State Profile For South Dakota

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State Director

Mr. Mark Wilson, State Director
Career Technical Education, SD Dept of Education
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://doe.sd.gov/octe/index.asp

Mission

The mission of Career and Technical Education in South Dakota is to provide all students with the skills necessary to make informed career choices and be productive workers and lifelong learners in a technological, information-based society.

CTE Statistics

CTE Governance Structure

CTE Funding: Non-Perkins

Key: Increased Funding      Decreased Funding       Funding Maintained  

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, Office of Career and Technical Education. The Director is a career position who reports to the Secretary of Education. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are secondary and postsecondary Perkins administration, Career Clusters, career guidance, programs of study, Personal Learning Plans, Capstone Experiences and high school design.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. In South Dakota, CTE is a leader in the high school reform movement. The state joined the High Schools That Work reform movement two years ago and presently has 20 high school sites. All of the sites have career and technical education programs. High school reform is being run out of the State Director’s office.

Implementation of Career Clusters

South Dakota believes that Career Clusters 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 a way to improve the quality of CTE.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, South Dakota has integrated Career Clusters into the state plan. In addition, South Dakota is using several strategies to support the implementation of Career Clusters. For example, the state uses Career Clusters to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education and has created high school registration manuals.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement and deliver Career Clusters including High Schools That Work and Tech Prep.

Implementation levels of programs of study

• Secondary: all 16 nationally-recognized career clusters are implemented.


• 2-year Postsecondary: 14 of the 16 nationally-recognized career clusters are implemented. Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security and Government & Public Administration are not implemented.

Indicators

Secondary Indicators

Indicator	Yes/No
Source: CAR Report	2003-4	2004-5	2005-6	2006-7
Academic Achievement
Vocational Skills
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential
Diploma With Proficiency Credential
Total Placement
Nontraditional Participation
Nontraditional Completion

Post Secondary Indicators

Indicator	Yes/No
Source: CAR Report	2003-4	2004-5	2005-6	2006-7
Academic Achievement
Vocational Skills
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential
Total Placement
Retention
Nontraditional Participation
Nontraditional Completion

Key:

• - Yes
• - No
• - Data unavailable

Source

The data in the above chart was taken from the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Reports to Congress on State Performance (see below). The Consolidated Annual Report, or CAR, is a mandatory fiscal and accountability report submitted by each state to the U.S. Department of Education. It provides performance information on 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. CAR narratives for individual states are hyperlinked below.

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Reports to Congress on State Performance

State profiles for each of the core indicators (academic attainment, attainment of diplomas or degrees, placement and retention in further education or employment, and participation and completion of non-traditional training programs) for secondary and postsecondary programs. Also included are federal allocations, enrollment by gender, and a brief description of program improvement and data quality efforts for each state.

• Performance Program Year 2006-2007 (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2005-2006 (PDF, 6.6 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2004-2005 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2003-2004 (PDF, 3.5 MB)

CAR Narratives for individual states

• 2003-2004
• 2004-2005
• 2005-2006
• 2006-2007

Last updated on 09/17/2009