State Profile For Pennsylvania

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State Director

Dr. Lee Burket, Director
Bureau Career-Technical Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 11th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126

Web Site

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/career_edu/site/default.asp

Mission

To provide leadership in developing high-quality career and technical education programs that prepares students for postsecondary and employment opportunities, through integration of rigorous academic and industry-relevant instruction.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	589
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	81
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	517,570
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	96,338
Number of Public Community Colleges:	20
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	149,410
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	74,073
Perkins Funds Received:	$50,782,439

Number of Adult Students Enrolled in CTE:	27,009

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:	Standing Committee of Vocational Education and the State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Sate Board of Education

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 of Career and Technical Education. The Director is a political appointee who reports to the Secretary of Education. The Director focuses on Perkins supported career education, as well as, secondary and postsecondary State supported vocational programs.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a very high role in high school reform. In Pennsylvania, basic education and CTE are sharing resources in the true sense of collaboration. Grant guidelines reiterate expectations for both areas and weekly meetings are held to discuss plans and directions.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Pennsylvania does not have a vision for career clusters at the state level. Career Clusters are being decided upon and implemented at the local level based upon Pathways.

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