Educational Pathway Drawing Boards

 Prior To Articulation Meeting

" Develop a high school drawing board for the articulation area. (Check with your high school Tech Prep Coordinator or with the Tech Prep office to see if one currently exists and simply needs to be updated.) This drawing board needs to be designed as if you have the ideal student entering into your program of study--what course of study would you suggest for that student.

" Prepare to distribute course descriptions, class syllabus, and class objectives to the college instructors participating in articulation.

" Assemble text books and curriculum tools for college instructors to view at the articulation meeting.

 During Articulation Meeting

" Meet college instructor(s).

" College instructor will describe their program.

" Determine the replication of objectives between the high school courses and CCC courses being articulated.

" Determine the high school and CCC classes to be articulated.

" Sign the articulation agreement.

 After Articulation Meeting

" Vocational instructors inform their students of the articulation opportunities and encourage them to prepare for and take advantage of them.

" Develop a marketing plan. How will students learn about the drawing board? Do parents know about this opportunity for their son/daughter? Are your counselors informed of the opportunities available?

" Vocational instructors bring their students to CCC for a field trip to tour the technology labs, meet CCC faculty, and learn about technical career opportunities.

" CCC and secondary faculty plan joint activities aimed at raising student interest in higher education (e.g., team-taught demonstrations, joint field trips to employer sites).

" CCC and secondary faculty develop joint brochures, videos, newsletters, posters, or other media to promote vocational-technical linkages to current and prospective high school students and their parents.

" CCC and secondary schools jointly host skill competitions for current and prospective students.

" Secondary schools, CCC, and employers jointly host vocational-technical career fairs or other activities targeted at improving students' and the public's knowledge and perceptions of vocational-technical careers.

" Secondary schools and CCC collect data on articulation usage and subsequent student success stories and feed this information to parents, current and prospective students, and the local media.

. . . . and so forth. Opportunities are limited only by the amount of time and creativity you can give!!