Pathways

Business, Arts and Media Technology

• Multimedia
• Business
• Entrepreneurship
• Music: Instrumental
• Music: Choir

• Auto Collision
• Auto Technology
• Construction
• Barber, Cosmetology and Manicure
• Culinary Arts
• Multimedia
• Teaching
• Emergency Medical Technician
• Project Lead The Way Engineering
• Health Science
• Water Management & Systems

Business Management and Technology

• Multimedia
• Business

African Centered

• AC Prep Arts
• AC Prep Business
• AC Prep Technology

Specific program activities include:  

• Expanding outreach to students, families, counselors and teachers about the energy industry.  These ongoing outreach activities occur through PREP-KC’s online Connector platform. This outreach approach includes  a hands-on boot camp mini-experience for high school students before they commit to the junior and senior capstone course work. This boot camp mini-experience will be vital in ushering students into the high school capstone and will include skill-building in technical, employability and physical abilities related to the line worker role.  
• Facilitating the Energy Careers mentoring and near peer program for both juniors and seniors to improve scholarship recipient retention and deepen STEM aligned career aspirations. Industry mentors will support students before and during the Energy Careers program application process. Mentors and near peers will also help students transition successfully to postsecondary programs and early career opportunities (e.g., boot camp and apprenticeship programs). Mentor and near peer programming will promote short-term and long-term goal setting, establishing and maintaining positive relationships and developing responsible decision-making skills. The student participation outcomes include increased college enrollment and retention, improved social and emotional intelligence and enhanced career confidence.  
• KCPS has partnered with the Metropolitan Community College (MCC) Electric Utility Line Worker program to establish an articulation agreement for a high school Career & Technical Education (CTE) program of study. The partnership allows enrolled juniors and seniors to receive academic, lab and field training toward completing MCC’s Line Worker Certificate. 

Pipeline and pathway programming to start in certain locations in Fall 2021.