The State of CTE
in Arizona
J E ANNE ROB E RT S
Dep u ty Associ at e Su p erintendent
Care e r an d Te c h n ic al E d u c ation St at e Di re c tor
What’s Going on at ADE?
CTE section is part of High Academic Standards for
Students (HASS) Division
Carol Lippert, Associate Superintendent
CTE
Career and
Technical
Education
The Facts
- CTE Programs
In over 215 high schools and charter schools
14 JTEDs with addition of STEDY this fall
19 Community Colleges-over 123,000 students
148,000 students on 100th day
Approximately 98,000 participants (unduplicated)
Over 40,000 federal concentrators left school
CTE Program Size
Over 2400 CTE programs
Top 5 programs – number of sites: Culinary, Nursing,
Auto Tech, Film and TV, Early Childhood
Top 5 programs – by enrollment: Culinary Arts, ECE,
BMAS, Engineering, Graphic/Web Design
JTED Report-2288 CTE Programs/6678 Courses
CTE Program List
Added two new programs for FY16
Health Information Technology
Veterinary Assistant
Local Proposed Occupational Program
CTE End of Program
Assessments
58 of 71 Technical Assessments (2 new to be added in
Fall, 2015: Animation and Music & Audio Production)
22,779 took as final
17,658 passed or 78%
Highest number assessed/pass rate
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Culinary 3227/80%
Sports Medicine/88%
BMAS 1281/78%
Nursing 1038/87%
Other Milestones
CTE or Fine Arts Credit to meet university entrance
requirements
Bill passed to expand use of tax credits to include
career and technical industry certification assessments.
20 of 72 CTE programs SBE approved as eligible for
embedded academic credit
◦ 9 for 4th year credit in math
◦ 4 for .5 credit in economics
◦ 7 for 1 or 2 science credits depending on course
sequence
Industry Recognized
Credentials (IRC)
60 of the 72 programs have identified IRC
81 schools reported placements with 3rd party
certifications
963 students reported with certifications in 34
programs (790 reported in FY14) through placements
IRCs supported through POS Innovative projects
◦ NAVIT: 13 ASE, 37 CAN Nursing, 9 Cosmetology, 16
FireFighting I & II and Hazmat, 2 Hazmat, 2 LPN Nursing,
7 RN Nursing
JTED IRC Support
JTEDs reported 3836 students received certifications
(and still counting)
47 different certifications
◦ AZ Board of Cosmetology-653
◦ EMT Cert-204
◦ SBN CNA Cert-260
◦ NCCER Cert-200
◦ ASE Student Cert-258
IT Academy
Microsoft-255 licenses distributed/217 in CTE schools
◦ MOS Certifcations-758
◦ MTA Certifications-176
◦ MOS Master Certifications-7
◦ Adobe, Autodesk and Quickbooks-no results yet
MOS State Champions
2015 MOS Arizona State Champions:
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Colin Massingill, Vail Academy and High School, Word 2013 (Kingman 2nd & 3rd)
Nicolas Williams, Kingman HS, Excel 2013 (Kingman 2nd & 3rd)
Zachary Sweeney, Kingman HS, PowerPoint 2013 (Kingman 2nd & 3rd)
Oscar Villasana, Sunnyside HS, Word 2010 (Desert View 2nd & Fountain Hills 3rd)
Tyler Wharton, Red Mountain HS, Excel 2010 (Sunnyside 2nd & Red Mountain, 3rd)
Tyron Rieckmann, $ed Mountain HS, PowerPoint 2010 (Fountain Hills 2ndd & 3rd)
Career and Technical Student
Organization Accomplishments
Over 54,000 students involved statewide
National officers:
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DECA 14-15 National Western Region VP
DECA 15-16 National President
FBLA 14-15 National Western Region VP
HOSA 14-15 Post-Secondary Collegiate VP
HOSA 14-15 Post-Secondary/Collegiate Board Red
HOSA 15-16 National President Elect (2 year term)
Skills USA 14-15 National Parliamentarian
Skills USA 15-16 National Officer At-Large
Other Recognitions
Educators Rising Arizona State President (formerly
