Vocational Education; *Vocational High Schools IDENTIFIERS *Connecticut

This document describes Connecticut's PRO-TECH Program, which is designed to link pupils in vocational-technical schools, resources of school and community, and opportunity for crowth in order to teach advanced skills, explore new interests, challenge old ideas, and highlight individual talents. The document consists of sections on the following program-related topics: (1) an introduction and rationale for the program; (2) research on gifted children in Connecticut since 1979, some of which recognized giftedness in automotive mechanics, machine design, carpentry, electronics, architectural design, and concluded that programs and services above what was offered in the regular curriculum were warranted; (3) the PRO-TECH model for identification and programming to teach advanced skills, explore new interests, challenge old ideas, and highlig.it individual talents; (4) the program's goals an