Tech Prep and Career Technical Education Pathways

What is Tech Prep and Articulation and what does it mean to your educational goals?

• Tech Prep is a federal and state supported effort to provide closer alignment between secondary (high school/R.O.P) and community colleges to refine career ladders to better meet student needs.
• Articulation is a means to provide students with advanced placement and college credit for equivalent occupational courses successfully completed at a secondary or Regional Occupational Program level.

Articulation Benefits

• Provides students with a jump start on their college education.
• Provides a path of transition from secondary schools to the community college level.
• Reduces duplication of course work.
• Encourages students to continue their education beyond high school.
• Allows high school/R.O.P. and Community Colleges to supply students with consistent information.

• Information for students and parents
• Information for high school/R.O.P. faculty and staff
• Information for Chabot College faculty and staff