State Profile For New York

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State Director

Ms. Jean 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

Web Site

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/cis/

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: 936
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 22
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 828,921
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 256,238
Number of Public Community Colleges: 36
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 275,000
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 155,879
Perkins Funds Received: $65,828,455

CTE Governance Structure

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

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_blue_arrow_both
State Postsecondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both
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 Assistant Commissioner for Curriculum and Instructional Support. The Director’s position is a career position that reports to the Deputy Commissioner, Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary, and Continuing 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, and oversight of the General Education Development (GED) program.

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.

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.

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_red_x Small_red_x
Diploma With Proficiency Credential Small_red_x Small_blue_line
Total Placement Small_green_check Small_green_check
Nontraditional Participation Small_green_check Small_red_x
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_green_check
Nontraditional Completion Small_green_check Small_green_check

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 02/20/2008