State Profile For Colorado

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State Director

Mr. Scott Stump, Interim Dean
Career and Technical Education, Colorado Community College System
9101 East Lowry Boulevard
Denver, CO 80230

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.coloradostateplan.com/index.htm

Mission

We strive to ensure student and local program success through leadership, collaboration and a commitment to a shared vision. We recognize the value of building and strengthening relationships with our partners by providing knowledgeable and credible support. Our vision: Colorado CTE will prepare students for career and life success through seamless learning opportunities that integrate academics and foster innovation.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	371
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	11
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	209,276
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	81,917
Number of Public Community Colleges:	15
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	91,899
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	2,442
Perkins Funds Received:	$140,027,486

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	Colorado Community Colleges System
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Colorado Community Colleges System
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Colorado Community Colleges System
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	Colorado Community Colleges and Occupational Education Board of Directors
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Colorado Community Colleges System and Occupational Education Board of Directors

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 of Career and Technical Education. The Director is a career position and is responsible for all secondary and postsecondary CTE program areas, as well as Perkins administration and compliance.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a minimal role in high school reform efforts. The Colorado Community Colleges System is not linked with the efforts of high school reform because the governor has appointed another agency to lead the reform and there is not a statewide effort that includes CTE as part of the team.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Colorado believes that Career Clusters provides a tool to help organize instruction or the sequences of courses.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, Colorado has developed pathways that are being decided upon and implemented at the local level.

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 09/02/2008