High School/High Tech

[Skip nav]

Home

About HS/HT

Goals

The High School/High Tech (HS/HT) mission is to reduce the high school dropout rate of youth with disabilities, increase their enrollment in a postsecondary institution and improve their participation in employment-related activities. The program also adheres to sets of state and local goals as well as national goals. The state and local goals are as follows:

  1. To ensure that youth with disabilities are exposed to careers in high-demand and high-tech industries by building coalitions and collaborative partnerships among state and local education facilities, workforce development organizations, community-based organizations and other public and private sector community resources
  2. To use the HS/HT design to provide opportunities for school-aged youth with disabilities
  3. To improve education and training outcomes for youth with disabilities

The national goals set by the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) are as follows:

  1. To promote effective practices among HS/HT sites and state, local and federal policymaking organizations
  2. To encourage state-based cooperation among federal, state and local agencies to promote and sustain the HS/HT program
  3. To build collaborative partnerships with public and private organizations and employers to promote technology-based careers for young people with all types of disabilities
  4. To document the effectiveness of HS/HT sites in improving outcomes for youth with disabilities
  5. To increase the pipeline of qualified young people for the high-tech workplace of tomorrow

Sponsors:

Office of Disability Employment Policy . Vocational rehabilitation . Darden Restaurants Foundation