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鈥楥areer and technical education is not vo-tech,鈥� one educator said. It provides meaningful opportunities and prepares students for college and career.

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June 2, 2023

How high schools can use career and technical education and dual enrollment to help students prepare for both college and career was the focus of a recent panel convened by 社区黑料 and the Progressive Institute, featuring voices of educators, experts and a current student.

The conversation included Maryland state Sen. Alonzo Washington; Dr. Julius Davis of Bowie State University; Dr. Daria Valentine, principal of the Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George鈥檚 Community College; Dr. Jean-Paul Cadet of Prince George鈥檚 County Public Schools; and Sidney Foster, a sophomore at the academy.

Panelists talked in depth about the Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George鈥檚 Community College, an innovative high school that partners with colleges and universities to prepare students for career paths in medicine, teaching and other fields.

鈥淚 need people to understand that career and technical education is not vo-tech, it鈥檚 not vocational education,鈥� said Dr. Jean-Paul Cadet, who leads the Career and Technical Education department in Prince George鈥檚 County Public Schools.

鈥淚f anything, you can consider it the evolution or the reimagining of project-based learning, because what really happens is students are able to find areas of interest and passion and then they鈥檙e able to link up with industry specialists, and [professionals will] say, 鈥榯his is what it looks like to operate on a body, this is what it鈥檚 like to build a building from the basement to the roof, this is what it鈥檚 like to build a computer from parts on a table,鈥� 鈥� he said.

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                <h2>鈥楥areer and technical education is not vo-tech,鈥� one educator said. It provides meaningful opportunities and prepares students for college and career.</h2>

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<p>How high schools can use career and technical education and dual enrollment to help students prepare for both college and career was the focus of a recent panel convened by 社区黑料 and the Progressive Institute, featuring voices of educators, experts and a current student.</p>



<p>The conversation included Maryland state Sen. Alonzo Washington; Dr. Julius Davis of Bowie State University; Dr. Daria Valentine, principal of the Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George鈥檚 Community College; Dr. Jean-Paul Cadet of Prince George鈥檚 County Public Schools; and Sidney Foster, a sophomore at the academy. </p>



<p>Panelists talked in depth about the Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George鈥檚 Community College, an innovative high school that partners with colleges and universities to prepare students for career paths in medicine, teaching and other fields. </p>







<p>鈥淚 need people to understand that career and technical education is not vo-tech, it鈥檚 not vocational education,鈥� said Dr. Jean-Paul Cadet, who leads the Career and Technical Education department in Prince George鈥檚 County Public Schools. </p>



<p>鈥淚f anything, you can consider it the evolution or the reimagining of project-based learning, because what really happens is students are able to find areas of interest and passion and then they鈥檙e able to link up with industry specialists, and [professionals will] say, 鈥榯his is what it looks like to operate on a body, this is what it鈥檚 like to build a building from the basement to the roof, this is what it鈥檚 like to build a computer from parts on a table,鈥� 鈥� he said.</p>



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<p><a href="/article/how-rethinking-industry-recognized-credentials-can-help-boost-student-success/">How Rethinking Industry-Recognized Credentials Can Help Boost Student Success</a></p>



<p><a href="/article/after-school-students-are-playing-the-whole-game-in-activities-from-drama-to-sports-to-debate-backers-of-project-based-learning-ask-why-cant-all-of-education-look-like-th/">After School, Students Are 鈥楶laying the Whole Game鈥� in Activities From Drama to Sports to Debate. Backers of Project-Based Learning Ask: Why Can鈥檛 All of Education Look Like This?</a></p>

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