High School Students
Dual Credit
- By enrolling in college-level classes while you're still in high school, you can work toward a degree at OTC before you even start college.
Tech Prep
- Technical Preparation is part of a nationwide initiative to help students identify and build career skills while still in high school. A sequenced course of study usually begins in the 11th grade and continues through two years at a technical community college.
Career Center
- Students from participating high schools have a unique opportunity to earn free college and high school credit through enrollment at the OTC Career Center
- Students can build career and technical education skills while attending one-half day sessions at the Springfield campus during their junior and senior year
- Tuition, books, and transportation to OTC’s Springfield campus are provided by the student’s sending high school, all at no cost to the student
- Save time and the cost of college tuition while getting a jump-start on an associate or higher degree in a high demand career field
- Aimed at students who wish to balance classroom-based scholastics with hands-on technology skills
- Specialized studies with the area’s top instructors and state-of-the-art equipment and classrooms
- Students develop specific career goals, preparation, and a good foundation for more education at the community college or four-year university
- Attending OTC through the Career Center gives a competitive edge and expanded career opportunities in the job market for students who do not plan to attend additional college after high school graduation
Students residing within the following school districts are eligible to take advantage of this unique opportunity at OTC through the Career Center:
| Ash Grove | Central |
| Clever | Everton |
| Fair Grove | Fordland |
| Glendale | Hillcrest |
| Kickapoo | Marshfield |
| Marion C. Early | |
| Nixa | Ozark |
| Parkview | Pleasant Hope |
| Republic | Rogersville |
| Sparta | Strafford |
| Walnut Grove | Willard |
