State Profile For Mississippi

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State Director

Mr. James Sardin, Associate State Superintendent
Vocational & Technical Education, Mississippi Department of Education
359 N. West St, P.O. Box 771
Jackson, MS 39205

Web Site

http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/vocational/OVTE/

Mission

The Office of Vocational & Technical Education provided “Keys to Your Future” by developing and implementing research based instructional programs to meet the needs of a changing workforce and to promote economic development. All vocational-technical programs will reflect national and/or accredited standards.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools: 185
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 90
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 110,620
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 28,335
Number of Public Community Colleges: 17
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 68,710
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 19,513
Perkins Funds Received: $15,593,206

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency: State Department of Education
Agency Administering Secondary CTE: State Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE: State Department of Education
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE: State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE: Community Junior College Board, The State Board of Education, a Board of Regents, a Labor/Workforce Board, and the Associate State Superintendent of Education

CTE Funding

Key: Increased Funding  Small_green_arrow_up    Decreased Funding   Small_red_arrow_down    Funding Maintained   Small_blue_arrow_both
State Secondary Funding: Small_red_arrow_down
State Postsecondary Funding: Small_red_arrow_down
Local Secondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both
Local Postsecondary Funding: Small_red_arrow_down

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of Associate State Superintendent of Education. The Director position is a career position that reports to the State Superintendent. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are all career technical education programs in secondary schools and all postsecondary funds that flow through the State Director’s Board.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. In Mississippi, the Office of Vocational and Technical Education is part of a pilot to “Redesign” selected schools, three of which are directly related to CTE. OVTE is also providing funds for teacher contracts that relate directly to the economic impact of the OVTE. Finally, OVTE is partnered with the Constitution Education Foundation to provide certification to constitute students and help place them in positions with employees.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Mississippi believes Career Clusters will improve the quality of CTE and provide a tool which students can use for career guidance. In order to support the implementation of Career Clusters, the state has integrated Career Clusters into the state plan and benchmarked existing program standards against Career Clusters knowledge and skill statements. Currently, Mississippi is using High Schools That Work as a delivery method to support the implementation of Career Clusters.

Indicators

Secondary Indicators

Indicator Yes/No
Source: CAR Report 2003-4 2004-5
Academic Achievement Small_green_check Small_green_check
Vocational Skills Small_green_check Small_green_check
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential Small_green_check Small_blue_line
Diploma With Proficiency Credential Small_blue_line Small_blue_line
Total Placement Small_green_check Small_green_check
Nontraditional Participation Small_green_check Small_green_check
Nontraditional Completion Small_red_x Small_red_x

Post Secondary Indicators

Indicator Yes/No
Source: CAR Report 2003-4 2004-5
Academic Achievement Small_green_check Small_green_check
Vocational Skills Small_green_check Small_green_check
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential Small_green_check Small_green_check
Total Placement Small_green_check Small_green_check
Retention Small_green_check Small_green_check
Nontraditional Participation Small_red_x Small_red_x
Nontraditional Completion Small_red_x Small_red_x

Key:

  • Small_green_check - Yes
  • Small_red_x - No
  • Small_blue_line - Data unavailable

The data for 2003-2004 in the above chart was taken directly from the Consolidated Annual Reports (CAR Report 2003-04). The CAR is a mandatory fiscal and accountability report submitted by each state to the U.S. Department of Education. It provides performance information on 14 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.

The data for 2004-2005 was taken from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, Report to Congress on State Performance, Program Year 2004-05, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Last updated on 02/25/2008