4t academy - Manufacturing - Toyota Program

Jack Lyon, Instructor  

Program Description

Program of Study: Manufacturing, local concentration 

This program is a two (2) year program for high school students.  Students will work on the manufacturing curriculum at Ben Franklin Career Center and learn the Toyota Way at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Buffalo, WV.  

Students will have the opportunity for full-time employment as a team member assembling engines and transmissions on the production lines at the plant once they successfully complete the program.  

Students will spend one (1) day a week at the plant in their junior year and during their senior year they will spend two (2) days during the 1st semester and four (4) days during the 2nd semester.  Students have the 4 days paid during the 2nd semester as a paid internship class.  Bus transportation will be provided from BFCC to TMMWV.  Juniors are responsible for any classes missed at the home school on Mondays.  Seniors will take the classes they need for graduation through our county virtual school.