High quality technical educational pathways, early college credit and enhanced opportunity for work-based learning and in-demand employment opportunity are the focus of the statewide Career Pathway Support Networks.
Since 1991, Ohio has invested significantly in this concept and has leaned into this work, recently transitioning all statewide Tech Prep centers to be newly named Career Pathway Support Networks. Through these seven regional statewide networks, the CPSN grant staff will continue to ensure all career-technical education programs are high quality, school districts are served with resources focused on career-connected learning topics, and students gain knowledge about the workforce that awaits them at the end of their educational path.
Seven Ohio Career Pathway Support Networks link Ohio’s 91 career-technical planning districts, 23 community colleges and 14 universities to ensure high-quality career-technical education options for students.
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Southwest Career Pathway Support Network Services
- Engage area employers in pathway development and student career exploration through shadowing, mentoring, mock interviews, work-based learning and apprenticeships
- Support curriculum teams to identify credit opportunity, target professional development and facilitate career tech program approval documentation
- Map alignment of secondary, postsecondary and employment opportunities considering course selection and expanded postsecondary options including adult education, apprenticeships, certificates and other employment training
- Support student transition to college and access to credit opportunities
- Collaborate with the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce and the Ohio Department of Higher Education to share tools, resources and provide professional development
- Facilitate collaboration between college faculty and secondary instructors to close the gap between college expectations and secondary student preparation
- Expand student access to multiple postsecondary options
Southwest Career Pathway Support Network Services
- Engage area employers in pathway development and student career exploration through shadowing, mentoring, mock interviews, work-based learning and apprenticeships
- Support curriculum teams to identify credit opportunity, target professional development and facilitate career tech program approval documentation
- Map alignment of secondary, postsecondary and employment opportunities considering course selection and expanded postsecondary options including adult education, apprenticeships, certificates and other employment training
- Support student transition to college and access to credit opportunities
- Collaborate with the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce and the Ohio Department of Higher Education to share tools, resources and provide professional development
- Facilitate collaboration between college faculty and secondary instructors to close the gap between college expectations and secondary student preparation
- Expand student access to multiple postsecondary options