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TECH
PREP/DUAL
ENROLLMENT The Tech Prep program offers students the opportunity to focus on secondary technical electives that will help train them for high skill, high wage occupations. At the same time, students can begin earning technical center or community college credits while attending high school. Students are encouraged to take higher level academic courses while in the Tech prep program and to maintain a "C" or better grade point average. DUAL ENROLLMENT Career and Technical Centers participate with Orange County Public Schools to provide students with the opportunity to take technical classes (electives) while obtaining the required academic courses at the home high school. Students typically earn two or three credits per year by enrolling in a three-hour technical program at one of the four centers. Students who have completed credits in comparable technical courses at their high school may be given credit for those competencies, enabling them to begin their technical program at an advanced level. Students who attend one or two years of technical training through Dual Enrollment receive industry-level training in work-environment labs, have the opportunity to be placed in high-wage externships and jobs, can earn a certificate of completion while earning community college credit through Tech Prep and are eligible to apply for Tech Prep scholarships for postsecondary training. To be eligible for Dual Enrollment a student must:
High school students with disabilities are also served through the Dual Enrollment program. For more information about Tech Prep and Dual Enrollment opportunities
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