The
Lakeland College Tech Prep consortium works
with 35 area high
schools, covering a 4 county area, to create career-technical
education programs that begin in the Junior year
of high school and continue through an associate
degree in college and beyond. Tech Prep programs
stress mathematics, science, communication, and
technology.
They also emphasize teamwork, hands-on learning,
work-site experiences, critical thinking, and
problem solving.
Students
who are in College Tech Prep learn interactively.
They don’t spend their time reading
textbooks to learn about things they don’t
need to know. Interactive learning means
students still listen and learn from classroom
lectures and take tests, but they’ll
be asked to take their knowledge and actually
DO something to demonstrate their skills.
In addition, students work in teams which
encourage leadership skills. Students learn
to apply their knowledge and gain expertise
in an area they are interested in, such
as:
