State Profile For New York

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State Director

Ms. Jean C. Stevens, Associate Commissioner
Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education, New York State Education Department
89 Washington Avenue, Rm. 875 EBA
Albany, NY 12234

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/cte/

Mission

The mission of the Career and Technical Education Team is to assure that programs incorporating both high-level academic and technical skills are available to all the students in New York State, and that there is a seamless delivery of these programs throughout the K-16 system.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools: 943
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 30
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 857,753
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 256,238
Number of Public Community Colleges: 35
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 271,308
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 155,879
Perkins Funds Received: $63,531,364

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency: Department of Education
Agency Administering Secondary CTE: Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE: Department of Education
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE: Board of Regents
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE: Board of Regents

CTE Funding: Non-Perkins

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

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of Associate Commissioner. The Director’s position is a career position that reports to the Senior Deputy Commissioner, Office of P-16 Education. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are secondary career and technical education, secondary instructional technology, middle level education, all curriculum areas, adult education, oversight of the General Education Development (GED) program, standards and data collection, educational technology, bilingual education, safe schools and alternative education, teacher quality and professional development, regional school services and student support services.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. New York has implemented the High Schools That Work model. In addition, the NYS Regents Policy on CTE allows integration of academics and technical skills that meet Regents standards, and CTE is a component of all school improvement efforts. The State Director is a member of the state’s high school reform leadership team.

Implementation of Career Clusters

New York believes that Career Clusters can provide a foundation for high school reform efforts. The state feels Career Clusters provide important information for career guidance and can support improvement of the quality of CTE programming. New York State has learning standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies, which include six career majors. These six career majors incorporate the 16 career clusters. The state believes that the anticipated reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Act will create an opportunity for a more statewide approach. The six career majors are based in:

Implementation levels of programs of study