State Profile For Oregon

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State Director

Dr. Salam Noor, Assistant Superintendent
Office of Educational Improvement and Innovation, Oregon Department of Education
Public Service Building 255 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, OR 973100203

Web Site

http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=151

Mission

All Oregonians have the skills and resources to achieve economic prosperity. Career Technical Education, including Career Pathways, is an education and workforce development system for helping achieve this vision.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	227
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	0
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	173,727
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	78,037
Number of Public Community Colleges:	17
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	93,221
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	29,719
Perkins Funds Received:	$16,031,996

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:	State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	State Board of Education

CTE Funding

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

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of Assistant Superintendent for the Office of Educational Improvement & Innovation. The Director is a political appointee who reports to both the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction and the Commissioner of Community Colleges. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are career technical education, which includes the secondary and postsecondary levels. In addition, the Director administers the ESEA/NCLB Title Programs and Private Career Schools; School district compliance with Oregon Administrative Rules; and Oregon content standards development, revision and implementation.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a very high role in high school reform efforts. In Oregon, CTE is a full partner in Oregon’s high school reform efforts including the original implementation of Oregon’s Certificate of Advanced Mastery (CAM). The 2007 additions to Oregon’s diploma requirements have their roots in the CAM design and implementation. CTE provides the capacity for students to meet the diploma requirements of demonstrating career-related learning standards and participating in career-related learning experiences. High school educators view CTE as an opportunity for students to apply their academic learning in a career-related environment.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Career technical education plays a very high role in high school reform efforts. In Oregon, CTE is a full partner in Oregon’s high school reform efforts including the original implementation of Oregon’s Certificate of Advanced Mastery (CAM). The 2007 additions to Oregon’s diploma requirements have their roots in the CAM design and implementation. CTE provides the capacity for students to meet the diploma requirements of demonstrating career-related learning standards and participating in career-related learning experiences. High school educators view CTE as an opportunity for students to apply their academic learning in a career-related environment.

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