College-NOW

Description

High school students are now able to graduate with their high school diploma AND an associate degree from North Central State College! How? An exciting new Engineering Academy, College-Now, has been developed through a partnership between career and technology centers, area high schools, businesses, and North Central State College. This program offers a unique opportunity for qualified students to get on the fast track to earn an Engineering Technology Associate degree right along with their high school diploma.


Six Essential and Unique Elements to the College-NOW Program:
What makes College-NOW: a unique opportunity for students? College-NOW combines:

• Standards Based Education
• Problem Based Learning
• Inquiry
• Authentic Assessment
• Compressed Curriculum, and
• Professional Collaboration

College-NOW embeds academic content into authentic industry-driven problems that compress the curriculum, resulting in a unique opportunity for capable high school students to simultaneously earn an Associate's Degree as they complete their high school requirements through a dual enrollment/dual credit educational option.

Students interested in enrolling in the College-NOW program, may contact us to request an application, or call the Transition Coordinator at 419-755-4794.

Criteria for acceptance into College-NOW, include progress toward the successful completion of the sophomore year of high school, submission of a completed College-NOW application, completion of either the COMPASS or ACT test, and a minimum GPA of 3.0.

When the when the application has been completed the Transition Coordinator will schedule a time for the applicant to take the COMPASS test. (In the event the applicant has previously taken the ACT test, it will not be necessary to schedule the COMPASS test.)

When all other acceptance criteria have been met, placement will be determined by the applicant's test results. Acceptable minimum scores on the COMPASS are: Reading 80, Writing 81 or ACT Reading 18, English 22.

The Transition Coordinator and College-NOW staff will review the completed paperwork and test scores to determine acceptance into the program. The applicant will then be asked to come in for a short interview with the co-directors and be notified of their acceptance status no later than June 1.

Possible Careers

• PLC Technician
• Engineering Technician-Electronics
• Controls Engineer
• Maintenance Controls Technician
• Maintenance Engineer
• Production/Manufacturing Supervisor
• Instrumentation Technician
• Systems Specialist
• Mechanical Engineer
• Maintenance Manager
• Maintenance Engineer
• Product Designer
• Product Manager

Application Process & Paperwork-- please complete all paperwork.

• College NOW application
• College NOW Application Student Questionare
• College NOW Application Guidance Counsleor Form

Required Prerequisites
Algebra I or equivalent (grade C or better)
Biology

Helpful Background
Interest in math and science

Career Center Locations
Pioneer Career & Technology Center

For more information contact your guidance counselor or the following instructors at your local career center!

Teacher -
dstrauss@ncstatecollege.edu -- Transition Coordinator
dcarns@ncstatecollege.edu -- Co-Director
bbrownson@ncstatecollege.edu -- Co-Director