State Profile For Missouri

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State Director

Mr. Tom Quinn, Assistant Commissioner
Division of Career Education, Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
PO Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.dese.mo.gov/divcareered/

Mission

To provide high quality and high skill opportunities in Missouri for lifelong learning, personal growth, and career success. We support high standards, essential skills taught with rigor and relevance for all students, high quality professional development for teachers, and career education programs leading to high wages for students of all ages.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools: 572
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 57
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 273,152
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 147,717
Number of Public Community Colleges: 19
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 92,647
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 45,552
Perkins Funds Received: $26,252,260

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: State Board of Education
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_blue_arrow_both
State Postsecondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both
Local Secondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both
Local Postsecondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of Assistant Commissioner for the Division Career Education. The Director’s position is a career position that reports to the Commissioner of Education. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are Career Technical Education, adult education and literacy, GED testing, Veteran’s education and training, High Schools That Work, guidance and placement services, equity services, special needs, and community education.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Missouri believes that Career Clusters provide the infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels. Career Cluster implementation benefits students by helping with career guidance and course sequences.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, Missouri has integrated Career Clusters into the state plan and has adopted a strategic vision paper that also supports Career Clusters. Missouri is also using several strategies to help with Career Cluster implementation. For example, Career Clusters are being used to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education. In addition, Missouri requires accountability information to be collected by Career Clusters and has redirected state resources and personnel to support Career Clusters.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement Career Clusters, including High Schools That Work, Tech Prep, and high school reform efforts.

Indicators

Secondary Indicators

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

Last updated on 08/07/2008