Bureau of Career Development
Mission: The New Hampshire Bureau of Career Development develops, supports, connects and invests in pathways to bright futures.
Leadership and Support
The Bureau of Career Development provides leadership and support for the career and technical education (CTE) system at both secondary and postsecondary levels. This system provides education in career pathways leading to further education and employment opportunities. Activities include, but are not limited to:
- Managing the use of federal CTE funds for program improvement at secondary and postsecondary institutions;
- Supporting career guidance through the development and implementation of career pathway plans of study (CPPOS) that document secondary to postsecondary education connections;
- Overseeing a system of 28 secondary regional career and technical centers and sub-centers;
- Making provisions for the delivery of apprenticeship related instruction;
- Evaluating and approving the renovation of facilities at the secondary regional CTE centers;
- Carrying out federal and state laws, rules and regulations pertaining to CTE in New Hampshire.
Resources
- NH Industry Recognized Credential Definition and Rubric
- NH Industry Recognized Credential List
- NH-CTE.org
- List of CTE Centers
- Perkins V- public comment wanted.
- Equitable Access Report Brief
- Increasing Equitable Access Full Report
Funding Opportunities for New Hampshire Perkins V Eligible Subrecipients
The Bureau of Career Development (BCD) at the New Hampshire Department of Education leverages Perkins V State Reserve and State Leadership funds to award discretionary grants to New Hampshire Perkins V eligible subrecipients based on their responses to requests for applications. Such competitive grants support Perkins V eligible subrecipients in piloting promising practices for CTE in order to provide scalable and/or replicable models for future implementation across the State of New Hampshire.
- 2022-2023 Grant Competition Request for Applications (RFA)
- 2022-2023 Grant Competition Application Template (PDF and Word)
I am CTE Video
Program Competencies
Learning Outside the Classroom
Contact
Jeffry W. Beard, Ed.D., Administrator
Bureau of Career Development
Jeffry.W.Beard@doe.nh.gov
(603) 271-3729