General Information

 

TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER AT HOHENWALD

VISION

 To enhance the quality of life of:

  • The individual Tennessee citizen

  • The Tennessee family

  • The local community

MISSION STATEMENT

 The Tennessee Technology Center’s mission is to be the premier provider for workforce development throughout the State of Tennessee.

 The centers fulfill the mission by providing:

  •  Competency-based training of the highest quality that will qualify students for employment and/or advancement in jobs.

  •  High quality training and retraining of employed workers.

  •  High quality training that is economical and accessible to all residents of Tennessee, thereby contributing to the economic and community development of the communities we serve.

The Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald remains committed to the education of a non-racially identifiable student body and promotes diversity and access without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

 TTCH PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The mission of the Tennessee Technology Center is to provide technical training to students to meet the occupational needs of employers in our community.  Recognizing that all people do not have the same background, abilities, or desires and cannot  be fitted into the same mold, the objective of the Tennessee Technology Center is that each student be treated as an individual.  Individualized instruction is utilized to the maximum in most programs.  Our school policy provides that a student may enter a program when a vacancy occurs, start training at his/her own level, and progress at his/her own rate to the level desired within the limitations of the school.  Individualized instruction provides the student with the highest quality instruction possible in the occupational area of his/her choosing.

The objective is further subscribed to that the mere development of specific skills and knowledge in an individual is not sufficient.  Desirable worker characteristics are emphasized to instill character development, good work habits, reliability, honesty, and respect for authority needed for a productive society.

The primary mission of the Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald is to more adequately meet the occupational and technical training needs of citizens and residents of this geographic area including employees of existing or prospective industries and businesses of the State.

The Center fulfills this mission by providing instructional programs to train or retrain persons for employment.  Programs are designed to update existing skills and increase knowledge of workers already employed.

GOVERNANCE                                                                       

The Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald is one of 46 institutions in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, the seventh largest system of higher education in the nation.  The Tennessee Board of Regents is the governing board for this system that is comprised of six universities, fourteen community colleges, and twenty-six technology centers.  The Tennessee Board of Regents system enrolls more than eighty percent of all Tennessee students attending public institutions of higher education.

Tennessee Board of Regents
1415 Murfreesboro Road, Suite 350
Nashville, TN 37217-2833 (615) 366-4400

Tennessee Board of Regents

Mr. Frank Barnett
Mr. Edgar R. “Buddy” Bowers
Ms. Demetra Godsey Boyd
Mr. Noble Cody
Mr. Robert Jack Fishman
Ms. Kathryn Byrd
Mr. W. Keith McCord
Ms. Leslie Parks Pope
Dr. Richard G. Rhoda
Mr. J. Stanley Rogers
Dr. Maxine A. Smith
Honorable Phil Bredesen
Mr. Mathew B. Chapman
Honorable Ken Givens
Mr. William H. Watkins, Jr.
Mr. Jonas Kisber
Mr. Tom H. Jackson
Honorable Lana Seivers

OUR HISTORY

Construction of the Hohenwald State Area Vocational‑Technical School began in the Fall of 1965.  The school opened classes February 14, 1967, with offerings in four instructional areas.  The Center currently offers full‑time preparatory training in ten instructional areas and part‑time, secondary, or supplementary training in twelve instructional areas.

In 1994, the Tennessee Legislature, realizing the Vo‑Tech schools were becoming more technical, passed legislation changing our school’s name to the Tennessee Technology Center to better reflect the school’s mission.

The Tennessee Technology Center system, statewide, was part of a plan and commitment of the 1993 Ninety-ninth General Assembly to improve institutions of higher education.  Appropriations for the renovation and construction projects for each of the Technology Center’s campuses passed the Tennessee Legislature by an unanimous vote.  The Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald received approximately two million dollars for the renovation of existing facilities, additional construction of 13,000 square feet of space and acquisition of the latest state of the art technology and equipment for each training program.  The Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald held Groundbreaking Ceremonies on April 30, 1997; the project was completed approximately two years later.  TTC Hohenwald held Open House on June 14, 1999 in celebration of the newly renovated and constructed campus.

Additionally, in response to demand and the changing workforce, the Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald added the training programs of Computer Operations Technology and Surgical Technology to the training opportunities available at the school.  Computer Operations Technology admitted the first students on August 31, 1998; the inception of Surgical Technology students began January 4, 1999.

The Technology Center is located in Lewis County and serves a six county area including Maury, Lewis, Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, and Hickman counties.  It is located on a 15‑acre tract of land on Highway 412, West of Hohenwald.

ACCREDITATION

Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald is accredited by:

Council on Occupational Education
41 Perimeter Center East, NE, Suite 640
Atlanta, GA 30346 (800) 917-2081

The Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald is an accredited higher education institution.  An evaluation team, composed of individuals from various parts of southern states, visited the Hohenwald School in February 1972, and made a thorough examination of all facets of the instructional programs.  As a result of the finding of this team, on December 13, 1972, the Hohenwald School was accepted as an accredited member of the Commission on Occupational Education Institutions of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.  An annual report of the school’s progress is made each year for continuing accreditation and every five years the accreditation must be substantiated by another self‑study and team visit.  The school had a five-year team visit May 1977, July 1982, March 1987, April 1992, September 1998 and was re‑accredited each time.