State Profile For New Hampshire

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State Director

Ms. Virginia O'Brien Irwin, Administrator, Bureau of Career Development
New Hampshire Department of Education
21 South Fruit St. Suite 20
Concord, NH 03301

Web Site

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

Mission

To integrate career and technical education into a total educational philosophy for our state which will ensure that every citizen of New Hampshire graduates from high school ready and prepared for higher education and the world of work.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	78
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	0
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	62,010
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	11,409
Number of Public Community Colleges:	7
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	15,358
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	7,569
Perkins Funds Received:	$5,837,891

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	Department of Education
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Board of Directors
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Board of Directors for the New Hampshire Community Technical College System

CTE Funding

State Secondary Funding:	N/A
State Postsecondary Funding:
Local Secondary Funding:
Local Postsecondary Funding:	N/A

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, 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. These range from local to state level people. In addition, CTE Directors will be trained this fall in Breaking Ranks II, which is the high school reform strategy that New Hampshire is using.

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.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement Career Clusters, including National Academy Foundation academies, Tech Prep, and high school reform efforts.

Indicators

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