Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Great Seal of Oklahoma
Agency overview
Formed	May 19, 2000
Preceding agency	Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Headquarters	1500 W Seventh Avenue Stillwater, Oklahoma
Employees	322 unclassified
Annual budget	$185 million
Ministers responsible	Vacant, Secretary of Education Sandy Garrett, Chair of the Board
Agency executive	Dr Phil Berkenbile, Director
Parent agency	Board of Career and Technology Education
Website
www.okcareertech.org

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

CareerTech oversees a statewide system of career and technology education. The system comprises 29 technology center districts, 400 comprehensive school districts, 11 skill centers and three juvenile facilities. 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.

The current Director of Career and Technology Education is Dr. Phil Berkenbile.

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.

Name

Originally known as the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, 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

A recent study by Mark Snead and the Oklahoma State University's Center for Applied Economic Research, discovered that graduates from an Oklahoma CareerTech Center can expect to have a higher wage and that wage will tend to grow faster than non-CareerTech students with only a high school diploma. Snead's study also said graduates of CareerTech add about $2 billion to the Oklahoma economy. The income of CareerTech graduates could be expected to grow about 1.25 percent per year compared to a 0.25 percent annual growth for high school graduates without further education.^[1]

Leadership

The Department is led by the Secretary of Education, the Chair of the Career Tech Board (who is the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction), and the State Career Tech Director. Under Governor Brad Henry, Sandy Garrett serve as the Chair of the Board and Dr. Phil Berkenbile serves as the State Director.

Board of Career and Technology Education

The state’s CareerTech Board is nine-member board composed of the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction (who serves as the chairperson of the board^[2]), two members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education, one member from the each of the State's congressional districts, and one member at large member.

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

As of 2011, the members of the Board are as follows:

Position	Name	Term Expiration
Chair	Ms. Janet Barresi	Superintendent of Ed.
District 1	Mr. H.C. "Will" Williams	April, 2016
District 2	Mr. Nevyle R. Cable	April, 2011
District 3	Ms. Marilyn Harrel	April, 2012
District 4	Mr. Dale Nye	April, 2013
District 5	Mr. Randy Gilbert	April, 2014
At Large	Mr. Harold Anglin	April, 2015
State Education Board	Ms. Betsy Mabry	April, 2016
State Education Board	Ms. Sue Arnn	April, 2011

Organization

• Board of Career and Technology Education
  • Director
    • Agricultural Education Division
    • Marketing Education Division
    • Business and Information Technology Education Division
    • Technology Engineering Division
    • Family and Consumer Sciences Education Division
    • Trade and Industrial Education Division
    • Health Careers Education Division

Staff

The Career and Technology Education Department, with an annual budget of over $180 million, is one of the larger employers of the State. For fiscal year 2010, the Department was authorized 335 full time employees.^[3]

Division	Number of Employees
Administration	50
Statewide Services	208
Dropout Prevention	77
Total	335

Hall of Fame

The Oklahoma Foundation for Career and Technology Education supports the Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame. Currently, 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.

Autry Technology Center Enid Campus Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center Fort Cobb Campus Canadian Valley Technology Center Chickasha Campus El Reno Campus Yukon Campus Central Technology Center Sapulpa Campus Drumright Campus Chisholm Trail Technology Center Omega Campus Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center Choctaw Campus Francis Tuttle Technology Center Portland Campus Reno Campus Rockwell Campus Gordon Cooper Technology Center Seminole Campus Great Plains Technology Center Frederick Campus Lawton Campus Green Country Technology Center Okmlugee Campus High Plains Technology Center Woodward Campus Indian Capital Technology Center Muskogee Campus Sallisaw Campus Stilwell Campus Tahlequah Campus Kiamichi Technology Center Atoka Campus Durant Campus Hugo Campus Idabel Campus McAlester Campus Poteau Campus Spiro Campus Stigler Campus Talihina Campus

Meridian Technology Center Stillwater Campus Metro Technology Center Adult & Continuing Education Aviation Career Center Beauty Academy South Bryant Campus Springlake Campus Mid-America Technology Center Wayne Campus Mid-Del Technology Center Midwest City Campus Moore Norman Technology Center Norman Campus South Penn Campus Northeast Technology Center Afton Campus Claremore Campus Kansas Campus Pryor Campus Northwest Technology Center Alva Campus Fairview Campus Pioneer Technology Center Ponca City Campus Pontotoc Technology Center Ada Campus Red River Technology Center DuncanCampus Southern Oklahoma Technology Center Ardmore Campus Southwest Technology Center Altus Campus Tri County Technology Center Bartlesville Campus Tulsa Technology Center Broken Arrow Campus Career Services Center Lemley Campus Peoria Campus Riverside Campus Sand Springs Campus Training Center Owasso Campus Wes Watkins Technology Center Wetumka Campus Western Technology Center Burns Flat Campus Hobart Campus Sayre Campus Weatherford Campus

College Credit

College credit is available through CareerTech Centers through the Cooperative Alliance Project for some courses. The Alliances potentially save students time and money^[4] The Alliances are a partnership of CareerTech and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. [2]

OSSM

The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics currently has 12 branches located on CareerTech campuses with the primary focus of in the Calculus BC, Physics C and Mechanics AP Exams. [3]

Student organizations

CareerTech is involved with several Career and Technical Student Organizations.

• Business Professionals of America (BPA)
• DECA (formerly Distributive Education Clubs of America)
• Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
• National FFA Organization (formerly Future Farmers of America)
• SkillsUSA
• Technology Student Association (TSA)
• Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA)
• National Technical Honor Society (NTHS)

Skills Centers

The Skills Centers (CTSC) 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 8 state correctional facilities, three juvenile detention facilities and three community correctional facilities.

• Fort Supply Skills Center - William S Key CC
• Jim E Hamilton Skills Center - Jim E Hamilton CC
• Jackie Brannon Skills Center - Jackie Brannon CC
• Lexington Skills Center - LARC Facility
• Mabel Bassett Skills Center - Mabel Bassett CC
• McLeod Skills Center - Howard McLeod CC
• Taft Skills Center - Dr Eddie Warrior CC
• Taft Skills Center - Jess Dunn CC

Juvenile Facilities

• Cedar Canyon
• Manitou - Southwest Juvenile Center
• Tecumseh Juvenile SC

Community Corrections

• Ardmore - Ardmore Community Work Center Students
• Elk City - Elk City Community Work Center Students
• Lawton - Lawton CC

People

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

• Jennifer Berry, Jenks DECA and FCCLA, Miss America 2006
• Travis Brorsen, Perry FFA, actor and winner of America's Greatest Dog
• Governor Brad Henry, Shawnee FFA, Governor of Oklahoma
• Elizabeth Kenney, Mooreland FFA, FCCLA, TSA, Miss Oklahoma 2004
• Jason Medaows, Calera FFA, Nashville Star III runner-up

References

1. ^ Riggs, Angel, Study touts benefits of CareerTech programs, Tulsa World, January 19, 2007
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ FY 2011 State Budget, Oklahoma Office of State Finance
4. ^ Brachterm Michal: "CareerTechs: Potential pathways to higher education", The Daily Oklahoman, November 13, 2005

External links

• Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
• Oklahoma CareerTech Foundation
• OK Tech Prep homepage
• OK Tech Prep Blog
• Cooperative Alliance Project

See also

• Oklahoma Tech Prep
• Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame
• List of school districts in Oklahoma
• List of private schools in Oklahoma
• List of colleges and universities in Oklahoma

References