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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning, Welcome, welcome, welcome. It
Speaker 2: is time now for our community connection right here on
Speaker 2: K one, the one you trust for you're abound to
Speaker 2: learn something because today we're talking with our friends from
Speaker 2: Tray County Tech. We we've got Braiden, we've got Randall
Speaker 2: in here today, and a lot is happening now that
Speaker 2: the holiday season is over. We've got classes, lots of classes,
Speaker 2: and lots of people who need to be going to class. Breidon,
Speaker 2: let's start off with you, because you're dealing with the
Speaker 2: high school kids.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so high school enrollments right around the corner. So
Speaker 3: this past week we've really been visiting all of our
Speaker 3: partner schools and informing our sophomores that try counting Tech's
Speaker 3: an opportunity for them their junior and senior year and
Speaker 3: so after we finish wrapping up this week of chatting
Speaker 3: with our sophomores, sophomores are going to come in two
Speaker 3: weeks to our campus and get to tour our campus
Speaker 3: and see if this is something they're interested in, if
Speaker 3: they can see themselves doing this the next two years.
Speaker 3: And then we have open house on February fourth, And
Speaker 3: that's a really big deal.
Speaker 2: It is a big deal, and I want parents and
Speaker 2: students alike to take note of this and really consider
Speaker 2: making the journey out there, because it's an eye opening experience,
Speaker 2: you know, and if you're not careful, mom and dad,
Speaker 2: you might find yourself taking a class too. No.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, I always tell people. Unless you've been to our
Speaker 3: campus and seen our classrooms and seen the programs we offer,
Speaker 3: you really don't know try counting tech yet. But a
Speaker 3: really great opportunity open house because students get bonus points
Speaker 3: on their application.
Speaker 2: That's a big deal. Go ahead and take advantage of that. Yeah, everybody,
Speaker 2: everybody likes that for surely. No, you guys are going
Speaker 2: to do high school today, right, correct?
Speaker 3: Yep?
Speaker 1: As soon as we leave here and to go talk
Speaker 1: to all those dewey sophomores and talk to them about
Speaker 1: the programs and the options they've got and get them
Speaker 1: registered to pick a program so when they come for
Speaker 1: tours in a couple of weeks, they know what program
Speaker 1: they want to go to, and so yeah, it's we're man.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is a lot of planning. Right before
Speaker 2: the holiday, you line it up with all the schools
Speaker 2: and then you go buy and you make your visits
Speaker 2: and it's like, okay, come on February fourth, everybody show.
Speaker 3: It's like drinking out of a fire hydrated. We it's
Speaker 3: NonStop right now. But it's also a really exciting time
Speaker 3: because you know, students get really excited about their future,
Speaker 3: and they get really excited once they get on our
Speaker 3: campus and see what we have to offer, and that's
Speaker 3: pretty incredible.
Speaker 2: Now. Also for adults, they get pretty excited. Yeah, because
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, you're you're standing at the doorstaff
Speaker 2: of possibly enhancing your your field of expertise absolutely or
Speaker 2: perhaps even venturing into something. Yeah, what do you got
Speaker 2: going on? For the adults, we've got a couple.
Speaker 1: Of classes that most classes have started already for this quarter,
Speaker 1: but we've got a class electric electrical class it's going
Speaker 1: to be starting the end of the month, so we
Speaker 1: still got a few openings for that. So if you're
Speaker 1: interested in electrical jump online, fill out that application. Let's
Speaker 1: get you going. And then in February, we have a
Speaker 1: certified clinical medical assistant and so Ascension is looking for
Speaker 1: those positions, so they're trying to get them certified and
Speaker 1: get to do their clinical hours with them. And so
Speaker 1: again six month course and let's let's get you going.
Speaker 1: But right now, that's that's slotted to start in February,
Speaker 1: and we still got some openings for that.
Speaker 2: So you know what the basic hospital course like you're
Speaker 2: talking about and also Basic Electrician. Yeah, that opens the
Speaker 2: door to even wider possibilities because it that that's kind
Speaker 2: of the beginning, that's not the end of the destiny.
