2003 Voc Ed Status Report

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2003 Voc Ed Status Report

• Madden Associates
• with the assistance of the
• Southeast Regional Resource Center

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Purpose

• Commissioned by AWIB to
• Provide snapshot of current voc ed landscape
• Report on program results
• Identify future trends
• Make recommendations
• Updates 1997 report

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Todays Landscape

• Standards
• Performance Measures
• Consolidation
• Collaboration

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Standards

• No Child Left Behind
• Alaska Content Standards
• Carl Perkins
• Alaska Voc Ed Standards
• AWIBs Blueprint

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Performance Measures

• Perkins and Workforce Investment Act Core
  Indicators
• NCLB
• Alaskas High School Graduation Qualifying Exam

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Consolidation

• WIA
• NCLB
• State Government Reorganization
• Funding

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Collaboration

• Public/Private Sector
• Training Providers
• Educational Institutions

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Results

• Program Coverage
• Enrollment
• Expenditures
• Outcomes

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Program Coverage

• Rural
• Urban

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Enrollments

• Secondary
• UA
• Other Postsecondary

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Duplicated Secondary Enrollment
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Major Clusters - Secondary
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Voc Ed as of Total Enrollment
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UA Enrollments
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Post Secondary Enrollments
Provider of Exiters
ATC 326
AVTEC 2,199
Illisagvik College 251
Private Post Sec. 4,438
Apprenticeship 707
TOTAL 7,921
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Expenditures

• (in thousands)

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District Voc Ed Expenditures FY91/98
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Special Education Expenditures
FY99 FY02 change
Regular Instruction 486,234.7 521,863.0 7.30
Special Education 114,653.8 135,276.0 18.0
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State Voc Tec Center Expenditures
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Adult Programs
Program FY97 FY04 Change
JTPA/ WIA 8,384.9 17,217.4 105.3
STEP 3,333.6 4,620.6 38.6
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Program Outcomes

• Secondary
• Postsecondary

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Secondary Outcomes
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UA Fall Enrollments AWIB Priority Areas
1998 2002
Air Transportation 189 328
Health Occupations 1664 1977
Information Technology 841 951
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of Employed Exiters
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Post Training Median Wages
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Other Performance Targets

• Meet future employment demands
• Replace non-resident workers
• Replace older workers

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Landscape of the Future

• Standards
• Performance Measures
• Consolidation
• Collaboration

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Standards

• Standards driven
• Strong business/industry involvement
• Potential marginalization

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Performance Measures

• Increasing attention to outcomes
• Funding tied to performance
• High Stakes exam winners and losers
• Resource squeeze

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Consolidation

• Additional consolidation under WIA
• Regional Training Centers

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Collaboration

• Distance Education
• Tech Prep

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Recommendations

• Standards
• Embrace Voc Ed
• Performance Measures
• Hard to Serve Populations
• Consolidation
• Local Flexibility
• Collaboration
• More Industry Partnerships