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"…16 broad career clusters will help students enhance the link between the knowledge they acquire in school and the skills they need to pursue their dreams.  Without limiting students, career clusters help them focus on an area of interest or a possible career path."

-Richard W. Riley, Former U.S. Secretary of Education

About Calhoun Tech Prep

The Calhoun Tech Prep Advanced Technologies Consortium is administered by the Calhoun Technologies and Workforce Development Division and is one of hundreds of Tech Prep partnerships across the United States.  Members of the Consortium include:  Calhoun Community College, Athens City Schools, Decatur City Schools, Hartselle City Schools, Limestone County Schools, Madison County Schools and Morgan County Schools.  The program was established in 1990 and seeks to provide career/technical students with a seamless transition between high school, college and career that allows students to receive postsecondary credit for technical competencies mastered in high school and gives them access to hands-on experience in the career of their choice through apprenticeships, cooperative education and other on-the-job training experiences.  Articulation, the mechanism that allows students to receive college credit for technical skills mastered in high school, is the cornerstone of Calhoun Tech Prep.  Other activities include CHOICES, the High Tech Symposium series, and the annual Career and Workforce Expo.

To learn more about Tech Prep at Calhoun, contact Tech Prep Resource Specialist Gwen Baker at 256-306-2665 or via email at gzb@calhoun.edu.