Objective #1.1 Expand participation strategies for business, industry and labor in each funded occupational program.

Objective #1.2 Integrate academics, vocational and technical instruction (i.e., applied academics) at all partner institutions and accept secondary-level applied academics courses for college admission.

Objective #1.3 Develop and implement transition strategies that integrate Tech Prep into the School-to-Careers system within Camden County College’s WIB area.

Objective #1.4 Use educational technology and distance learning to involve all consortium partners more fully in program development and operation.

Objective #1.5 Provide preparatory services, as needed, to assist all program participants.

Goal Two: Establish consortia to improve training opportunities for students in occupational programs.

Objective #2.1 Provide equal access to the full range of technical programs to individuals who are members of special populations, including the development of technical program services appropriate to the needs of special populations.

Objective #2.2 Recruit and retain under-represented students, increase overall student participation and enrollment in the Tech Prep program over FY99 levels and encourage student participation in affiliated vocational student organizations.

Objective #2.3 Implement a formative and summative evaluation strategy that will collect program and follow-up data, evaluate staff training systems, monitor performance outcomes and initiate corrective actions, as necessary.

Objective #2.4 Link secondary schools, two-year postsecondary institutions and four-year institutions of higher education through non-duplicative sequences of courses in career fields, including the investigation of opportunities for Tech Prep secondary students to enroll concurrently in secondary and postsecondary course work.

Goal Three: Improve and expand articulation between the secondary and postsecondary providers of education and training.

Objective #3.1 Develop written articulation agreements among participants in the consortium.

Objective #3.2 Implement an in-service training program for Tech Prep personnel, including teachers, that:

• Trains vocational-technical teachers to effectively implement Tech Prep programs;
• Provides joint training for teachers in the Tech Prep consortium;
• Ensures that teachers and administrators stay current with the needs, expectations and methods of business and all aspects of the industry;
• Trains postsecondary faculty in the use of contextual and applied curricula and instructions; and
• Provides training in the use and application of technology

Objective #3.3 To develop and implement an in-service training program for Tech Prep counselors to more effectively:

• Provide students with more information regarding Tech Prep educational programs and options;
• Support student services in completing Tech Prep programs;
• Provide information on related employment opportunities;
• Ensure that students are placed in appropriate employment; and
• Stay current with the needs, expectations and methods of business and all aspects of the industry.

Objective #3.4 Admit all secondary Tech Prep graduates directly into the postsecondary degree program without placing these prospective students on a waiting list.