Oklahoma CareerTech Key Messages (FY14)

Are you looking for some fun facts about Oklahoma CareerTech to use in presentations or when talking to someone who is not familiar with CareerTech?  See below for some selected points about the Oklahoma CareerTech system.

General

• Oklahoma CareerTech System graduates add more than $3.5 billion annually to the state's economy.
• Oklahoma CareerTech enrollments totaled 546,877. Secondary enrollments were 152,227, and postsecondary enrollments were 394,650.
• Nearly half of Oklahoma ninth- through 12th-grade students – 81,515 – were enrolled in CareerTech classes.
• CareerTech served more than 6,600 businesses.
• Oklahoma CareerTech Skills Centers offer specialized occupational training to adult and juvenile offenders in juvenile facilities, community correction centers and state correctional facilities.
• Student placement in FY13 was 92.94 percent: employed - 39.44 percent; continuing education - 50.90 percent; entering military - 2.60 percent.

Comprehensive Schools

• CareerTech offered courses at 541 schools sites in 391 districts.
• 36 percent, or 117,046, of students in grades six through 12 were enrolled in CareerTech courses.
• There are 1,281 CareerTech teachers in comprehensive school courses in grades six through 12.

Technology Centers

• There are 29 technology center districts on 59 campuses.
• 72 counties in Oklahoma contain technology centers.
• Oklahoma CareerTech serves high school and adult learners with specialized career training in more than 90 instructional areas on the 59 technology center campuses.
• High school students living in a technology center district attend tuition free, while adults are charged nominal tuition.

Oklahoma Career Readiness Certificate

• Oklahoma’s ACT National Career Readiness Certificate is an industry-recognized, portable, research-based credential that certifies essential skills needed for workplace success.
• Individuals can earn the ACT NCRC by taking three WorkKeys® assessments: Applied Mathematics, Locating Information and Reading for Information.
• In Oklahoma, 106,592 individuals have earned National Career Readiness Certificates: 506 Platinum; 20,864 Gold; 61,375 Silver; 23,847 Bronze.
• More than 100 Oklahoma Career Readiness Assessment Sites can be found across the state. okcareertech.org/business-and-industry/workkeys/job-seekers/okcrc-assessment-sites

Business and Industry Services

• CareerTech served more than 6,600 businesses.
• Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network helped 1,474 businesses secure $478,657,362 in contracts.
• BIS enrollments totaled 381,424.