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What's it all about?
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• Our Mission
• The mission of Career and Technical Education is
  to empower students to be successful citizens,
  workers, and leaders in a global economy.

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• What is the term Career Technical Education?
• Replaces the name Workforce Development
• Officially changed January 2003
• Sometimes referred to as Vocational Education

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• Career Technical Education in Burke County
• 5 Middle Schools, 2 High Schools, and 2
  Alternative Schools
• 67 teachers, 5 support staff
• 72 High School Courses, 4 Middle School Courses
• Annual budget in excess of 3.5 million
• 2005-2006 HS Enrollment 4,908

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• Support Areas
• Career Development Coordinator
• Special Populations Coordinator
• AD, ED, LEP, EC, 504
• VoCATS Coordinator

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• Programs in the High Schools
• Agriscience Education
• Agriculture, Horticulture
• Business Education
• Computers, Accounting, Finance, etc.

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• Programs in the High Schools
• Family Consumer Sciences
• Apparel Design, Culinary Arts, Childcare, etc.
• Health Sciences
• Health Relations, Allied Health, Medical Sciences

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• Programs in the High Schools
• Technology Education
• Fundamentals, Principles
• Trade Industrial Education
• Construction, Masonry, Automotive, Computer and
  Network Engineering, etc.

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• Programs in the Middle Schools
• Exploring Business and Marketing
• Exploring Career Decisions
• Exploring Life Skills
• Exploring Technology Systems

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• CTE
• In
• Action

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• The World Has Changed
• In 1950, only 40 of jobs required education or
  training beyond high school now more than 85 of
  our workforce needs to be educated beyond high
  school. Our economy depends on a labor force
  able to apply reasoning and problem-solving
  skills and able to adapt to different uses of
  technology.

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• The World Has Changed
• Our high schools must adapt to the realities of a
  knowledge-based economy that requires more
  complex thinking and a higher level of skills
  than ever before. In addition, high schools must
  prepare students to receive the post-secondary
  training they will need. Six out of ten of the
  fastest growing occupations require
  post-secondary education or training.

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• The World Has Changed
• Despite North Carolinas successes, our high
  schools face many challenges today too few
  students are graduating too many students
  graduate unprepared for college or work too many
  students are not engaged in and excited about
  learning.

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• The World Has Changed
• 32 of American students never graduate HS!
• Only 50 of African American and Latino students
  graduate HS!
• In our nations largest high-poverty urban
  districts, only 33 of students graduate HS!

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• Median Annual Earnings (Male)
• Less than 9th grade 21,659
• High School completion 35,725
• Some College 41,895
• Associates degree 44,404
• Bachelors degree 57,220
• Masters degree 71,530

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• Median Annual Earnings (Female)
• Less than 9th grade 17,023
• High School completion 26,029
• Some College 30,816
• Associates degree 33,481
• Bachelors degree 41,681
• Masters degree 51,316

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• Lifetime Earnings Difference (Average Salary)
• High School Diploma (30,877 X 30 yrs 926,310)
• Bachelors Degree (49,450 X 30 yrs 1,483,500)
• Masters Degree (61,423 X 30 yrs 1,842,690)

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• K-12 Education
• In 1999, fewer than 1/3 of US 4th and 8th graders
  performed at or above proficiencies in math
• In 1999, 32 of US 8th grade math students
  received instruction from a certified teacher
• In 2000, 7 of science students in grades 5-9
  were taught by a certified teacher

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• K-12 Education
• US 15-year-olds ranked 24th out of 40 countries
  that participated in the 2003 PISA Examination
• American youth spend more time watching
  television than in school
• In 2005, US parents spent more on sneakers than
  educational materials

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• Higher Education
• In South Korea, 38 of undergraduates are natural
  science or engineering. France 47, China 50,
  Singapore 67, US 15
• 34 of natural science doctoral degrees and 56
  of engineering PhDs are awarded to foreign
  students
• In 2004, China graduated about 500,000 engineers
  India 200,000 the US 70,000

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• Higher Education
• In the US science and technology workforce in
  2000, 38 of PhDs were foreign-born
• About one-third of US students intending to major
  in engineering switch majors before graduating
• There were almost twice as many US physics
  bachelors degrees awarded in 1956 than in 2004

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• Global Indicators
• In 2005, only four American companies ranked
  among the top 10 recipients of patents granted by
  the US patent office
• Beginning in 2007, the most capable high-energy
  particle accelerator will reside outside the US
• In 2001, US industry spent more on tort
  litigation than on research and development

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• Global Indicators
• The US trade balance in technology manufactured
  goods shifted from plus 54 billion in 1990 to
  negative 50 billion in 2001.
• Chemical companies closed 70 facilities in the US
  in 2004 and tagged 40 more for shutdown. Of 120
  chemical plants being built worldwide, one is in
  the US and 50 are in China.

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• Burke County Data
• Population of Burke County 85,727 (8,683,242)
• 43,152 Male
• 42,575 Female
• 4,644 Under 5 years
• 66,288 18 years and over
• 11,616 65 years and over

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• Burke County Data
• White 73,914 (86.2)
• Hispanic 4,106 (4.8)
• African American 4,004 (4.7)
• Asian 3,150 (3.7)
• American Indian 133 (0.2)

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• Burke County Data
• Educational Attainment
• Less than 9th grade 6,486
• 9th to 12th grade no diploma 8,537
• High School graduate 19,563
• Some college no degree 9,590
• Associates degree 5,841
• Bachelors degree 6,224
• Graduate or professional 3,780

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• Burke County Data
• Number of Households 34,528
• Persons per Household 2.48
• Per capita income 17,722
• Median Household income 32,963
• Persons below poverty 11,659

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• 2006 HHS Poverty Guidelines

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• Employment Data
• Burke Countys Largest Employers
• State of North Carolina
• Burke County Public Schools
• Turning Point Services
• Grace Hospital
• HDM Furniture Industries

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• Employment Data
• North Carolinas Largest Employers (Private)
• Wal-Mart Associates
• Duke University
• Food Lion
• Wachovia
• IBM

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• Employment Trends
• Fastest Growing Occupations by Job Growth (WDB)
• Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-trailer (1,106)
• Registered Nurses (1,082)
• Cashiers (1,032)
• Waiters and Waitresses ( 920)
• Retail Salespersons ( 911)

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• Employment Trends
• Fastest Growing Occupations by Change (WDB)
• Special Education Teachers (635)
• Microbiologists (400)
• Marriage and Family Therapists (200)
• Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight
  Engineers (200)
• Survey Researchers (133)

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• Ten Fastest Growing Occupations (Nationwide)
• 1. Home Health Aides 6. PT Assistants
• 2. Network System Analysts 7. Dental Hygienists
• 3. Medical Assistants 8. Software Engineer
• 4. Physician Assistants 9. Dental Assistants
• 5. Software Engineer 10. Home Care Aides

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• When I compare our high schools to what I see
  when Im traveling abroad, I am terrified for our
  workforce of tomorrow.Bill Gates
• If we dont step up to the challenge of finding
  and supporting the best teachers, well undermine
  everything else we are trying to do to improve
  schools.Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.