State Profile For Minnesota

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State Director

Pradeep Kotamraju, Ph.D., System Director for Perkins Federal Grants
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
Wells Fargo Place, 30 East 7th Street, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101-7804

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.grantsplus.mnscu.edu/Perkins/PerkinsIII.html

Mission

Career and Technical Education is a critical component of Minnesota’s educational system. Career and Technical Education contributes to the overall education of Minnesota citizens through its emphasis on strong technical, occupational, and academic skills. Career and Technical Education also contributes to the economic health of individuals, families, and broader communities by preparing all for the world of work, lifelong learning and responsible citizenship.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	448
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	0
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	209,304
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	160,436
Number of Public Community Colleges:	25
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	165,238
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	0
Perkins Funds Received:	$20,491,521

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	Minnesota Department of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System

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 Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Policy, Faculty Development, Relations and Federal Grants, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The Director’s position is a career position that reports to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. The State Director is responsible for the overall strategic direction of CTE in Minnesota. The director’s primary areas of CTE responsibility include Perkins and Tech Prep, Center for Teaching and Learning, Farm Business Management, Post-secondary Faculty Licensure and Credentialing, Faculty Union Contract Negotiation.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts.
Recently, Minnesota received a Gates Foundation/National Governors Association Grant. CTE’s involvement in the proposal development was extremely critical. Anoka Secondary Technical Educational Program (STEP) received a Tech Prep Demonstration Grant to build linkages with the adjacent post-secondary institution – Anoka Technical College

Implementation of Career Clusters

Minnesota 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. Despite this, Minnesota does not have a formal vision, or formal policies or procedures for Career Clusters at the state level.
Minnesota has not adopted a strategy to support the implementation of Career Clusters. The state has the ability to use Career Clusters to collect all accountability information.
Several different delivery methods are being used to implement Career Clusters, including National Academy Foundation academies, charter schools, and Tech Prep.

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 02/25/2008