What is Tech Prep?

Tech Prep is a dual-credit program that provides an opportunity for high school students to receive college credit for taking certain high school courses.

How does this help you at LWTC?

• Provides accelerated path for motivated and self-directed students from high school through college, or through professional/technical training/certification.
• Provides students with challenge, motivation, and connection to future possibilities and can help reduce high school disconnect/boredom.
• Provides opportunity for high school students to satisfy foundation/Gen Ed/gateway post secondary courses in high school.
• Strengthens students' skills and competencies.
• Provides students with opportunity to complete short-term technical certificates or degree in a compressed time frame and to boost their earning potential as they move into a career, or to broaden their options to continue their education while they work.
• Students who chose to continue their education may take advantage of one of the many 2+2+2 articulated programs between two and four-year.
• Eliminates the commute time, transportation and related costs for high school students to travel to their local community college for programs such as Running Start.
• Allows students to remain with their cohort group in their high school.