State Profile For Montana

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State Director

Dr. Mary Sheehy Moe, Deputy Commissioner of 2-Year Programs
Montana University System
46 North Last Chance Gulch, PO Box 203201
Helena, MT 59620-3201

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.mus.edu/wd/

Mission

To present cohesive direction and leadership for postsecondary education in Montana; to clearly demonstrate the key role that workforce development plays in the economic future of our state; to enable and assist our constituents in developing the academic, technical and social skills needed in the pursuit of lifelong learning and success.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	170
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	0
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	46,627
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	19,412
Number of Public Community Colleges:	11
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	6,941
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	5,811
Perkins Funds Received:	$6,034,801

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	Board of Regents and the Montana University System
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Office of Public Instruction
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	Perkins Advisory Board
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Two-Year Education Council which receives formal approval from the Board of Regents

CTE Funding

State Secondary Funding:
State Postsecondary Funding:
Local Secondary Funding:
Local Postsecondary Funding:	N/A

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of Director of Workforce Development and Two Year Education. The Director position is a career position that reports to the Commissioner of Higher Education. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are all two-year institutions, the distribution of Perkins funds, and Workforce Development Community Colleges.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays little to no role in high school reform efforts. Within Montana, there are two educational agencies in Montana: secondary and postsecondary and CTE’s collaboration is only occasional.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Montana believes career Clusters provide an infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels. The state also hopes Career Clusters can provide a tool for career guidance, a platform to organize sequences of courses around, and a way to improve the quality of CTE.
Currently, Montana is in the beginning phase of the planning process for the implementation of Career Clusters. A state-wide conference will be held to provide direction.

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