Bunker Hill Community College

Tech Prep

The Metro Boston Secondary Postsecondary CVTE (Career/Vocational Technical Education) Linkage Consortium (formerly named the Metro Boston Tech Prep Consortium) is funded under the federal Perkins IV Title II Tech-Prep Education through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  The Consortium provides activities and services that coordinate the linkage of career and technical programs from high school to college.  Bunker Hill Community College serves as the lead agent for the consortium whose members include Roxbury Community College and eighteen (18) local area high schools.  

The Metro Boston Consortium located at Bunker Hill Community College is one of the state's thirteen (13) Secondary Postsecondary CVTE Linkage consortia that are all led by one of the State’s community colleges.  Springfield Technical Community College and Holyoke Community College have also combined to comprise one consortium with Holyoke Community College serving as the lead college.  

Metro Boston Secondary Postsecondary CVTE Linkage Consortium Members

College Consortium Members

• Bunker Hill Community College*
• Roxbury Community College
  

High School Consortium Members

Boston Public Schools

• Arts Academy
• Brighton
• Burke (Jeremiah E.)
• Charlestown
• East Boston
• Horace Mann
• Madison Park Technical Vocational
• Media Communications at the West Roxbury
  Educational Complex
• Noonan Business Academy
• Odyssey
• The Engineering School
  

Brookline High School

Cambridge - Rindge School of Technical Arts

Medford Vocational Technical High School

Somerville High School

Watertown High School

Consortium Activities and Services for Students, Teachers and Guidance Counselors
The Metro Boston Secondary Postsecondary CVTE Linkage Consortium has delivered programming opportunities that have served to encourage students to pursue a college education.  These activities and services have also enriched the student’s career and educational experiences in their chosen career and educational pathways.  The following opportunities have been afforded for students, teachers and guidance counselors through their involvement in Tech Prep:

Articulation Agreements (High School to College Articulation Agreements)
The Metro Boston Secondary Postsecondary CVTE Linkage Consortium at Bunker Hill Community College provides guidance, direction, implementation, development and renewal of articulation agreements for our high schools with Bunker Hill Community College and Roxbury Community College.  Since we are funded under the Perkins IV, Title II, Tech-Prep Education, our major emphasis is on articulation agreements for Perkins Chapter 74-Approved and Non-Chapter 74 approved high schools.  Bunker Hill Community College has 40 currently active articulation agreements with local high schools.  High school articulation agreements for Bunker Hill Community College include the following associate in science degree programs: biotechnology, engineering, entrepreneurship, culinary arts, network technology and administration, business administration, media communications, graphic arts; and certificate programs in network technology and administration and allied health.

College Placement Testing for High School Students
A major emphasis for the Consortium is on the college placement test, the Accuplacer.  Tech Prep has provided assistance for the preparation and testing of high school students on the Accuplacer.  Professional development and training has been provided through our member college’s Assessment Offices for high school teachers, guidance counselors and administrators. 

• Tech-Prep Programs at the College
• Non-Traditional by Gender Career and Educational Programs for Students (These programs have encouraged students to seek careers that are non-traditional for their gender (e.g., females in engineering and science, males in nursing, etc.).
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Workshops
• On-Site College Visits
• Career Specific Educational Conferences and Workshops (Culinary Arts, Healthcare, Business, Computer Information Technology)
• Promotion of Dual-Enrollment for Tech Prep Students through the STAND (Students Taking Action for Nursing Diversity) Program and the College’s Dual-Enrollment Program  
• Over 100 Tech Prep students were enrolled in dual-enrollment courses during the 2008-2009 academic year at Bunker Hill Community College
• Annual Community College Fair
• Professional Development for Teachers and Guidance Counselors (also includes training on non-traditional careers for students)