{"id":1480,"date":"2017-04-19T17:10:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T17:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2017-04-19T21:54:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T21:54:59","slug":"tstc-marshall-isd-announce-expanded-dual-credit-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=1480","title":{"rendered":"TSTC, Marshall ISD Announce Expanded Dual Credit Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

(MARSHALL) \u2013 Marshall High School students will have more opportunities to take technical education classes this fall at Texas State Technical College.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders from TSTC and the Marshall Independent School District announced Wednesday plans to increase technical education classes that high school students can take at the Marshall campus starting in the 2017-18 academic year. The initiative has been named Mav Tech, a combination of the high school\u2019s Mavericks mascot and TSTC\u2019s education focus.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMav Tech is long overdue,\u201d said Dr. Jerry Gibson, superintendent of the Marshall Independent School District. \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting day that we have this partnership with the college that is closest to our campus. Marshall High School and Marshall ISD should have, with TSTC sitting where it is, one of the largest career technical education programs in the state of Texas. And, this is going to be the first step in us building a bigger program in career and technology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At least 25 high school juniors and seniors are expected to take classes in Computer Aided Drafting and Design, Computer Networking and Systems Administration, Cyber Security and Software Development Technology programs this fall, said Michelle Ates, TSTC\u2019s dual enrollment manager in Marshall.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe students are getting a head start in the technical programs,\u201d Ates said. \u201cThe tuition helps because it is affordable to the students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Marshall High School students began taking Business Management Technology and Welding Technology classes for dual credit in the 2015-16 academic year at the high school. These program offerings will continue in Mav Tech.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cExposing students to a broader number of career options available to them gives them a greater ability to make a well-informed decision when matching a career and a higher education pathway,\u201d TSTC in Marshall Provost Barton Day said. \u201cI like to think of today as reaching the starting line rather than the finish line.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

TSTC in Marshall also works with several high schools in Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur and Wood counties on dual enrollment. This fall, the technical college will work with the Timpson Independent School District on an early college high school initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on the Marshall Independent School District, go to marshallisd.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on Texas State Technical College, go to tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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