The standards and procedures that govern career and technical instruction at the secondary level in the State of Maine are set forth in Maine Department of Education Rule Chapter 232, "Standard Criteria for Maine Secondary Vocational Programs."
In 2001, Maine DOE's Career and Technical Education (CTE) team researched the current standards in technical education review materials and assimilated appropriate items along with concepts and requirements in Maine DOE Rule Chapters 125 and 127, which deal with curriculum, instruction and assessment. CTE also incorporated its best thinking with respect to changes in Rule Chapter 232, defining quality programs.
The comprehensive school review process is designed to serve two interrelated but distinct functions: public accountability and institutional improvement.
- Overview (PDF, 304KB). Read the complete process for a comprehensive school review.
- Schedule, listed below. These schools are visited by Maine DOE staff or they may be reviewed by New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC), combined with a State Methods of Administration and Perkins review.
Secondary CTE School Review Schedule
| Center | Location | Next Full | Next Mid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Area Technical Center | Augusta | 2023-2024 F | 2020-2021 F |
| Region 4, United Technologies Center | Bangor | 2024-2025 F | 2020-2021 S |
| Bath Regional Career and Technical Center | Bath | 2020-2021 S | 2023-2024 S |
| Region 10 Technical High School | Brunswick | 2020-2021 F | 2024-2025 S |
| St. Croix Regional Technical Center | Calais | 2019-2020 S | 2022-2023 S |
| Caribou Technology Center | Caribou | 2018-2019 S | 2021-2022 S |
| Tri-County Technical Center | Dexter | 2021-2022 S | 2018-2019 F |
| Hancock County Technical Center | Ellsworth | 2024-2025 S | 2021-2022 F |
| Foster Technology Center | Farmington | 2022-2023 S | 2019-2020 F |
| St. John Valley Technology Center | Frenchville | 2018-2019 S | 2022-2023 F |
| Region 2, Southern Aroostook County* | Houlton | 2017-2018 | 2022-2023 |
| Lewiston Regional Technical Center* | Lewiston | 2021-2022 | 2026-2027 |
| Region 3, Northern Penobscot Technical Center | Lincoln | 2019-2020 S | 2023 2024 F |
| Coastal Washington County Institute of Technology | Machias | 2019-2020 S | 2022-2023 S |
| Region 9, School of Applied Technology | Mexico | 2022-2023 F | 2018-2019 S |
| Lake Region Vocational Center | Naples | 2018-2019 F | 202102022 S |
| Region 11, Oxford Hill Technical High School* | Norway | 2020-2021 | 2025-2026 |
| Portland Arts & Technology High School | Portland | 2020-2021 S | 2023-2024 S |
| Presque Isle Regional Career & Technical Center | Presque Isle | 2024-2025 F | 2021-2022 F |
| Region 8, Mid-Coast School of Technology | Rockland | 2021-2022 F | 2018-2019 F |
| Sanford Regional Technical Center | Sanford | 2019-2020 F | 2022-2023 S |
| Somerset Career and Technical Center | Skowhegan | 2023-2024 S | 2020-2021 S |
| Van Buren - MSAD #24 | Van Buren | 2018-2019 S | 2022-2023 F |
| Region 7, Waldo County Technical Center | Waldo | 2020-2021 F | 2023-2024 S |
| Mid-Maine Technical Center | Waterville | 2019-2020 F | 2023-2024 F |
| Westbrook Regional Vocational Center* | Westbrook | 2019-2020 |
2024-2025 |