NACTEI 2012 NACTEI: PROVIDING A NICHE FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION BY FIDELIS UBADIGBO, Ph.D. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

PURPOSE i To serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas and methods relating to career and technical education in the areas of data collection, information management, accountability, and fiscal transaction

PURPOSE ii To promote discussion of, and policy recommendations for issues related to career and technical education information system

PURPOSE iii To promote the establishment of effective local, state, and federal career-technical education accountability system

PURPOSE iv To promote a national career-technical education communication information network

PURPOSE v To sponsor an annual conference to disseminate information pertaining to career-technical education

PURPOSE vi To stay informed, to stay involved, and to be part of our communications and educational network and to be encourage members to visit NACTEI website throughout the year

FACING CTE CHALLENGES Over the last 20 years, certain educators and policy- makers have challenged the wisdom of high school vocational education, arguing that high school studies should be focused on basic academic skills that provide the foundation for subsequent education Eaton (1993) and Dougherty (1994) P.20

DEDICATION NACTEI is dedicated to the development and improvement of career-technical education information, finance and accountability systems

Perkins IV The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) supports career and technical education (CTE) in high schools and postsecondary institutions, such as community colleges (GAO July 29, 2009)

PERKINS IV PROGRAM OF STUDY The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) calls for states to offer career and technical programs of study, which may be adopted by local educational agencies and post secondary institutions as an option to students (and their parents as appropriate) when planning for and completing future coursework

ACHIEVING THE PURPOSE PRESIDENT TREASURER NACTEI BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ALL THE MEMBERS COMMITTEES SUPPORT FROM SPONSORS

ACHIEVING THE PURPOSE EXCELLENT SPEAKERS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATORS RESEARCHER OVAE MPR ASSOCIATES INC. NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS

CREATING PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM OF STATES (CTECCS) CAREER COMMUNICATION NETWORK, INC. KUDER, INC. NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL COMPETENCY TESTING INSTITUTE (NOCTI) NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (NRCCTE)

CREATING PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES MPR ASSOCIATES, INC. SKILLS USA ACTE MANY MORE??

AREAS TO EXPLORE INFORMATION DISSEMINATION POLICY ISSUES INCREASED ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES USING DATA FOR DECISION-MAKING REACHING OUT TO LEGISLATORS

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION VISUAL GRAPHICS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL KNOW-HOW SYSTEM DESIGNS CTE DATA ACCESSED, ANALYZED, AND USABLE

POLICY ISSUES PERKINS IV NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB) PERKINS BLUE PRINT State Longitudinal Data Systems STATE AND LOCAL POLICIES (WHAT WORKS) PERKINS BLUE PRINT

President 2020 Goal OVAE Outcomes for President’s 2020 Goal: Doubled transitions from adult education into postsecondary education and training from 2010 level.† Increase the number of postsecondary CTE completion by 20% from 2010 level.

DATA FOR DECISION MAKING USE OF VALID AND RELIABLE DATA PROPER AND SCOPE OF ANALYSIS DISAGGREGATION OF DATA INTERPRETATION REPORTING DECISION MAKING

Enrollment &Percent Increase 3 Year Enrollment Trends Percent Secondary Participation 7,594,9297,777,6597,687, Postsecondary Participation 4,318,1614,483,0064,700, Adult Participation 149,173157,523175, Secondary Concentrators 2,940,8483,293,4683,032, Postsecondary Concentrators1,739,9111,914,7362,175, Adult Concentrators113,471123,236133,

Secondary Placement DifferencePercent Military19,77233,79614, % Employment287,331281,909-5, % Training & Further Education 390,912476,12685, % Total698,015791,83193, %

Arne Duncan Urges CTE to Prove its Worth Upgrade its programs to prove they are "worthy investments" CTE offering has to be as rigorous as college prep Prepare students for all the same possibilities as college prep does. Main goal getting some kind of postsecondary credential or industry-recognized certificate.

ACTE BRIEF Increasing high school graduation rates would not only help put more individuals on the path to success, but would also ensure that the American economy stays strong. ACTE Issue Brief: American Competitiveness

Education “Education is Learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know” Ralph Waldo Emerson {Preparing Students for the 21 st Century, Donna and others, p. 27}

CER Press Release, Washington DC April 2, 2012 The US GPA of 2.1 -a ‘C’ – on state charter school laws is a result of states having earned five A grades, nine Bs, seventeen Cs, seven Ds and four Fs Center for Education Reform April 2, 2012

IDEAS? WHY OUR CURRENT SYSTEM FAILS SO MANY YOUTH, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX IT? “College for all” might be the mantra, but the hard reality is that fewer than one in three young people achieve the dream.

NACTEI SYSTEM IMPACT Are the new Perkins accountability provisions working? Are states implementing the requirement for developing and implementing programs of study that integrate academic and technical content? Are CTE teachers of high quality getting the professional development they need for integrating challenging academic and technical content? Is student enrollment in CTE programs changing, and do those programs integrate academic and technical content? Do the outcomes for CTE students – high school graduation, achievement levels, postsecondary enrollment, and employment and earnings – reflect a positive impact from CTE participation?

Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense “There are known knowns. There are things that we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.” (Lloyd Lim, Basic Stuff That Everyone Should Know, 2012)

IDEAS WHAT DO YOU THINK?