MISSION STATEMENT

The Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie continues to serve as the premier provider for workforce development throughout Northwest Tennessee.

The Center fulfills the mission by:

Providing competency-based training through traditional and distance learning instructional delivery systems of the highest quality that will qualify individuals for employment and/or advancement in jobs.

Providing high quality training and retraining of employed workers.

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

HISTORY

The Tennessee Technology Centers were originally established as a state-wide system by the enactment of the Tennessee Legislature during the 1963 General Assembly as State Area Vocational-Technical Schools. This system operated under the supervision of the Tennessee State Board of Education until June 30, 1983. The State Area Vocational-Technical Schools came under the jurisdiction of the Tennessee State Board of Regents July 1, 1983. Further legislation changed the State Area Vocational-Technical Schools to Tennessee Technology Centers effective July 1, 1994. The Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie had its beginning in 1964 and opened its first classes in July, 1965. The building was dedicated in October of that year.

Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie 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 which is comprised of six universities, fourteen community colleges, and twenty-six area technology centers. The Tennessee Board of Regents system enrolls more than 80 percent of all Tennessee students attending public institutions of higher education.

ACCREDITATION

The Tennessee Technology Center is fully accredited by the Commission on Occupational Education Institutions. Membership with this agency assures that the school is maintaining up-to-date, quality programs. All comments may be addressed to the Commission  at 41 Perimeter Center East N.E., Suite 640, Atlanta, GA 30346.

All programs at The Tennessee Technology Center are approved for training of veterans by the State Office of Veterans Education and Vocational Rehabilitation.