Tech Prep is a college program that begins in high school; it is advanced placement for technical careers that prepares students for direct entry into the workplace upon completion of an associate degree or a post secondary certificate program.

Each DCCC Tech Prep program is a planned sequence of courses developed cooperatively between school districts and DCCC, and approved by both the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).

High school students must follow these steps to participate in Tech Prep:

• Choose a Tech Prep career program offered at your high school after reviewing options with your high school counselor.
• Complete the suggested high school Tech Prep classes with a minimum overall average of 80.
• Ask the high school counselor to fill out a "Transfer of Tech Prep College Credit" form.

Within 15 months after high school graduation:

• enroll at a DCCC college
• meet with a Tech Prep advisor at the college
• declare a major and file a degree plan or certificate program.

For more information about the Tech Prep programs, contact your high school counselor or career and technology teacher or call the college's Tech Prep office. See this Web site for more information: http://www.dcccd.edu/TechPrep.