CAPS

Babcock High School Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) Program

Babcock High School is proud to be the first school in Florida to fully implement the nationally recognized Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) program. This innovative approach to education places students at the forefront of real-world learning, empowering them to tackle industry challenges, build professional skills, and explore career opportunities while earning high school and college credit.

What is CAPS?

Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) programs are nationally recognized, innovative high school programs. Students fast forward into their future and are fully immersed in a professional culture, solving real world problems, using industry standard tools and are mentored by actual employers, all while receiving high school and college credit. CAPS is an example of how business, community and public education can partner to produce personalized learning experiences that educate the workforce of tomorrow, especially in high skill, high demand jobs.

Why CAPS at BHS?

The current education model was designed for the First Industrial Revolution and now must dramatically reform itself to be able to produce people with the skills required for the 21st century workforce. Profession-Based Learning complements college preparation by adding a dimension of career focus that supports students finding their passions and strengths and matching them to opportunities in the market.

Every part of K-12 education needs to redesign its approach and outcomes through the integration of real-world learning to prepare students for that future.