State Profile For North Dakota

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State Director

Mr. Wayne Kutzer, State Director
Department of Career and Technical Education,
600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 270
Bismarck, ND 58505

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.nd.gov/cte/

Mission

The mission of the State Board for Career and Technical Education is to work with others to provide all North Dakota citizens with the technical skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for successful performance in a globally competitive workplace.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools: 151
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 0
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 30,727
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 19,843
Number of Public Community Colleges: 5
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 10,901
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 7,431
Perkins Funds Received: $4,528,072

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency: Department of Career Technical Education
Agency Administering Secondary CTE: Department of Career Technical Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE: Department of Career Technical Education and Board of Higher Education
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE: State Board for Career Technical Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE: Board of Regents

CTE Funding: Non-Perkins

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State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of State Director and Executive Officer. The Director’s position is a political appointee that reports to the State Board for Career and Technical Education. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are all secondary CTE programming including state funding, T&I teacher certification, and Career Development, both secondary and postsecondary Perkins, Postsecondary program approval and instructor certification.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

The Department of Career technical education has taken the lead role in high school reform efforts by working with the statewide school administrators’ association. CTE is funding the implementation and integration of Breaking Ranks II training for all school administrators in the state. To facilitate the process, teams selected by CTE from across North Dakota have attended the national and regional high school summits. We are in the process of crosswalking all industry, national and state standards, both academic and skill, into our entire curriculum. The State Director is a member of the state’s high school reform leadership team.

Implementation of Career Clusters

North Dakota believes that Career Clusters are the basis for high school reform and provide the infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels. Career Clusters are also seen as tool for career guidance, a platform to organize sequences of courses around, and way to improve the quality of CTE.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, North Dakota has adopted a state policy that supports Career Clusters and has sponsored pilot sites to support the actual implementation of Career Clusters. NDCTE has adopted the career clusters model of 16 career clusters including plans of study with pathways to be implemented. High school reform efforts are being used to implement and support the delivery of Career Clusters.


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