Speaker 2: That's the big door.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah, it gets that get your foot in the
Speaker 1: door to head into a career that's super lucrative. I'm
Speaker 1: an opportunity for a lot of growth and to find us,
Speaker 1: you know, to start a career that's gonna be super
Speaker 1: successful for a lot of people.
Speaker 2: If that's what you're interested in for sure, now, Rayle,
Speaker 2: you just need to go to the website.
Speaker 1: Try County Tech dot ed U so high school and
Speaker 1: adult programs are both there, so you can go check
Speaker 1: out if parents because they haven't been at those sophomore
Speaker 1: visits that we've been at this week. Going to the
Speaker 1: website with all of that, all the information that we've
Speaker 1: given your students are right there for you to kind
Speaker 1: of catch up on and for you to kind of
Speaker 1: help your student process those things.
Speaker 2: So yeah, it's all right there. It's all pretty easy.
Speaker 2: Now with the going back to the high school students,
Speaker 2: I imagine, like you said, there's a little bit of
Speaker 2: excitement there because some of these kids actually know of
Speaker 2: an older student who's taking a class of Try County Tech.
Speaker 2: So it's no longer do I want to it's what
Speaker 2: have I got to take?
Speaker 3: Absolutely No, I think it's been really cool, you know,
Speaker 3: going and visiting the schools. And we have siblings of
Speaker 3: the younger siblings of students who are currently at Tech,
Speaker 3: and and so they'll ask if we know them, and
Speaker 3: we say, you know, of course, and they're excited to come.
Speaker 3: And like you mentioned, you know, just different peers on
Speaker 3: our campus and those students are excited to join us.
Speaker 2: No, I have a daughter who's a senior and she's
Speaker 2: taking courses at Try County. Take, mom and dad, You're
Speaker 2: not going to believe just how mature your student starts
Speaker 2: to carry themselves. Once they're you know, I'm picking college courses,
Speaker 2: you know, and they're going to where the big people go.
Speaker 2: Suddenly suddenly there's this air of confidence and this air
Speaker 2: of responsibility. Just it doesn't happen to every kid, but
Speaker 2: by ninety nine and a half percent of them, they
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, their back's a little straighter, last
Speaker 2: year is a little better, They're paying a lot more
Speaker 2: attention than that smart mouth just goes away the next thing.
Speaker 2: You know, you've got a smart brain. There you go.
Speaker 3: No, we really do. We pride ourselves on treating our
Speaker 3: high school students especially like adults, and we want to
Speaker 3: pret them for the real world and what life looks
Speaker 3: like after high school. And we hope that they go
Speaker 3: through a little bit of a transformation while they're at
Speaker 3: Tri County.
Speaker 2: For sure, Well they do, they really do that. Just
Speaker 2: getting away from the high school and going into some
Speaker 2: place that's is a higher place of learning is the
Speaker 2: big thing. It's like, I've graduated without graduating. You've graduated
Speaker 2: to something, yes, but you still have finished high school. Yeah,
Speaker 2: but these courses are really remarkable. Would a young person,
Speaker 2: like say a software going into being a tutor, what
Speaker 2: would the courses look like.
Speaker 3: So our courses are structured, so students are with us
Speaker 3: for two and a half hours a day and they
Speaker 3: get a twenty minute break while they're on campus with us,
Speaker 3: and we offer everything you know, from welding and automotive
Speaker 3: programs in cosmatology to drones and avation. We have a
Speaker 3: new firefighter MT programs starting up. We have a marketing program,
Speaker 3: it programs, and so I always tell students, you know,
Speaker 3: we try to cover all of our bases to peak
Speaker 3: your interests.
Speaker 2: For sure. Well you know right there, it sounds a
Speaker 2: little bit more like fun. But those are great vocation.
