A cool tool to help guide students to assess their interests and skills and research college and career options is available to partners of the Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep Consortium. My Path to My Future is an interactive website developed for Cincinnati Public Schools. The site includes action steps and activities targeted to each 8th -12th grade level. There are also ...

Seven career field pathway assessments are being field-tested in 2011. The assessments, drafted by teachers and prepared by the Center on Education and Training for Employment at OSU, are in the areas of Agriculture and Industrial Power Technology, Animal Science and Management, Horticulture, Agribusiness and Production Systems, Media Arts, Visual Design and Imaging and Integrated Marketing Communications. The assessments became ...

Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep Consortium Director Tim Nolan embraces the new year by sharing a message from Ohio Superintendent of Schools Deborah Delisle.  Consortium pathway managers focus on updating and revising articulation agreements so that Tech Prep students are able to take advantage of credit and advanced placement opportunities offered by partner colleges.  Staff members report on progress and look forward to the new year.  ...

The FY2012 CTE-26/Program of Study (POS) application package for Workforce Development Programs is posted on the CTE Web. There are no changes to the POS form, but changes to the CTE-26 include: Addition of check box to indicate if the program is new, transitioning to Tech Prep or renewal of existing Tech Prep; Addition of the new two-digit CTE ...

The Loveland High School bioscience program is featured in a statewide series focused on how Ohio high school programs contribute to economic development.  Jamie Allison's highly successful Tech Prep program has earned academic and professional recognition.  Biotechnology is one of six industries targeted for future economic growth.  It is a core focus of the Ohio Economic Education Summit, February 21-23.  The summit ...

Testing, tutors and podcasts are some of the tools being used by 11 teams that have earned consortium funding for college readiness projects. Competitive grants, totaling almost $50,000, have been awarded to high school/college collaborative projects that are designed to support student readiness and success in college through innovative approaches.   Project summaries are here. Projects must be completed by April ...

Mandated by Ohio law, Career-Technical Credit Transfer (CT) facilitates technical course guarantees so that students may take equivalent technical courses anywhere within the Ohio public educational system while obtaining technical credits without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers. Rob Speckert, CT2 consultant and former consortium board member, will offer information about the CT2 impact on Tech Prep, Tues., ...

Members of the Business Technology Pathway will meet Nov. 29 to discuss issues related  to current articulation agreements and the impact semester conversion will have on them;  different tests required by the state and how we might use them for articulation; the need to develop a program for high school seniors concerning financial aid, college application, and the college process ...

High school and college IT educators met November 8 to review and revise 45 articulation agreements for southwest Ohio information technology programs.  Valid through 2012, the agreements define specific requirements and benefits of transition from high school to college.  IT faculty from Miami University Hamilton, Miami University Middletown, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, UC Raymond Walters College and UC ...

Students will have an opportunity to shine during the Ohio Economic Education Summit, a two-day work session focused on forging partnerships to create a more fluid educational pipeline from middle/high school to college and the workforce. A Student Expo, will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., February 22, 2011, in the Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency, Columbus. During this ...