State Profile For Arizona

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State Director

Mr. Milton Ericksen, Deputy Associate Superintendent & State Director
Career & Technical Education, Arizona Department of Education
1535 West Jefferson, Bin 42
Phoenix, AZ 85007

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.ade.state.az.us/cte/

Mission

Arizona’s mission is to ensure a dynamic workforce by fully developing every student’s career and academic potential. Mission: Prepare Arizona students for workforce success and continuous learning.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools: 448
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 10
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 252,686
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 74,254
Number of Public Community Colleges: 20
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 205,286
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 92,538
Perkins Funds Received: $26,479,586
**Arizona has ten Joint Technical Education Districts (JTED), one central campus JTED and nine non-central campus JTEDs.

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: Career and Technical Education Advisory Board to the Arizona Department of Education (created years ago to bring recommendations from the CTE community to the state board.)
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE: State Board of Education

CTE Funding

Key: Increased Funding  Small_green_arrow_up    Decreased Funding   Small_red_arrow_down    Funding Maintained   Small_blue_arrow_both
State Secondary Funding: Small_red_arrow_down
State Postsecondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both
Local Secondary Funding: Small_red_arrow_down
Local Postsecondary Funding: Small_red_arrow_down

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

All secondary and postsecondary Career and Technical Education, Workforce Investment Act, TAA, ARRIS, and ETPL. Director also sits on Workforce Development Boards and Councils.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. The Arizona Department of Education was one of the lead states in hosting a regional high school reform summit. The CTE division is working collaboratively with other divisions at the Department of Education to put a formal renewal process in place, statewide. We are working cooperatively with the Arizona Business Education Coalition, the state’s largest education/economic development, on education reform.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Note: this section is scheduled for update soon


Arizona believes that Career Clusters provide the infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels. The state also views Career Clusters as tool for career guidance; a platform to organize sequences of courses around; and, in general, a tool to improve the quality of CTE.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, Arizona has integrated Career Clusters into the state plan. In addition, several strategies are being used to support the implementation of Career Clusters. Arizona now requires all accountability information to be collected by Career Clusters and the state benchmarks existing program standards against Career Cluster knowledge and skill statements.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement and deliver Career Clusters, including National Academy Foundation academies and Tech Prep.

Indicators

Secondary Indicators

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

Post Secondary Indicators

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

Key:

  • Small_green_check - Yes
  • Small_red_x - No
  • Small_blue_line - Data unavailable

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 10/14/2008