The Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio Department of Education are seeking input about the quality of services offered by Ohio Tech Prep. Beginning May 7, electronic surveys will be distributed statewide—including partners in our Southwest Region.  This survey is designed to collect feedback to measure regional effectiveness. Please carefully consider the following information as you complete the online ...

To meet state requirements articulation agreements must be enacted before June 30, 2013 for all Secondary Career-Technical programs. The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and the Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) have recognized a need to maintain standards across the initiative. Thus, Principles and Guidelines for Bilateral Articulation Agreements with Secondary Career- Technical Institutions have been created to promote statewide ...

Please Note:  Registration for the April 16 is closed.  We have reached our facility capacity.  We'll accommodate you on another day. The Tech Prep Southwest Region is working with Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, University of Cincinnati, UC Blue Ash, UC Clermont, Miami University, Southern State University and Sinclair Community College to review and update articulation agreements for the ...

Partner feedback is greatly appreciated as Ohio Tech Prep Southwest Region revises the articulation template to reflect current program and credit opportunities. Students who graduate from Tech Prep high school programs that are linked to a college can receive credit for college courses that duplicate the experience the student had in high school.  The credit-eligible courses, type and number of available ...

A limited number of COMPASS test units and Advancer Remediation units are available to partners of the Ohio Tech Prep Southwest Region.  Resources will be awarded to partner schools, based upon need and documentation of planning and follow-up activities. COMPASS test requests must include plans for pre-test outreach to explain purpose of testing and test strategies.  Audience includes parents, students and ...

Thirty agriculture and environmental high school and college instructors attended a Program of Study and Articulation Meeting, Thursday, Dec. 8 at the Great Oaks Career Development Center.  The day was structured into segments tailored to needs of secondary and post-secondary instructors including pathways, course options, program of study completion, regional articulation opportunities and assessment.  Cyndi Brill, ODE Consultant for Agriculture ...

A collaborative venture involving Southwest Ohio career tech high schools and colleges has been awarded state funding to support curriculum linkages and college readiness. The Southwest Ohio Tech Prep/Program of Study Service Center is one of six new Ohio centers.  The center will support development of Programs of Study with articulation agreements and collaboration related to college-ready assessment and remediation. ...

The Ohio Department of Education Office of Career-Technical Education is seeking proposals for the establishment of Tech Prep/Program of Study Regional Service Centers. The amount of the grant varies by regional location to be served. Grants range from $403,721.00 to $629,750.00 per year renewable from year one to year two. The Centers must commit to provide services to Career Technical ...

A report detailing systems, strategies, and relationships between secondary and postsecondary partners focused on college readiness and remediation has been issued by the Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep Consortium.  The report describes collaborative activities of consortium partners and includes summaries and inights gained by mini-grant project partners and offers a COMPASS testing analysis and recommendations.  The report can be accessed here:  College Readiness 2010-2011

Tom O’Neill’s information technology program has for years been a launching pad for a succession of tech savvy entrepreneurs.  Offered by Butler Tech at Ross High School, the class nurtures creativity while developing solid market skills. Class involvement in SAGE, an international student organization, has fostered a unique collaboration between the students and the business leader who created the Chia ...