Why the need for Tech Prep?
- The Global Marketplace
- The world marketplace has forced our nations businesses
to be more competitive.
- Today Jobs are More Technical
- By the year 2000, 65% of the new jobs will require a
person to have skills before the worker begins. (Source:
Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Job Requirements
- The average career opportunity will require 14 years
of formal education to enter.
- Lifelong Learning Needs
- Students need to be aware that their education should
include at least two years beyond high school and continued
education throughout their working careers. A high school
diploma is no longer the ticket to a good paying job.
What are the benefits for Tech Prep students?
- Sequenced technical and academic courses eliminate gaps
and overlap in the education process.
- Students are better prepared for a college experience
at Northeast Community College.
- Students move easily from Northeast Community College
to Wayne State, Peru State and even University of Nebraska
institutions.
- Students will be successful in rigorous academic courses
which blend traditional academic content with practical
examples of how the content applies to an actual job.
- Students will receive information on careers and post-secondary
programs to help them plan their future.
- Students visit businesses and industries, Northeast
Community College and other special sites as part of School
-To-Work opportunities.
- Students learn workplace readiness skills.
Consortium Schools:
Currently 28 schools are members of the Northeast Tech
Prep Consortium:
- Bancroft-Rosalie
- Battle Creek
- Bloomfield
- Burwell
- Butte
- Clearwater
- Creighton
- Crofton
- Elgin
- Emerson-Hubbard
- Ewing
- Madison
- Neligh-Oakdale
- Newman Grove
- Norfolk
- Orchard
- Osmond
- Pierce
- Plainview
- Spencer-Naper
- Stanton
- Stuart
- Tekamah-Herman
- Verdigre
- Wakefield
- Wausa
- Wayne
- Wisner-Pilger
More Information
Cynthia M. Baum
(402) 844-7119
cindy@northeastcollege.com
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