Speaker 2: You know, I've never met it out of work welder
Speaker 2: in my life. They are sought worldwide and absolutely you know,
Speaker 2: and plus you get to you get to play with things.
Speaker 2: Well you know, you have to be careful. I should
Speaker 2: do that now. That kind of goes into what the
Speaker 2: adults learn to be very similar. But even at higher levels.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, you know, we get a lot of students, a
Speaker 1: lot of adults coming in you know, maybe they're in
Speaker 1: the career they want. They just want an advancement and
Speaker 1: upskill and so we have that out those options for them.
Speaker 1: And then we have you know, lots of lots of
Speaker 1: adult students come in want a whole new fresh start
Speaker 1: and want something new and want to get gain an
Speaker 1: education and so you know, and so we're there to
Speaker 1: kind of serve them at whatever aspect they're they're looking for,
Speaker 1: to meet their goals so they can be successful and
Speaker 1: whatever that is they're looking for.
Speaker 2: Do you have what you call certificate programs.
Speaker 1: Yeah, most of our flex programs are gonna you're they're
Speaker 1: going to complete every quarter with a certificate, certificate of completion.
Speaker 1: Oh so yeah, and then in those levels and then
Speaker 1: have a chance to get their certification advance at the end.
Speaker 1: If they want, they want to take welding all the
Speaker 1: way through, they'd get four different certifications to complete that.
Speaker 2: So, you know, it's nice to have that paperwork there,
Speaker 2: especially when you're building that resume and you're looking for
Speaker 2: a job. Yeah, for sure, know why this wasn't done
Speaker 2: a long time enough.
Speaker 1: For sure, and gaining those skills, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: that's the thing. The thing I love is not just
Speaker 1: about the bookwork. When our students come, they're getting their
Speaker 1: hands on. They're not setting in a classroom talking about welding,
Speaker 1: or they're going to a shop and they're welding and
Speaker 1: they're learning. I mean, they're getting a skill set. They're
Speaker 1: not just talking about plumbing or electrical or you know,
Speaker 1: power and energy or whatever that course may be. They're
Speaker 1: getting their hands on our E m T class We
Speaker 1: just installed. We have the back of an ambulance inside
Speaker 1: the classroom, so they're working in the back of an
Speaker 1: ambulance when they're there. So it's hands on, real life skill,
Speaker 1: real world skills to go right to work, so that
Speaker 1: when those employers hire them, they're getting students that have
Speaker 1: already been exposed to what they're going to see in
Speaker 1: the workforce.
Speaker 2: And that's exciting. You know, you brought up something to
Speaker 2: your medical courses. You actually have what looked like to
Speaker 2: be you know, pretty human humanoids. Yeah. They work on
Speaker 2: their program. Yeah, and so you know, we don't spare anything,
Speaker 2: you know, we're cutting edge.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we really I always say, you know, we really
Speaker 3: want to simulate what it's going to look like in
Speaker 3: their career and what the industry is going to look like,
Speaker 3: so regardless if the student fans on going to college
Speaker 3: or entering the workforce immediately, we want to give them
Speaker 3: that experience so they're not going in there blindly and
Speaker 3: and that's it gives them a leg up on their
Speaker 3: competition and their peers who are interested in the same
Speaker 3: thing because most people don't have the experience that try
Speaker 3: counting tech students get with all of the technology, and
Speaker 3: then we have just great instructors as well.
Speaker 2: Is it true that if I take some courses at
Speaker 2: Rock County Tech and I decide, well, maybe I want
Speaker 2: to get a you know, bigger degree, can these class
Speaker 2: credits be transferred?
Speaker 3: Yeah, so some can and kind of dependent on that.
Speaker 3: But we do have an agreement with Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Speaker 3: that students who complete any of our programs get fifty
Speaker 3: percent off tuition and then certain certain classes to transfer
Speaker 3: over for college credit.
