech Prep/Program of Study Service Center is one of six new Ohio centers.  The center will support development of Programs of Study with articulation agreements and collaboration related to college-ready assessment and remediation. ...

The Ohio Department of Education Office of Career-Technical Education is seeking proposals for the establishment of Tech Prep/Program of Study Regional Service Centers. The amount of the grant varies by regional location to be served. Grants range from $403,721.00 to $629,750.00 per year renewable from year one to year two. The Centers must commit to provide services to Career Technical ...

A report detailing systems, strategies, and relationships between secondary and postsecondary partners focused on college readiness and remediation has been issued by the Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep Consortium.  The report describes collaborative activities of consortium partners and includes summaries and inights gained by mini-grant project partners and offers a COMPASS testing analysis and recommendations.  The report can be accessed here:  College Readiness 2010-2011

Tom O’Neill’s information technology program has for years been a launching pad for a succession of tech savvy entrepreneurs.  Offered by Butler Tech at Ross High School, the class nurtures creativity while developing solid market skills. Class involvement in SAGE, an international student organization, has fostered a unique collaboration between the students and the business leader who created the Chia ...

Kelly Broscheid, compliance officer for Cincinnati Public Schools career & technical programs, has been elected to serve on the Ohio Tech Prep Advisory Council.  An organization meeting was held February 23 in Columbus.  The council offers input to the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio Department of Education on issues related to Tech Prep policy and implementation.

Bioscience students from Loveland High School, Woodward Career Technical High School and Sycamore High School were the stars at the student showcase featured during the Ohio Economic-Education Summit.  Teachers Beth Quinones, Tracy Howard and Jamie Allison coordinated presentations.  The students drew widespread praise for expertise and professional conduct..

The Office of CTE has finalized its latest demographic and performance data sheet on Ohio secondary CTE. The FY2010 Ohio CTE Data Summary Fact Sheet contains student enrollment by workforce development career field, grade level and district type as well as selected performance indicators and other information. Among information from the 2009-2010 school year are: 129,679 high school students were in ...

Improving student achievement in math and English is the goal of a spring remediation initiative kicked off January 26 by the Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep Consortium. Thirty teachers from eight schools in four districts learned to use a on-line remediation tool offered by the consortium. Each school will develop and implement a remediation strategy based on need and opportunity. Targeted students ...