2. East Central Consortium Career Preparatory Certificate
Four Rivers Career Center
Rolla Technical Institute
“building bridges to your future”

3. Four Rivers Career Center
Striving to develop high school students with the knowledge, skill, and attitudes necessary for a successful and productive career in nine Career Cluster areas.
The dedicated and professional staff train the very best using the most up-to-date technology with the highest industry standards.
Our teachers come from their respected fields and bring real life experiences to class so that our students have the most competitive edge in today’s job market.

4. Four Rivers Career Center
Providing Vocational Technical Education to 9 sending High Schools
Dual Credited Partnership with ECC
College Degree Programs thru ECC
Community Adult Education Class

6. East Central Consortium Career Preparatory Certificate
Meeting employers expectations
Guarantee “ready to work”
Developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for a successful career
Rigor and Relevant education

7. East Central Consortium Career Preparatory Certificate
Washington
Union
St. Clair
Sullivan
Pacific
Wright City
Warrenton
New Haven
Rolla 35
Crawford Co R-1
Crawford Co R-2
Gasconade Co R-1
Gasconade Co R-2
Licking R-VIII
Maries Co R-1
Salem R-80
St. James
Maries Co R-2

8. Benefits of the program
Connect education to employers
Predict readiness for work or college
Improve Job satisfaction
Identify real-world knowledge and skill
Build stronger partnership between school and employers
Better educated and trained workforce for our economic development

9. State Law, SEC. 160.575 Voluntary Participation Academic Components
Work Readiness Components
Assessment Tools and Techniques for a 3rd party objective assessment

10. Local Planning and Implementation
To encourage all area high school students to prepare themselves for careers in the local workplace.
To develop a Career Prep Certificate that will be easily recognized by Business and Industry across the East Central Missouri Region.
To align Career Prep Program with other existing school programs such as A+ Schools.

11. Certificate Requirements
Vocational Completer
Academics
Attendance
Citizenship
Community service
Objective Assessment
Certificate

12. Vocational Completer
Complete 3 credits in specialized training in an approved Career and Technical education class

13. Academics and Attendance
Two year goal of a 2.5 Cumulative GPA
80% Task Mastery
95% Attendance rate

14. Citizenship and Community Service
Participation in Career and Technical Student Organizations
Two year goal of 30 hours community service
No major disciplinary infractions

15. Objective Assessment WorkKeys Assessment
Job Skills Assessment system used to measure “real world” skills that employers believe are critical to job success
Applied Math
Reading for Information
Locating Information

16. Applied Math Students will be able to:
Organize information and evaluate the accuracy
Inductively reason from a set of facts
Access costs, benefits, and consequences of proposed solutions
Make personal economic choices

17. Reading for Information
Comprehend, evaluate, and reason from visual presentations.
Use vocabulary effectively

18. Locating Information
Use technological tools to locate, select, and organize informaiton
Organize information and ideas into useful forms and be able to exchange information and ideas

19. Work Readiness Components
Career Development and Planning
Professional & Ethical Behavior
Personal Accountability
Interpersonal Skills
Self-Direction and Self Management
Lifelong Learning

20. Missouri Career Readiness Certificate
Developed by Missouri Division of Workforce Development
Certificate Rating
Gold (score of 5 or higher on WorkKeys)
Silver (score of 4 on WorkKeys)
Bronze (score of 3 on WorkKeys)

21. Upon Graduation, a student could potentially earn:
Their High School Diploma
Career Prep Certificate
Four Rivers Program Certifications
A+ Certificate
Missouri Career Readiness Certificate

22. Washington Chamber of Commerce
Establish an Education Committee
Provide organized opportunities for students and teachers
Integrate industrial workplace readiness demands with current educational trends
Provide an additional benefit to Chamber Members