Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

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Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
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Agency overview
Formed1929
Preceding agency
  • Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Headquarters1500 W Seventh Avenue
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Employees259 unclassified
Annual budget$175 million
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Dr. Marcie Mack, State Director
Parent agencyBoard of Career and Technology Education
Website www.okcareertech.org

The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (ODCTE, commonly known and branded as CareerTech) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma located in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Contents

CareerTech oversees a statewide system of career and technology education. The system comprises 29 technology center districts and 390 comprehensive school districts. CareerTech also has skills centers that serve state correctional facilities and a juvenile detention facility. The State Board of Career and Technology Education is the governing body of the department, composed of the Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction and eight members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate. The board appoints the director of Career and Technology Education, who serves as the chief executive officer of the department and serves as a non-voting member of the state board.

On February 1, 2015, Dr. Marcie Mack became the system's eighth state director.

Together with the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the department forms the core of Oklahoma's public education system.

History

The Oklahoma CareerTech System began with the passing of the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 by President Woodrow Wilson. This act made available federal money for the promotion of vocational education. In 1929, the Division of Vocational Education was established as part of the State Department of Education. The department moved from Oklahoma City to Stillwater in 1932, and in 1941, the state legislature established the position of state director of vocational education. J.B Perky was the first director. In 1966, Oklahoma technology center school districts were formed, and in 1967, Tri County Tech became the state's first area vocational-technical school. On July 1, 1968, the Oklahoma State Board of Vocational and Technical Education was established as a separate entity from the State Department of Education. In 1971, the first delivery of training to inmates in a Skills Center at the Ouachita facility took place. [1]

On May 19, 2000, Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating signed House Bill 2128, which officially and immediately changed its name to the Department of Career and Technology Education.

Economic Impact

Recent Census Bureau survey data indicate that Oklahoma workers who have completed the equivalent of a two-year program with a vocational or occupational emphasis earned 20 percent more than workers with only high school diplomas the past two decades. These income gains can in turn contribute significantly to the overall level of income statewide. Over the work life, a typical career major completer can expect to add more than $475,000, or $188,000 in current dollars, to lifetime earnings relative to completing no additional education beyond high school.

In current dollars, the direct benefits are $1.84 billion in future income gains to completers, $138 million in added tax revenue to state and local government, and direct in-state spending of $185 million for the delivery of the career major instructional programs statewide. Indirect benefits include $1.66 billion in estimated spillover income gains to the broader state economy which in turn produce $124 million in tax revenue.

Leadership

The department is led by the state director and the CareerTech board. Dr. Marcie Mack serves as the state director.

Board of Career and Technology Education

The State Board of Career and Technology Education is a nine-member board composed of the Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction (who serves as the chairman of the board [2] ), two members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education, one member from each of the state's congressional districts and one at-large member.

All members, except ex officio members, are appointed by the governor of Oklahoma and confirmed by the Oklahoma Senate.

As of 2015, the chairman is Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction.

Current members include Major General Leo J. Baxter, Bill Price, Janet Smith, Dave Stewart, Philip Kennedy, Marilyn Harrel, Randy Gilbert and Tim Burg.

Organization

Hall of Fame

The Oklahoma Foundation for Career and Technology Education supports the Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame. The award is given to individuals who, through their outstanding professional and personal achievements, have brought honor and distinction to career and technology education in Oklahoma.

Technology Centers

CareerTech Centers in Oklahoma provide career and technology education for high school students in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. An elected local board governs each technology center.

College Credit

Transcribed college credit is available for high school and adult students enrolled at CareerTech Centers through the Cooperative Alliance Program for certain technical courses. The Cooperative Alliances potentially save students time and money. [3] The Cooperative Alliances are a partnership of CareerTech and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

OSSM

The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics has 12 branches on CareerTech campuses with primary focus on the Calculus BC, Physics C and Mechanics AP Exams.

Student organizations

CareerTech is involved with several Career and Technical Student Organizations.

Skills Centers

The Skills Centers began operations in February 1971. The system began at the Jim E. Hamilton CareerTech Skills Center inside the Jim E. Hamilton (formerly Ouachita) Correctional Center at Hodgen, Oklahoma. Currently the CTSC has campuses in state correctional facilities and a juvenile detention facility.

Female

  • Eddie Warrior Correctional Center, Taft
  • Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, McLoud
  • Turley Residential Center, Tulsa

Male

  • Enid Community Correction Center, Enid
  • Howard McLeod Correctional Center, Atoka
  • Jess Dunn Correctional Center, Taft
  • Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center, Hodgen
  • Lawton Community Correction Center, Lawton
  • Lexington Correctional Center, Lexington
  • Oklahoma State Reformatory Work Center, Granite
  • William S. Key Correctional Center, Fort Supply

Juvenile

  • Cedar Canyon, Weatherford

People

The CareerTech System has many notable graduates including governors, actors and a Miss America.

Kandinsky Holt, SkillsUSA, Miss Teen Oklahoma 2011

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References

  1. "Major Milestones of Career and Technology Education in Oklahoma". okcareertech.org. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. "Agency - Oklahoma Department of Education". Archived from the original on 2007-02-07. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  3. Brachterm Michal: "CareerTechs: Potential pathways to higher education", The Daily Oklahoman, November 13, 2005

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