Speaker 2: Okay, I want to make sure that because I want
Speaker 2: to make sure moms and dads heard that right now
Speaker 2: they get ready for February four. Yes, said, you know,
Speaker 2: they didn't say, well, I thought, I want to make
Speaker 2: sure it was clear. Absolutely that is that's a that
Speaker 2: is really a lifesaver. Yes, it is it is. Yeah.
Speaker 3: You know students, they are in both high school and
Speaker 3: college credit. I always say, in more experience than they
Speaker 3: can ever imagine. And once they come into one of
Speaker 3: our programs.
Speaker 2: You know, I have not seen an unhappy camper. You know,
Speaker 2: the camp is really nice. I mean you've got this great, big,
Speaker 2: huge building, but once you get inside, it's huger. I
Speaker 2: don't know how you do this. I mean, you got
Speaker 2: really smart people who figure. The way you use space
Speaker 2: is incredible.
Speaker 1: You've done a great job, for sure, and we hear that,
Speaker 1: especially from parents or even teachers who brought classes in
Speaker 1: to do tours. And I had no idea this was
Speaker 1: even in here. I didn't have any idea that you
Speaker 1: guys are doing things like this. This is incredible. So
Speaker 1: I say, even if you you've heard of Tri County,
Speaker 1: but if you've not come and experience, come and take
Speaker 1: it to it. And you don't have to wait for February.
Speaker 1: If you're a parent, you want to call us, we'll
Speaker 1: set up a tour and take your own show you.
Speaker 2: I don't want to see that E. M. T. Wagon
Speaker 2: Come on the classroom. That's what I will come home,
Speaker 2: dog man, be cool. It is cool man. The only
Speaker 2: thing it doesn't do is lie down the road. That's right,
Speaker 2: that's right. Later on. Now once again, do we have
Speaker 2: to have a rs VP for the open house.
Speaker 3: No, it's it's open doors so from four to six.
Speaker 3: Just like I said, I encourage anyone who's interested in
Speaker 3: try County. You don't really know what we do, or
Speaker 3: maybe you do know what we do and just want
Speaker 3: to familiarize yourself with campus a little bit better, come
Speaker 3: and see us and get your bonus points and learn
Speaker 3: a little bit about what we.
Speaker 2: Do, and also with the adult programs. Make an appointment
Speaker 2: with you. Come on, yep.
Speaker 1: I'm right on the website email phone number, you can
Speaker 1: text call, but swing by, come and see us. We'll
Speaker 1: show you around application and everything is there. I'll help
Speaker 1: walk you through any of that that you may need,
Speaker 1: or any questions or concerns you may have.
Speaker 2: I got to tell you it's about the friendliest campus
Speaker 2: in the world. And you know what, if you're worried
Speaker 2: about safety, right there on the corner, we got a
Speaker 2: police station, yep, and we trained firefighters out back. We
Speaker 2: do so you know what, there's nothing missing, No, pretty
Speaker 2: well covered. Yeah, you keep adding on every now and
Speaker 2: then too. That's one thing. Whatever the workplace or whatever
Speaker 2: the you know is out there, the job market out there,
Speaker 2: you guys seem to really come to the rushing to
Speaker 2: the front. Ten. We got this cupboard. We can train people.
Speaker 2: We're ready to go. So that's that. Can't do that,
Speaker 2: I think everybody likes.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, we want to meet it on the front end
Speaker 1: with the jobs there and if they are, how can
Speaker 1: we help train to get them ready.
Speaker 2: For the right to Where can we find the campuship
Speaker 2: for the folks shore who in town or maybe they
Speaker 2: live out of town and I only heard about it
Speaker 2: on the radio.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so sixty one oh one? Know what a road
Speaker 1: or right outside? Just go east of town on Highway
Speaker 1: sixty so right off the highway off of No Water Road.
Speaker 1: We'll find our campus there and then our website. You
Speaker 1: can find all our information there at Try County Tech
Speaker 1: dot edu.
Speaker 2: All right, very good, good luck and good luck. All right,
Speaker 2: all right, thank you guys, go get them and getting
Speaker 2: kids can do either. They're on their way. I didn't
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