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The Mississippi Tech Prep Initiative is a process designed to guide schools into the 21st Century. The components provide students with information, skills, and competencies focused on future employability.
Coahoma Community College, in conjunction with the Mississippi State Department of Education and a consortium formed by local secondary schools, has developed and implemented the Technical Preparation Education Program. Enhanced occupational programs articulated between high school and postsecondary institutions provide a seamless educational system for technical skill development.
Tech Prep integrates college prep course work with vocational and technical applications. This planned sequence of courses begins in junior high school and is articulated to the community college, leading to an associate of applied science degree. Students can also pursue a four-year baccalaureate degree, if so desired.
Mission
The mission of Tech Prep in the Coahoma Community College Consortium is to connect students through career pathways to be globally competitive lifelong learners. It is also to provide its secondary and post-secondary administrators, educators and staff members with high quality professional development opportunities to enhance the learning potential of their students.
Department Goals
Tech Prep is committed to improving the quality of secondary and post-secondary education through the following goals:
- Improvement of the academic and technical competence of all students
- To insure successful transition from secondary to post-secondary education or the workforce.
- To increase access to quality educational programs from members of special populations
Clarence Hayes, PhD
Tech Prep Coordinator
Coahoma Community College
3240 Friars Point Road
Clarksdale, MS 38614
chayes@coahomacc.edu
(662) 621-4219 phone
(662) 627-3995 fax
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