FEA) participated in Celebrating Innovations in CTE at
White House June 30th
President Obama signed Executive Order to expand US
Presidential Scholars program to include 20
outstanding Scholars in CTE
Program Recognitions
Desert View HS in Sunnyside
◦ Manufacturers Institute M List
Coconino HS in Flagstaff
◦ Automotive program granted NATEF Accreditation
Vision Elements for the Arizona
2023 Strategic Plan for CTE
12 Vision Elements-Champion identified for each
Reviewing Bridging Strategies
Developing a tactical plan for each bridging strategy
Move forward to implementation
Goal to share next steps at upcoming CTE
Administrators meeting
Arizona Career and
Technical Education
Quality Commission
Business and
Industry
Stakeholders
Career Ready
Education
Stakeholders
(examples)
Manufacturing
IT
Healthcare
Arizona CTE Quality Commission
Advocates for accountability and excellence in CTE in
Arizona
Continue to engage Arizona business and industry
employers and work with existing community, state
and national organizations in support of high-quality,
relevant CTE programs
To validate students’ skill attainment through end-of
program assessments and/or state licensure and other
documentation essential to student’s education and
career success
Key Duties/Responsibilities-AZ CTE QC
Collaborators
Approvers
Consultants/Advisors
Reviewers
Advocates
Promoters
Supporters
Career Ready Education
Stakeholders
35-40 members/3 members serve as representatives
to AZ CTE Quality Commission
Rotating membership: secondary, postsecondary,
small and large, rural and urban, JTED Supt., CTE
directors
Nonrotating membership: ACTEAZ, ACOVA, ATIEA,
AOAC, WIOA, AZ Curriculum Consortium
Provide input/feedback on CTE initiatives
Inform constituent groups
Subgroups
Business and Industry Sector meetings
◦ Manufacturing Partnership
Goals for 15-16
◦ Expand model to IT and Health careers
Other Initiatives/CTE
Opportunities
Global Pathways Institute-Southwest Pathways
Conference
Center for the Future of Arizona
◦ Pathways to Prosperity-Jobs for the Future
◦ Players: ADE/CTE, Intel, Maricopa CCD, West-MEC, Maricopa
County Workforce Development, Office of the Governor
Rework America-Markel Foundation/LinkedIn
WIOA-possible resources
CTE Funding for 15-16
Perkins $25.4 million
◦ 85% to secondary and postsecondary districts $21.6m
◦ $16.5m Secondary
◦ $3.2m Postsecondary
◦ $1.8m Reserve –POS Consortia, Innovative
◦ 10% State Leadership $2.5 State institutions, Nontrad,
Statewide admin and Statewide assistance
◦ 5% administrative $1.3
Priority $11.5 million
◦ $9.2 to secondary districts
JTED-$92m 2011
$69m 2015
If FY17 Budget Stays
2017 to $43m
Looking ahead
Increase opportunities for students to obtain industry
recognized credentials
Increase opportunities for students to concentrate in a
program of study
Increase work-based learning opportunities
Market CTE
Use data and hard facts to emphasize impact of CTE
Examples of
Data
Collaboration
with ESS
Revise Snapshot
Challenges
Data reporting
Capturing end-of program results (IRCs)
Resources for IRCs
Growing work-based learning opportunities and
capturing data
CTE-A Revolution in Education
Where do we go from here
◦ Capitalize on CTE successes of other states and what is being
done at the national level
◦ Continue to collaborate and communicate
◦ Deliver a uniform message
◦ Share positive outcomes and explain challenges
◦ Unite all efforts to move CTE forward in Arizona
◦ Communicate regularly with DAS
Contact Information
Jeanne Roberts
◦ 602-364-2211
◦ 480-365-9654 (cell)
◦ Jeanne.roberts@azed.gov
If you can’t reach me, contact
◦ Kathy Bowersock
◦ 602-542-5805
◦ Kathy.bowersock@azed.gov
Thank you!