State Profile For New Hampshire

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

State Director

Ms. Lisa Danley, Administrator
State Director for Career and Technical Education, New Hampshire Department of Education
21 South Fruit St. Suite 20
Concord, NH 03301

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/adultlearning/careerdevelopment.htm

Postsecondary: http://www.ccsnh.edu

Mission

Secondary level – New Hampshire Career and Technical Education is an engaging educational system that provides rigorous academic and technical knowledge and skills to students in order for them to be successful in pursuing future educational and career opportunities.
Postsecondary level – The Community College System of New Hampshire will provide comprehensive, market-driven, accessible, quality programs of higher education and services that respond to the changing needs of students, businesses and communities.

CTE Statistics

CTE Governance Structure

CTE Funding: Non-Perkins

Key: Increased Funding      Decreased Funding       Funding Maintained  

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 for Career and Technical Education. The Director’s position is a career and technical education position that reports to the Division Director, Division of Adult Learning and Rehabilitation. The State Director’s primary areas of responsibility are the administration of Perkins funds including Tech Prep Registered Apprenticeship (adult and youth), State Legislation, Apprenticeship Training, CTE Renovations, WIA Incentive grant, Equity, and the Office of Civil Rights Compliance, Data Collection, and Tuition and Transportation.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

CTE plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. In New Hampshire, several members of the CTE staff sit on the state team, ranging from local to state level people. The State Director is a member of the state’s high school reform leadership team.

Implementation of Career Clusters

New Hampshire believes that Career Clusters offer an infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels and a way to improve the quality of CTE. The state also believes Career Clusters can be a tool for career guidance and course organization.

In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, New Hampshire has reorganized the work at the state level around Career Clusters. The state uses Career Clusters to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education and has redirected state resources and personnel to support the implementation process.

New Hampshire is currently working on integrating 15 of the 16 nationally-recognized career clusters (they exclude Government & Public Administration). They hope to implement the 15 by the end of the 5 year grant period. Several delivery methods are being used to implement Career Clusters, including National Academy Foundation academies, Tech Prep, and high school reform efforts.

Implementation levels of programs of study

• Secondary and 2-year Postsecondary: 15 of the 16 nationally-recognized career clusters are implemented. Government & Public Administration is not implemented.


• 4-year Postsecondary: Business Management & Administration, Education & Training, Finance, Health Science, Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security, Marketing, and STEM are implemented.

Indicators

Secondary Indicators

Indicator	Yes/No
Source: CAR Report	2003-4	2004-5	2005-6	2006-7
Academic Achievement
Vocational Skills
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential
Diploma With Proficiency Credential
Total Placement
Nontraditional Participation
Nontraditional Completion

Post Secondary Indicators

Indicator	Yes/No
Source: CAR Report	2003-4	2004-5	2005-6	2006-7
Academic Achievement
Vocational Skills
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential
Total Placement
Retention
Nontraditional Participation
Nontraditional Completion

Key:

• - Yes
• - No
• - Data unavailable

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 10/07/2009