Performance Details

Department of Labor and Workforce Development - AVTEC - Alaska's Institute of Technology

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Mission

The Alaska Vocational Technical Center's mission is to expand employment opportunities for Alaskans by preparing students with career and technical skills required for success in the Alaska workplace.

Core Services

• Provide post-secondary vocational and technical training to Alaskans.

Mission Results	Core Services
A: Graduates are employed in an occupation related to their training.  Details > TARGET #1: At least 90 percent of Alaska Vocational Technical Center long-term graduates are employed in their area of training.	A1: Provide post-secondary vocational and technical training to Alaskans.  Details > TARGET #1: At least 90 percent of Alaska Vocational Technical Center long-term students complete their programs.

Performance Detail

Target #1: At least 90 percent of Alaska Vocational Technical Center long-term graduates are employed in their area of training. Methodology: The AVTEC Placement Officer maintains contact with long-term graduate for one year following graduation to gather employment information. This is reported to the Council on Occupational Education, which is the national accrediting agency for AVTEC. Placement information is available in July of the following year. Percent of AVTEC Long-Term Program Graduates Employed in Their Area of Training (exceeded the target of 90 percent in FY2017) Fiscal Year COE Benchmark AVTEC FY 2017 70% 94% FY 2016 70% 88% FY 2015 70% 91% FY 2014 70% 88% FY 2013 70% 89% FY 2012 70% 93% FY 2011 70% 87% FY 2010 70% 91% FY 2009 79% 85% FY 2008 80% 90% FY 2007 83% 90% Analysis of results and challenges: The Council on Occupational Education (COE) has nationally accredited Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) since 1997. The COE benchmark for measuring "graduates of long-term programs employed in their area of training" is established as the national average of more than 400 similar public post-secondary institutions. For each year from FY1999 to FY2017 AVTEC consistently met or exceeded the COE benchmark. In FY2017, of 227 graduates, 11 were unavailable or refused employment and four were either looking for employment or AVTEC was unable to establish contact with them. Of the 216 graduates eligible for employment in FY2017, 202 (94 percent) were employed in their area of training. AVTEC only tracks long-term (longer than six weeks) program graduates for this measure.

Target #1: At least 90 percent of Alaska Vocational Technical Center long-term students complete their programs. Methodology: Data for each student is maintained in a student database system. Percent of AVTEC Long-Term Program Students Who Graduate (exceeded the target of 90 percent in FY2018) Fiscal Year COE Benchmark AVTEC FY 2018 60% 92% FY 2017 60% 97% FY 2016 60% 93% FY 2015 60% 91% FY 2014 60% 93% FY 2013 60% 84% FY 2012 70% 85% FY 2011 60% 89% FY 2010 60% 84% FY 2009 72% 85% FY 2008 70% 84% Analysis of results and challenges: The Council on Occupational Education (COE) has nationally accredited Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) since 1997. The COE benchmark for measuring "students that complete long-term training programs" is established as the national average of more than 400 similar public post-secondary institutions. For each year from FY1999 to FY2018, AVTEC has consistently met or exceeded the COE benchmark. AVTEC started FY2018 with 33 students from the previous year and enrolled 179 new students during the year. Of those 212 students, six exited early and 28 are still in training and will be considered in the FY2019 numbers. Of the 178 students eligible for graduation in FY2018, 164 graduated, yielding a graduation rate of 92 percent.

Current as of November 29, 2018