1. Better Together CTE – YTP Malheur County YTP Team
Portland, Thursday, February  16th 2017

2. What is Career and Technical Education?
• Encompasses 94 percent of high school students and 8.4 million individuals seeking postsecondary certificates and associate degrees in CTE fields
• Includes high schools, career centers, community and technical colleges, four-year universities and more
• Educates students for a range of career options through 16 Career Clusters® and 79+ pathways
• Integrates with academics in a rigorous and relevant curriculum
• Features high school and postsecondary partnerships, enabling clear pathways to certifications and degrees
• Fulfills employer needs in high-skill, high-wage, high-demand areas
• Prepares students to be college- and career-ready by providing core academic skills, employability skills and technical, job-specific skills

3. What is Career and Technical Education?
In the State of Oregon, All Carl Perkins Approved Programs of Study will all have these resources available.
Industry except that teaches the class
5 member Advisory Board from the Industry
Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs)

4. Oregon Data In the graduating class of 2015:
The graduation rate for all students was 74%.
- 14% of all students statewide had academic disabilities.
- Among all students statewide, the graduation rate for students with academic disabilities was 53%.
The graduation rate for CTE concentrators was 88%.
- 16% of CTE concentrators had academic disabilities.
- Among CTE concentrators, the graduation rate for students with academic disabilities was 71%.
A CTE concentrator is defined as any secondary student who has earned one or more credits in a technical skill course(s) as part of an Oregon state-approved CTE Program (CTE POS, State-Recognized CTE Program), of which at least one-half credit must be designated as “required” for program completion.

5. Our Aim
Economic growth in Malheur County will be achieved through quality education, better use of available resources, and coordination of the efforts of business, schools and government.
Organizational Goals
Substantially reduce poverty
Improve the lives and futures of young people
Build and maintain a vibrant Eastern Oregon
Actions
Deliver Career Technical Education Programs for our youth
Expansion of industrial land
Better utilize our natural resources
Retain local businesses
Expand our ag traded sector

6. Governance Structure

7. TVT Course Outline

8. TVT Locations

9. Results So Far!!