Career and Technical Education
Career-Tech Education Teacher Licensure program
Have work experience and are now interested in teaching career-technical pathways? Then Career-Tech is the program for you!
The Career-Tech License program is designed for individuals seeking licensure for a specific career-technical pathway for teaching in an approved career-tech workforce development program. The Career-Tech Education Teacher Licensure Program develops professional career and technical educators who foster the development of students by preparing them for a high-performance workforce that is in constant transition. The program prepares teachers to plan, implement and assess instruction. You’ll develop skills necessary to organize content, create a positive learning environment, exercise appropriate teaching methods, and continue to reflect and develop professionally.
You must have at least 5 years professional work experience in a career field and have been hired by a school district to teach in that career field. Because this program is designed for working educators, courses are offered afternoons and evenings. The program is a hybrid model which is designed to combine in person activities as well as online. Completion of the program takes two years.
Admission Requirements: Career-Tech Education Teacher Licensure Program
- Completed UToledo undergraduate non-degree application
- On the application please select that you are a 'Non-Degree Student'
- On the application please select 'YES' to question "Are you filling this application out as a CTE student?"
- Completed Initial CTE-37 Form with signatures from your school district
- Please send your completed Initial CTE-37 form with signatures from your school district to admprocessing@utoledo.edu. In the email please also include your name and date of birth associated with your application.
Master's Degree in Career-Tech
Students with an interest in Career-Tech may pursue a Master’s Degree either independently or alongside completion of the Career-Tech Licensure Program. Because each student is unique, a faculty advisor will help you design a plan of study depending on your needs, prior education, and interests.
The Master's Degree course of study, which requires 33 semester hours, has three components:
- Basic (core) requirements
- Major and /or license requirements, and
- Internship / practicum: The internship/practicum is a scholarly project working with administrators or at the university level, completed within your own classroom.
The 24 credit hours completed for the Career-Tech licensure program can also be applied towards the Master’s Degree. Note: if you wish to pursue both licensure and a Master’s degree simultaneously you must choose to do so before enrolling.
Admission Requirements: Career-Tech Master's Degree
- Employment to teach in a Career-Technical Education pathway in an Ohio school
- Completed UToledo graduate degree application
- Official transcripts from all institutions of higher education
- One letter of recommendation
- Statement of purpose
- Completed Initial CTE-37 Form with signatures from your school district
- You can upload the completed initial CTE-37 form in the section titled "Instructions" of the UToledo graduate application
CAREER-BASED INTERVENTION (CBI) Certificate program (100% ONLINE)
The goal of this certificate program is to give licensed teachers the skills to work with at-risk students and help improve their academic competence, develop employability skills, implement a career plan, graduate from high school and participate in a career pathway in preparation for postsecondary education and/or careers. Qualified individuals employed by a school district are eligible for admission to the CBI Certificate Program which will lead to the CBI Endorsement.
Admission Requirements: Career-Based Intervention Certificate Program
- Completed UToledo graduate degree application
- Hold a professional teaching license
- Have two years of successful teaching experience (please submit resume with application)
- You can upload your resume in the section titled "Instructions" of the UToledo graduate application
- Have one year of work experience outside of education
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