Columbia Basin Tech Prep

Consoritum Members

Currently Columbia Basin consortium consists of one two-year college, one skills center, and 10 public high schools in the Tri-Cities area. Administrators, high school teachers, college instructors, labor representatives, and business partners work together on course articulations to provide dual-credit opportunities to help high school students transition to college and future careers.

• College: Columbia Basin College 
  • Learn more about CBC's Professional Technical Programs
• High schools:
  • Columbia/Burbank: Columbia High School
  • Finley: River View High School
  • Kennewick: Kamiakin High School, Kennewick High School, Southridge High School, Tri-Tech Skills Center
  • Kiona/Benton City: Kiona-Benton City High School
  • North Franklin: Connell High School
  • Pasco: Chiawana High School, New Horizons, Pasco High School
  • Richland: Hanford High School, Richland High School

General Advisory Committee

The consortium's General Advisory Committee (GAC) which includes educators, administrators, labor representatives, and business partners in the community meets monthly in the fall and bi-monthly in the spring to advise on the issues related to career and technical education in the consortium.

Relevant Events and Activities:

• Tri-Tech Skills Center Community College Night (in February)
• High school career fairs
• Construction Career Day (in October)
• SkillsUSA competitions
• CBC program visits
• Non-traditional careers for men and women recruitment events
• Teacher workshops
• SMARTMAP Manufacturing Expo (in October)
• Lockeed Martin annual IT Day (in May)