State Profile For West Virginia

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State Director

Dr. Stanley Hopkins, Assistant State Superintendent
West Virginia Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard E.
Charleston, WV 25305

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://careertech.k12.wv.us

Mission

The mission of career/technical & adult education is to facilitate the delivery of high-quality education, statewide, through leadership and coordination activities focused on instruction, content, improvement, professional development, technical assistance, planning, evaluation, fiscal management, and accountability.

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 Assistant State Superintendent of Schools. The Director is a career position that reports to the State Superintendent of Schools. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are: Adult Education & Workforce Development Planning, Evaluation, Special Programs & Support Services Career & Technical Instruction Technical and Secondary Program Improvement School Counseling Cedar Lakes Conference Center.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. In West Virginia, the Division of Career/Technical and Adult Education oversees the SREB High Schools that Work initiative, involving 75% of all high schools. The Division also has overseen the development of a statewide taskforce focused on improving high schools and is currently reporting the results to the State Board of Education. The State Director is a senior member of the State Superintendent’s Cabinet and has significant input into policies and decisions affecting high schools in the State. High school reform is being run out of the state director’s office.

Implementation of Career Clusters

West Virginia 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 a way to improve the quality of CTE.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, West Virginia has adopted a state policy that supports Career Clusters and has integrated them into the state plan. In addition, the state has passed legislation in support of Career Clusters. In addition, West Virginia has adopted several strategies to help with the implementation of Career Clusters. For example, the state uses Career Clusters to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education. The state also requires Career Clusters to collect accountability information and has redirected state resources and personnel to support Career Clusters.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement Career Clusters, including High Schools That Work, Tech Prep, and high school reform efforts.

Implementation levels of programs of study

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


• 2-year Postsecondary: 13 of the 16 nationally-recognized career clusters are implemented. Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Arts, A/V Technology & Communications and Government & Public Administration are not implemented.


• 4-year Postsecondary: 13 of the 16 nationally-recognized career clusters are implemented. Architecture & Construction, Manufacturing, and Transportation, Distribution & Logistics 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