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Transition Educational Programs

Dr. William Reeves
Learning Handicapped Instructor
Redwood High School
Marin County Office of Education
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Introduction


In the beginning, no division existed between academic and vocational education. A little poem summarizes the complimentary nature of academic and vocational education.

Hail to the skillful, cunning hand!!
Hail to the cultured mind!
Contending for the world's command.
Here let them be combined.

The Workforce In The Year 2002 Report and the Secretaries Commission of Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS), have stressed the necessity of improving the education and skills of all workers. It is through various transition programs which may be referred to as Tech Prep or School-To-Career that American educational institutions can help high school students and adults transition into an increasingly sophisticated marketplace.

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Understanding

Traditional high school educational programs need to provide transitional programs for students who may not be baccalaureate bound and who benefit from the real-world application that viable school-to-career programs provide.

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Essential Questions

How can the failure of minority students (i.e.-African Americans and Hispanics) be reversed by their placement in quality transitional programs?

What types of transitional programs are available for special needs and at-risk high school students and young adults?

What type of exemplary Tech Prep or School-To-Career programs/curriculums have been implemented so that urban minority students can obtain the desirable employment in the 21st Century Marketplace?

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Module Themes and Sessions

Students will:

  1. Review literature documenting the rationale for the restructuring of secondary vocational education. This exploration will evaluate the myths and the educational realities connected with integrating academic and vocational education.
  2. Gain an understanding of the components of an effective Tech Program.
  3. Gain an understanding of components of John O'Connell High School's Career Pathway Programs and the Middle College High School Program.
  4. Gain an understanding of the components of City College of San Francisco's General Equivalency Degree (GED) Program.
  5. Review the transitional model used with special needs students attending high school in the San Francisco Unified District.
  6. Review the components of the successful St. Louis Center Academy, and the Chicago Vocational Career Academy; these sites offer exemplary transitional programs for high school students.
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