P-TECH is Nursing Prep Early College
- Students earn their high school diploma PLUS gain hands-on work experience as a licensed vocational nurse AND earn certifications, college credit or their Associate’s degree for FREE.
- Rising freshmen (current eighth-graders) District-wide interested in a career in nursing are encouraged to apply.
- Tuition, textbooks, and transportation* are INCLUDED.
FREE COLLEGE
- Experience and participate in no cost dual credit high school and college nursing courses taught at Cedar Ridge High School.
- Gain real world skills such as time management, relationship building, and communication.
- Build a resume and work ethic through internships, apprenticeships, and job training.
- Start college with up to 60 credits.
- Earn a high school diploma, college credit, a two-year post secondary certificate, or industry certification.
Graduating students will have the academic and professional skills required to either continue their education in a four-year post-secondary institution or enter into entry-level career.
P-TECH Nursing Prep Students:
- *are eligible for transportation services if they reside more than 2 miles from the Cedar Ridge High School campus and within Round Rock ISD. Stops can be up to 2 miles from a residence. Transportation is not available for Out-of-District transfers.
- will meet all requirements for promotion from eighth grade to ninth grade.
- must attend the freshmen orientation (Summer Bridge) program.
- understands that their high school and college coursework will not permit their participation in UIL sports and fine arts or any other activity that would interfere with their career-designed schedule.
APPLY for P-TECH
Eighth-grade students from all 11 District middle schools who meet all requirements for promotion from eighth to ninth grade are eligible to apply.
Students must submit their completed application, including three questions and educator recommendation, by Friday, April 26.
What's Next?
To help create room in their future high school schedules, we recommend that P-TECH students enroll in a Summer Learning course this year.
- 4 Four-day Summer Bridge Program May 28 -31, 2024, at Cedar Ridge High School from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Summer Learning Session II only – July 10-July 26 at McNeil and Cedar Ridge High School. 8:50 a.m. – 11:50 p.m. *Lunch from 11:50-12:20.
- PE ½ credit – elective.
- Practical Writing including TSI (½ credit- 1 credit earned) elective.
- Students must attend 90% of the scheduled course time in order to be eligible to receive credit.
- Course grades may affect students’ future GPA.
- Parent meeting May 16 (Location: Old Hopewell Building, next to Central Office)
If you want to attend Summer Learning 2024, please complete the Summer Learning interest form. When registration opens on April 29, high school counselors will contact students to help them register.
If you have yet to hear from a high school counselor by the time PTECH Bridge begins (May 28-29), please let Mrs. Evans know, and we will contact the appropriate counselor.
P-TECH Nursing Prep Early College High School
Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools (P-TECH) is a public-private partnership involving Austin Community College and and St. David’s Health Care that will prepare Round Rock ISD students for high-skill health science jobs as licensed vocational nurses (LVN).
Students in grades nine through 12 will experience a seamless high school and college coursework and workplace learning sequence where they will earn their high school diploma, industry based certification, a Level 1 or Level 2 certification and/or transcript college credit toward an Associate degree culminating in an A.A.S. degree at no cost.
Round Rock ISD’s LVN P-TECH program will open enrollment applications for rising District ninth-graders in the late Fall 2023 or early Spring 2024. Eighth-grade students from all 11 District middle schools who meet all requirements for promotion from eighth to ninth grade are eligible to apply. P-TECH Early College High School will be located at Cedar Ridge High School.
Students must pass all parts of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment before entering their sophomore year in order to take their ACC courses to continue in the program. Learn more about the Texas Success Initiative Assessment
P-TECH Nursing Prep Early College
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What support will I receive? How will I be supported for the courses?
A. There will be both ACC and Round Rock ISD opportunities. Students can access college support services and utilize the college library, professor office hours, and college tutoring center.
Q: Who teaches the nursing program courses?
A. ACC faculty will teach the LVN Nursing program when the course begins in the Junior year. During the Sophomore year, qualified high school faculty will teach their Med-Term, Student Success for Health Care Professions, and Pharmacology. The Biology Department faculty will teach BIOL-2401 and BIOL-2402 (A&P 1 and 2).
Q: What semester do I officially enroll as an ACC student?
A: Students will be officially enrolled on the ACC side in Spring 2025.
Q: What courses can transfer to a BSN degree?
A: All nursing program students must take BIOL -2401 & BIOL 2402. With the Associate Degree you will receive Microbiology will be a transferable credit.