Employers.  How many job applicants do you interview that actually have the skills you need?  Do you ever wish you could tell graduates what they need to learn before they come to you for a job?  With Tech Prep, you’re customizing Pennsylvania’s future workforce and creating a talent pool in your own backyard!

Why should businesses participate?
Tech Prep graduates armed with an outstanding academic education and advanced technical skills that place them head-and-shoulders above graduates interviewing with you for your technical jobs!  By becoming involved in a Tech Prep program, you’re helping to create your own highly-trained workforce, with help from a federally-funded program!  Tech Prep works and makes sense.

Key Tech Prep Components:

• A rigorous education program combining math, science, and communications with advanced technical skills.
• A non-duplicative sequence of courses that combine at least the final two years of secondary school with two years of postsecondary education.
• A team of secondary and postsecondary faculty in partnership with local business employers.
• A smooth transition between secondary and postsecondary schools with no duplication of courses or loss of credits.
• A comprehensive career guidance program.

By working together, everyone wins.  Pennsylvania’s future in a growing global economy depends on the ability of its young people to have appropriate knowledge in a technologically demanding business climate.  Tech Prep prepares students to meet these challenges and provides you with a well-educated, trained and motivated workforce.

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