State Profile For Wyoming

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State Director

Ms. Teri Wigert, Technology, Careers and Data Director
Wyoming Department of Education
2300 Capitol Avenue, Hathaway Building, 2nd Floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002

Web Site

http://www.k12.wy.us/tcd.asp

Mission

The new mission/vision statement for career technical education is to align with the agency mission statement. It will be available later this year, as the agency is in transition to a new State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	63
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	0
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	22,956
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	13,196
Number of Public Community Colleges:	7
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	19,860
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	5,074
Perkins Funds Received:	$27,696,839

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	Department of Education
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Department of Education and the Wyoming Community College Commission
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	State Board of Vocational Education and the State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Wyoming Community College Commission and the local board of trustees

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 Director, Career, Technical and Distance Education. The Director is a career position that reports to the Director of Special Programs. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are all career, technical and distance education programs being administered at secondary school districts as well as all program at the postsecondary level that use Perkins funds.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. In Wyoming, the State Board of Vocational Education oversees all aspects of high school reform as well as CTE, substantial crossover funding is used to align strategic goals.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Wyoming believes that Career Clusters are the basis for high school reform and provide the infrastructure for a seamless transition between all learner levels. The state sees Career Clusters as a 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, Wyoming has integrated Career Clusters into the state plan. Several strategies are also being used to support the implementation of Career Clusters. For example, Career Clusters are being used to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education and Wyoming now requires accountability information to be collected by Career Clusters.
In addition, Wyoming is using Tech Prep as a delivery method to support the implementation of Career Clusters.

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 02/20/2008