State Profile For Indiana

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State Director

Mr. Christopher Guidry, State Director
Career and Technical Education, Department of Workforce Development
10 North Senate Avenue, Room SE212
Indianapolis, IN 46204

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.in.gov/dwd/2846.htm

Mission

CTE in Indiana will be known for high quality and innovative programs. High quality will consist of rigorous courses and student performance above state and national indicators. Innovation will consist of programs that are aligned with the economic demands of the community and that are constantly improving for a better student experience.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools: 327
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 29
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 293,532
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 120,263
Number of Public Community Colleges: 14
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 70,697
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 51,725
Perkins Funds Received: $29,958,156

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency: Department of Workforce Development
Agency Administering Secondary CTE: Department of Education and the Department of Workforce Development
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE: Department of Workforce Development
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE: Commission on Career Technical Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE: Commission on Higher 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_green_arrow_up
State Postsecondary Funding: Small_green_arrow_up
Local Secondary Funding: Small_green_arrow_up
Local Postsecondary Funding: Small_green_arrow_up

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of State Director of Career and Technical Education. The Director’s position is a career position that reports to the Deputy Commissioner, Department of Workforce Development. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility include all of Perkins’s policy planning and accountability; legislative issues on secondary career and technical education for the Governor; postsecondary career and technical education; and review of legislative requests.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. In Indiana, CTE was instrumental in changing the state funding formula for CTE from seat time to preparing individuals for high demand, high skill and high wage occupations. CTE has also helped create a technical honors diploma for students.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Indiana believes that Career Clusters are 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, Indiana has adopted a state policy that supports Career Clusters and has integrated them into the state plan. In addition, Indiana has adopted several strategies that support the implementation of Career Clusters. For example, the state requires local Perkins plans to incorporate Career Clusters and has sponsored several Career Cluster pilot sites. Indiana also requires Career Clusters to collect accountability information and uses Career Cluster knowledge and skill statements to benchmark existing programs.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement and deliver Career Clusters, including career academies, High Schools That Work 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_red_x 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_green_check Small_green_check

Post Secondary Indicators

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

Additional Information

As a result of bundling, Indiana actually met all Performance Indicators for 2003/04.

Last updated on 08/07/2008