Office of Career and Technical Education

The Office of 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.

Programs

• Agriculture Education
• Business, Computer, and Marketing
• Career Guidance Programs
• Career and Technical Student Organizations
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Health Science Career Cluster
• High Schools That Work/Making Middle Grades Work
• Technology Education
• Tech Prep
• Trade and Industrial Education
• Youth Internships

Grant Application

• 08-09 CTE State Funds RFP - Improving High School Achievement

Upcoming Events

• Career & Technical Education Conference

Program Improvement and Accountability

Perkins

• South Dakota Perkins Improvement Plan
• Perkins Information, Report Forms, and Applications
• Secondary Core Indicators Historical Data Graphs 1999-2007 
• Postsecondary Core Indicators Historical Data Graphs 2000-2007
• 2007 Secondary Perkins IV Workshop Presentation
  • Slides | Handouts

Perkins IV

• Perkins Five-year State Plan
• State Plan Requirements
• Secondary Local Plan Requirements | PDF
• Local Plan Evaluation Rubric | PDF
• Required Use of Funds
• Using Data for Improving Programs
• Perkins IV Accountability
• Approved Program Options
• Perkins Workshop PowerPoint
• DDN Sites for Public Hearing

Approved Secondary and Postsecondary Programs

• Postsecondary

Miscellaneous

• No Child Left Behind
• CTE Teacher Certificate Application Process
• Distance Career and Technical Education Opportunities
  • Dial Learning Communities
  • Western Dakota Technical Institute

Quick Links

• 2008 State Director's Award Application | PDF
• Best Practices
• Teachers As Advisors
• Career Clusters
• HOTT
• CTE Scholar Program Brochure | Application
• Advisory Booklet
• Civil Rights
• Crosswalk Project
• High Schools That Work/Making Middle Grades Work
• Nontraditional/Equity
• Bullying Resources
• Writing to Win