Overview
Teaching in a Career Technical Education (CTE) pathway is where
some of the most innovative teaching is happening today in
education. Career Technical Education teachers are in high
demand.
This is an opportunity for you to put your professional
experience to use in the classroom. You will be an essential
support for workforce development and help a young person set a
path for their career. Our program will provide the information
you need to know to transform your career knowledge into an
educational curriculum.
While in the program, we will provide you with mentorship and
advising as you transition from industry to the classroom or from
a core academic teacher who is becoming a CTE teacher.
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Benefits
- Flexible courses allow teachers to complete the
program while fulfilling their teaching
responsibilities.
- Course work directly supports your work as a teacher.
- Lessons and discussion are taken from your work teaching.
- A one-year program that makes you a fully qualified CTE
teacher by the end of the program.
- Courses are in the afternoon and early evening, given your
role as a full-time teacher.
- Program taught by experienced practitioners who are extremely
knowledgeable about CTE and the teaching profession.
Audience
This program is for individuals who want to bring their industry
experience into the classroom and become a member of the
rewarding profession that is teaching.
It is also open to current teachers who have an opportunity to
teach in a CTE pathway, but lack the proper credentials.
Structure
For individuals who have a valid teaching credential, students
will take one course:
- EDSS 291: Foundations of Career Technical Education
This course is offered in a hybrid modality.
All course descriptions can be found in the
catalog by clicking here.
Schedule
For individuals who have a valid teaching credential, students
will take one course — EDSS 291 — offered in SPRING 2026.
This course is offered in a hybrid modality, meeting
synchronously from 5 – 7 p.m. on Monday/Wednesday
on Jan. 5, 7, 12, and 14. Then, students will meet in
person once a month from 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. on the following
Saturdays: Feb. 7, March 7, April 7, and May 2.
Fees
Each course costs $370 per unit or $1,110 per course.
