State Profile For Oklahoma

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State Director

Dr. Phil Berkenbile, State Director
OK Department of Career & Technology Education
1500 West Seventh Avenue
Stillwater, OK 74074

Web Site

http://www.okcareertech.org/

Mission

We prepare Oklahomans to succeed in the workplace.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	466
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	54
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	156,651
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	115,894
Number of Public Community Colleges:	15
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	65,427
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	20,303
Perkins Funds Received:	$17,875,798

Number of Adult Students Enrolled in CTE:	11,960

CTE Governance Structure

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

CTE Funding

State Secondary Funding:
State Postsecondary Funding:
Local Secondary Funding:
Local Postsecondary Funding:

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of State Director, Career and Technology Education. The Director is a career position that reports to the State Board of Career and Technology Education. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are all non-degree granting high school and post-secondary CTE programs; training related to correction programs; and business and industry training.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform. Oklahoma is implementing Career Academies; has recently passed Senate Bill 982, implementers of high school plans of study; created Cooperative Alliances for dual high school/college credit for CTE programs and High Schools That Work; is implementing Career Clusters; holding a best practice conference; creating drop out recovery programs in technology centers; and hosts Oklahoma’s School of Science and Math which are regional schools in technology centers.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Oklahoma believes that Career Clusters offer many benefits and should be used as a basis for high school reform. The state views Career Clusters as an infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels. Career Clusters are also seen as a tool for career guidance, a structure to organize instruction around, a way to align Workforce and Economic development and, in general, a means to improve the quality of CTE.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, Oklahoma has integrated Career Clusters into the state plan and adopted a strategic vision paper that supports Career Clusters. In addition, the state is incorporating the Governor’s Council on Workforce and Economic Development. Numerous strategies have been used to support the implementation of Career Clusters. For example, Oklahoma has used them to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education. In addition the state has required local Perkins plans to incorporate Career Clusters and accountability information is collected by Career Clusters. Finally, the state now benchmarks existing program standards against Career Cluster knowledge and skill statements, has redirected state resources and personnel, and sponsored pilot sites.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement Career Clusters, including career academies, High Schools That Work, and Tech Prep.

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