Our 1st PTECH Cohort! 11 8th graders interviewed and were selected into the Teaching & Learning PTECH Program.
Our PTECH students were able to hear from a panel of students that have completed dual credit courses in high school. Such great insight for them!
Our PTECH students are coming in the afternoons during the summer to prep for the TSI exams. Students need to successfully pass these exams to enter into dual credit courses.
This is our current pathway in PTECH. Students will start dual credit courses as a freshman and will be on track to graduate with an associate's degree that is completely FREE!
The Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools (P-TECH) initiative offers an open-enrollment program that creates workforce pathways aligned with high-demand, high-wage fields throughout the state. Students enrolled in the P-TECH program work toward an associate degree while gaining hands-on work experience.
Texas P-TECH programming is inspired by the national effort to refine career and technical education. Industry and IHE partnerships with P-TECH campuses ensure that students graduate college- and career-ready. Business and industry partners provide career mentoring, host site visits, offer paid internships to enrolled students, and serve on advisory councils to improve alignment of programming with workforce needs.
Students who graduate from the P-TECH program enter the workforce with proven, in-demand skillsets, making them top candidates in their chosen industry.