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

Web Site

http://www.state.nd.us/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: 181
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 7
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 36,341
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 33,685
Number of Public Community Colleges: 5
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 8,862
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 6,241
Perkins Funds Received: $4,558,935

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
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE: State Board for Career Technical Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE: State Board of Higher Education

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_green_arrow_up
State Postsecondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both
Local Secondary Funding: Small_green_arrow_up
Local Postsecondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of State Director of Career and Technical Education Agency and Chief Executive Officer, State Board for Career and Technical Education. The Director’s position is a career position that reports to the State Board for Career and Technical Education. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are all secondary career technical education programs and CTE Teacher Certification at the secondary level, including programming, funding, evaluation, technical assistance and teacher certification. At the postsecondary level, the Director is responsible for CTE offerings and the certification of instructors.

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.

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.
High school reform efforts are being used to implement and support the delivery of Career Clusters.

Indicators

Secondary Indicators

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

Post Secondary Indicators

Indicator Yes/No
Source: CAR Report 2003-4 2004-5
Academic Achievement Small_red_x Small_green_check
Vocational Skills Small_green_check Small_green_check
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential Small_red_x Small_green_check
Total Placement Small_red_x Small_red_x
Retention Small_green_check Small_red_x
Nontraditional Participation Small_green_check 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 02/25/2008