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Tech Prep Task Analyses Available: Five Career Clusters Featured
Local project sites have developed curriculum to support ten new Tech Prep programs, and these task analyses guides will be ready for mailings and summer conferences beginning in July. The guides, edited by VVCRC editors Bruce Stevens and Karen Westermann, are published in volumes representing the Tech Prep career clusters.
The new Tech Prep career cluster documents include the following task analyses, listed along with the developer. To order, please refer to the catalog number when calling (804/261-05075), faxing (804/251-5079), or e-mailing (info@cteresource.org) the VVCRC.
- Agricultural, Environmental, and Natural Resources Careers (Cat. #8.97.21)
Articulated Horticulture, Virginia Tech Consortium (1997)
- Business and Marketing Careers (Cat. #8.97.22)
Accounting Systems, Tidewater Area Tech Prep Consortium (1996)
Business Management, Tech Prep Educational Consortium of Western Virginia (1997)
Business/Marketing Technicians, Lord Fairfax Community College Consortium (1997)
Computer Information Systems, Academic Tech Consortium (1997)
Information Systems Technology, Tech Prep Educational Consortium of Western Virginia (1997)
International Marketing, Roanoke Area Consortium (1997)
Legal Systems, Tidewater Area Tech Prep Consortium (1996)
Office Systems Technology, Central Virginia Tech Prep Consortium (1996)
Retail Marketing, Tidewater Area Tech Prep Consortium (1996)
- Engineering, Technical, and Trade Careers
(Cat. #8.97.23)
Computer Network Engineer/Technician, Southern Piedmont Tech Prep Consortium (1997)
Drafting and Design Technology, Crossroads Tech Prep Consortium (1996)
Electronics Technology, Crossroads Tech Prep Consortium (1996)>
General Engineering Technology, Rappahannock Community College Consortium (1997)
Precision Machining Technology, Crossroads Tech Prep Consortium (1996)
- Health and Human Services Careers
(Cat. # 8.97.24)
Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Southwestern Virginia Tech Prep Consortium (1997)
Physical Therapy Assistant, Southside Virginia Tech Prep Consortium (1996)
Protective Services Technology, Rappahannock Community College Consortium (1997)
A document supporting the secondary Academic Tech program Academic Integrated Math (AIM) I and II(Cat. #8.97.14) will also be available this summer. AIM is a combination of Algebra I and Geometry, and students in the Academic Tech consortium who complete both years successfully are able to fulfill the requirements for the two mathematics courses. This academic program publication developed for Tech Prep addresses the Virginia Standards of Learning and has been approved by the Virginia Department of Education.
Tech Prep Occupational Analyses on VVCRC's Web Site
Virginia Tech Prep occupational analyses produced by the VVCRC are now available online through the Center's Web site (http://vvcrc.tec.va.us). To access the locally developed task lists, click on "Tech Prep in Virginia"; under "More Information About Tech Prep," click on the desired cluster:
- Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources
- Communication, Fine Arts, and Media
- Engineering, Trade, and Technical
- Health and Human Services
- Business and Marketing
Printed copies of these documents are available from the VVCRC by contacting Chuck Brooks at 804/261-5075 (e-mail orders@cteresource.org).
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