State Profile For Michigan

Data sources used in this profile (PDF,177Kb)

State Director

Ms. Patty Cantu, Director
Office of Career and Technical Education, Michigan Department of Education
P.O. Box 30712
Lansing, MI 48933

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary/Postsecondary: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_2629_---,00.html

Career Readiness Certification Program: http://www.michigancrc.org/default.aspx

Mission

The purpose of the Office of Career and Technical Education is to prepare students so they have the necessary academic, technical, and work behavior skills to enter, compete, and advance in education and their careers.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	703
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	10
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	539,519
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	199,011
Number of Public Community Colleges:	33
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	189,452
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	136,518
Perkins Funds Received:	$43,467,912

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	The Department of Education
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	The Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	The Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Bureau of Workforce Programs

CTE Funding: Non-Perkins

State Secondary Funding:
State Postsecondary Funding:
Local Secondary Funding:
Local Postsecondary Funding:

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of Director, Office of Career and Technical Education. The Director’s position is a career position that reports to the Chief Academic Officer. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are state funding for CTE; Perkins funding for secondary and postsecondary CTE; CTE Technical standards; Career and Employability Skills; Work Based Learning; Career Clusters.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

The Office of Career and Technical Education is located in the Department of Education. The Director is a member of the High School Reform Leadership Team, which includes the President of the State Board of Education, the Governor’s Education Advisor, the state Superintendent, the MDE Chief Academic Officer, and representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals, public universities, community colleges, and the Michigan Education Association. The State Director is a member of the state’s high school reform leadership team.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Michigan has adopted the States Career Clusters model that incorporates the required knowledge and skills for careers, including both secondary and postsecondary components. The 16 Career Clusters are an excellent choice for a model because they have been validated by business and industry around the nation and include what is necessary for students to know and do in both the academic and technical components of a strong career and technical education program. The new programs of study will be integrated into approved secondary CTE programs over the life of the authorization or legislation.

Michigan believes that Career Clusters are the basis for high school reform and provide the infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels. Career Clusters are also seen as a tool for career guidance, a platform to organize the sequences of courses, and a way to improve the quality of CTE.

In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, Michigan has integrated Career Clusters into the state plan. In addition, Michigan uses several strategies to support the implementation of Career Clusters. For example, Career Clusters are being used to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education. Michigan now requires local Perkins plans to incorporate Career Clusters and Career Clusters collects all accountability information. In addition, Michigan has benchmarked existing program standards against Career Cluster knowledge and skill statements.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement and deliver Career Clusters including Tech Prep and high school reform efforts.

Implementation levels of programs of study

• Secondary: all 16 nationally-recognized career clusters are implemented.

Indicators

Source

The data in the above chart was taken from the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Reports to Congress on State Performance (see below). The Consolidated Annual Report, or CAR, is a mandatory fiscal and accountability report submitted by each state to the U.S. Department of Education. It provides performance information on Perkins indicators. A red X means a state did not meet its adjusted level of performance and a green checkmark means that the state did meet its goal. A blue bar in the Secondary Indicators table means that the state does not offer students the opportunity to earn both a high school diploma and other credential (e.g., a skill certificate) or that the data was not otherwise provided by the state. A blue bar in the Postsecondary Indicators table indicates that the state did not provide data. CAR narratives for individual states are hyperlinked below.

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Reports to Congress on State Performance

State profiles for each of the core indicators (academic attainment, attainment of diplomas or degrees, placement and retention in further education or employment, and participation and completion of non-traditional training programs) for secondary and postsecondary programs. Also included are federal allocations, enrollment by gender, and a brief description of program improvement and data quality efforts for each state.

• Performance Program Year 2006-2007 (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2005-2006 (PDF, 6.6 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2004-2005 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2003-2004 (PDF, 3.5 MB)

CAR Narratives for individual states

• 2003-2004
• 2004-2005
• 2005-2006
• 2006-2007

Last updated on 04/08/2010