PEP Program
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Pre-Employment Transition Program (PEP!)
Providing instruction in English Language Arts, basic mathematics and algebra, current events, and critical thinking skills.
Discovering and nuturing potential in every student for over 25 years.
Administering quality, individualized special education services to local students.
Administering quality, individualized special education services to local students.
Franklin County Technical School offers PEP, a special education program providing academic coursework, pre-vocational skills and life skills to students, ages fourteen to twenty-two, within a substantially separate setting. The Franklin County Technical School has been administering quality, special education services to local students for over 35 years. This small, but highly effective program is designed for students with physical or cognitive challenges.Here is Charlie, leading a tour of the PEP program space in March of 2021.
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We provide academic coursework, pre-vocational skills, and life skills to students ages 14 to 22, at Franklin County Technical school, but within a substantially separate setting. The Franklin County Technical School has been administering quality, individualized special education services to local students for over 25 years. Applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, gender, national origin or disability.Life and Employment Skills
Life skills such as laundry, recycling, copy center are practiced daily, while vocational skills such as landscaping, building maintenance, woodworking and many other skills are practiced throughout the school year. Reading an analog clock and completing a time card assist in preparing students for employment after school completion. Students leave the PEP Program with a strong work ethic that compliments their individual strengths.Next Steps...
If you are interested to see if the Pre-Employment Program is right for your child, please call Nathan May (Director of Special Education and Pupil Services) at 413-863-9561 Ext. 121 OR email one of the Pre-Employment Instructors or staff.