Frequently Asked Questions
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Welcome to Tucker Career & Technology Center
Experience the Tucker Advantage!
Mission: Tucker Career & Technology Center will develop in every student (relevant) technical, academics and job readiness skills.
College bound? Career bound? Need skills that will help you get a job after you graduate high school? Tucker is the RIGHT PLACE FOR YOU!
GENERAL INFORMATION
Career and technical education courses help students explore their interests and career possibilities, and prepare for a career of interest. Content of career and technical education courses includes academic subject matter taught with relevance to the real world, job-related activities and workplace ethics. At Tucker, CTE students can earn high school credit and college credit while working toward a specific nationally recognized certification. Most Career & Technical Education programs are 3 credits per semester. All programs are open to Junior and Senior students, with the exception of ICE and CNA which is only open to senior students, with additional pre-requisites. Students in grade 10 will be admitted with permission on an individual basis if there is room in the program requested. All programs are offered both morning (a.m.) and afternoon (p.m.) unless otherwise noted.
EARN COLLEGE CREDITS WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL
Because of articulation agreements with post-secondary schools, high school students are able to earn college credits as well as high school credits while attending class at Tucker. Some of these credits are even transferable from one college to another.
Tucker classes offering dual credit for 2012-2013 are as follows:
Collision Repair
Health Careers
Welding
IT
Construction
Early Childhood Education
Graphics
Culinary Arts
Drafting
Criminal Justice
For further information regarding dual credits, please call Tucker Career and
Technology Center at 664-9091.
