Office of Curriculum, Career and Technical Education

The Office of Curriculum, Career and Technical Education advocates for career and technical education programs, administers the Perkins program and works closely with the state’s four technical institutes.

Mission:To provide leadership and service for administrators, teachers, and state/community leaders to provide quality Curriculum, Career & Technical Education opportunities for all students to be successful learners.

High School 2025

Mission: Design a student-focused, educational experience based on Relevance, Relationship, Rigor and Results

SD My Life

Mission: My Life is an online comprehensive career guidance program. This guidance program provides career assessment tools, ACT Test Prep, student personal learning plan, and career information provided by multimedia interviews with people in every occupation.

South Dakota Career Cluster Camps

Administrators and Teachers

• Career Cluster/ Programs of Study
• Perkins Act
• Certification
• Professional Development
• State Scholars
• CTE Scholar

Curriculum

• NEW: Common Course Numbering System
• Advanced Placement
• Curriculum Mapping
• Content Standards
• Lexile Framework for Reading
• Reading First
• Scientifically Based Research
• 6+1
• We the People
• Title II Part B - Math and Science Partnerships

Technical Institutes

Mission: To provide students with the attitudes, knowledge, and technical skills necessary for entry into and advancement in their chosen career field.

• Mitchell Technical Institute
• Lake Area Technical Institute
• Southeast Technical Institute
• Western Dakota Tech

Corporate Education/Business and Industry Training

Mission: The Corporate Education provides a variety of short-term, non-credit, training opportunities for several thousand individuals and several hundred businesses throughout South Dakota.

Corporate Education is for new or existing businesses or industry groups that are considering expansion or upgrading of employee skills. It also assures businesses and industries relocating to South Dakota the availability of employers and employees.

Career and Technical Student Organizations

FFA, PAS, FCCLA, SkillsUSA-Secondary,
SkillsUSA-Post Secondary, FBLA, PBL, DECA, TSA