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Debra Heban, M.Ed.
Career and Technical Education
419.530.2020
debra.heban@utoledo.edu 

Career and Technical Education

Contact Us

Debra Heban, M.Ed.
Career and Technical Education
419.530.2020
debra.heban@utoledo.edu 
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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 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
Dean's Office
University Hall
Third Floor, Room 3160
Mail Stop 906
419.530.2164
Undergraduate Admission
enroll@utoledo.edu
419.530.8888 (call)
419.329.4567 (text)
2801 W. Bancroft Street
Toledo, OH 43606
Graduate Admission
graduateonlineapplication@utoledo.edu
419.530.GRAD (4723), Option 1
Stranahan Hall, Room 1048
2801 W. Bancroft, MS 933
Toledo, OH 43606
Last Updated: 6/30/25