State Profile For Wisconsin

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State Director

Mr. Daniel Clancy, President
Wisconsin Technical College System
345 West Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 7874
Madison, WI 53707

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.dpi.wisconsin.gov/cte/index.html

Mission

The Wisconsin Technical College System is the premier provider of technical education. We develop individuals who apply knowledge and skills to enhance quality of life and boost economic vitality. We are committed to extending learning beyond the classroom and throughout life. To meet each student’s educational needs, we:

• Deliver high quality instruction and services that are responsive, flexible and accessible.


• Join talent and technology to make learning generously available and imaginatively delivered.


• Commit to high standards and accountability.


• Create strategic alliances that expand students’ learning opportunities.


• Respect each other’s dignity, embrace diversity, and offer opportunities for growth.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	540
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	12
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	290,219
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	37,605
Number of Public Community Colleges:	18
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	154,973
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	143,847
Perkins Funds Received:	$24,712,593

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	The Wisconsin Technical College System office is the designated state agency; 45% of the funds are delegated to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Wisconsin Technical College System Office
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Wisconsin Technical College System Office

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 President of the Wisconsin Technical College System. The Director is a career position that oversees all postsecondary career and technical education programs operated by the sixteen WTCS colleges that cover the entire state of Wisconsin.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) is working jointly with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), which is responsible for K12 education, in implementation of career clusters. WTCS is providing input and expertise to DPI’s high school reform initiative.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Wisconsin believes that Career Clusters offer several benefits such as providing an infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels and an improved quality of CTE. Through Career Cluster implementation students will be able to benefit from career guidance and an organized sequence of courses.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, Wisconsin has integrated Career Clusters into the state plan. The state has also assigned a Wisconsin Technical College System Office staff to each career cluster. To support this effort, Wisconsin has used career clusters to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education, benchmarked existing program standards against Career Cluster skill statements, and redirected state resources and personnel.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement Career Clusters, including National Career Academies, career academies, magnet schools, Tech Prep, and high school reform efforts.

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.

Additional Information

Additional Website:	http://www.wtcsystem.edu/

Last updated on 02/20/2008