Middle Bucks Institute of
Technology, Bucks County, PA
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Middle Bucks Institute of
Technology (MBIT) is a high school campus of the Centennial,
Central Bucks, Council Rock and New Hope-Solebury School
Districts. MBIT operates ten career
clusters and twenty-one state-approved career and technical
programs for secondary students with staff consisting of
approximately 30 professionals and 30 support personnel.
Using a competency-based education model, instruction is
individualized and self-paced. In addition to secondary
students, enrollment in the daytime program is open to
adults where space is available. Middle Bucks also operates
an adult evening program during the fall and spring
semesters that consists of approximately 30 course
offerings. MBIT also offers customized training programs
throughout the year.
Career and Technical Education programs support students at
all academic levels. They provide a foundation of skills
that enables graduates to be gainfully employed full-time
and/or to pursue post-secondary education.
Unlike in the
past when the sole focus was on preparing students for work,
today’s CTE is aligned with a college prep curriculum. It
provides students with both academic and technical skills to
pursue a variety of options after graduation to include
apprenticeship programs, degree programs at two- and
four-year colleges, private career schools, as well as
industry-sponsored education and training. Nearly two-thirds
of all high school graduates of Career and Technical
programs enter some form of a postsecondary program. At MBIT,
this percentage ranges between seventy and eighty percent.
MBIT leaders, believe that rigorous academics, 21st century
skills, and occupational training will assist in building
the foundation of skills and knowledge. Clearly, there is no
single approach to teaching 21st century skills. MBIT
engages students by providing innovative programs that teach
the fundamentals of creativity, innovation, communication,
collaboration, critical thinking, research, problem-solving,
decision-making and the use of technology.
