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Career and Technical Education

New and Revised Certification Requirements

Troy University - May 18, 2016

Presenters: Randy Swann and Niketa Dean

Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate in a Technical Education Program Area

• Occupational Proficiency Requiremento Testo Licenseo Degree

• Basic Skills Assessment, AECAP, (all three areas)

• Documented Work Experienceo Seven years within past 10 years – no degree (high school diploma or equivalency)o Five years within past seven years – postsecondary certificateo *Three years within past seven years – associate’s degree (in related program area)o *One year within past three years – bachelor’s degree

*Must provide an official transcript

Forms:• Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement 1DT

• Application Part 2 of 2 – Form TD1

• Verification of work experience - Supplement CTV (must include letter from employer and must be notarized)

• Verification of teaching experience – Supplement EXP(SECONDARY and/or POSTSECONDARY)

• Eligible to hold Bachelor’s Equivalent Technical Education 1 Certificate

• Occupational Proficiency Requirement (where applicable)

• Documentation verifying completion of the Career and Technical Education Teacher Certification Program (CTE TCP)

Forms:

• Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement 2DT




• *Option 1 – teacher completed CTE TCP; must be completed prior to July 1, 2017o 45 semester hours of earned credit with a grade of “C” or above in prescribed courses at a regionally accredited

institutionPrinciples of Career and Technical Education – 3 hoursSafety – 3 hoursCareer and Technical Student Organizations – 3 hoursEnglish - (6 hours required)Math – 3 hoursHistory – 3 hoursSpeech – 3 hoursEconomics – 3 hoursPhysical Science – 3 hoursComputer Applications – 3 hoursCTE Electives (12 hours required)TOTAL HOURS – 45


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• *Option 2 – teacher did not complete CTE TCP, must be completed prior to July 1, 2025o 45 semester hours of earned credit with a grade of “C” or above in prescribed courses at a regionally accredited

institutionPrinciples of Career and Technical Education – 3 hoursSafety – 3 hoursCareer and Technical Student Organizations – 3 hoursEnglish - (6 hours required)Math – 3 hoursHistory – 3 hoursSpeech – 3 hoursEconomics – 3 hoursPhysical Science – 3 hoursComputer Applications – 3 hoursCTE Electives (12 hours required)TOTAL HOURS – 45


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• *Option 3 – teacher completed CTE TCPo 45 semester hours of earned credit with a grade of “C” or above in prescribed courses at a regionally accredited

institutionClassroom Management – 3 hoursMethods of Teaching Technical Education – 3 hoursStrategies for Teaching Special Needs Students in Inclusive Settings– 3 hoursEnglish - (6 hours required)Math – 3 hoursHistory – 3 hoursSpeech – 3 hoursEconomics – 3 hoursPhysical Science/Biological Science – 3 hoursComputer Applications – 3 hoursCTE Electives (12 hours required)TOTAL HOURS – 45


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• *Option 4 – teacher completed CTE TCP; must be completed prior to July 1, 2017o Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher

Principles of Career and Technical Education – 3 hoursSafety – 3 hoursCareer and Technical Student Organizations – 3 hoursTOTAL HOURS – 9


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• *Option 5 – teacher did not complete CTE TCP, must be completed prior to July 1, 2025o Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher



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• *Option 6 – teacher completed CTE TCPo Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher

Classroom Management – 3 hoursMethods of Teaching Technical Education – 3 hoursStrategies for Teaching Special Needs Students in Inclusive Settings– 3 hoursTOTAL HOURS – 9


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• Eligible to hold Master’s Equivalent Technical Education 3 Certificate


• *Option 1 - hold a valid Alabama Class B or higher Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field

• *Option 2 – verification of an earned bachelor’s degree with an academic major in the technical education program area for which the Master’s Equivalent Technical Education 4 Certificate is sought


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• Eligible to hold Master’s Equivalent Technical Education 4 Certificate


• *Option 1 - hold a valid Class A or higher Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field or area of instructional support or a valid Class A or higher Professional Leadership Certificate

• *Option 2 – verification of at least an earned master’s degree with an academic major in the technical education program area for which the Sixth-year Equivalent Technical Education 5 Certificate is sought


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Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate in Health Science

• Active Alabama license in an approved allied health specialty• Basic Skills Assessment, AECAP, (all three areas)• Documented Work Experience

o *Three years within past seven years – associate’s degreeo *Two years within past five years – bachelor’s degree

The following cannot be used as acceptable full-time work experience: Teaching experience while holding an Emergency Certificate Teaching experience while holding a Career and Technical Education Temporary Certificate Teaching experience while holding a Career and Technical Education Alternative Baccalaureate-Level Certificate Teaching experience while holding a Provisional Certificate in a Career and Technical Education Teaching Field Teaching experience while not holding any valid Alabama certificate

*Must have earned an associate’s or higher degree and provide an official transcript

Forms:

• Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement 1DH

• Application Part 2 of 2 – Form HD1

• Verification of work experience - Supplement CTV (must include letter from employer and must be notarized)

• Verification of teaching experience – Supplement EXP (POSTSECONDARY ONLY)

• Eligible to hold Bachelor’s Equivalent Health Science 1 Certificate

• Active Alabama license in an approved allied health specialty

• Documentation verifying completion of the Career and Technical Education Teacher Certification Program (CTE TCP)

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• *Option 1 – teacher completed CTE TCP; must be completed prior to July 1, 2017o Earned an associate’s or higher degree



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• *Option 2 – teacher did not complete CTE TCP, must be completed prior to July 1, 2025o Earned an associate’s or higher degree


*Must provide official transcript

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• *Option 3 – teacher completed CTE TCPo Earned an associate’s or higher degree

Classroom Management – 3 hoursMethods of Teaching Career and Technical Education – 3 hoursStrategies for Teaching Special Needs Students in Inclusive Settings– 3 hoursTOTAL HOURS – 9


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• Eligible to hold Master’s Equivalent Health Science 3 Certificate


• Verification of at least an earned master’s degree with an academic major in a healthcare or related area


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The Career and Technical Education Teacher Certification Program (CTE TCP) is responsible for assisting teachers who have work experience in an industry related career (e.g. building construction, cosmetology, plumbing, welding) or a health science related field; and are eligible to receive an Alabama teacher certificate. Teachers must complete the CTE TCP training requirements to earn 196 total hours of professional development to become eligible for a renewable Bachelor’s Equivalent Technical Education 2 Certificate or Bachelor’s Equivalent Health Science 2 Certificate. Teacher enrollment in the CTE TCP is based upon recommendation from the local LEA and teachers must hold the Temporary Certificate, the Emergency Certificate or the Bachelor’s Equivalent Technical Education 1 Certificate or Bachelor’s Equivalent Health Science 1 Certificate.

Program participants are required to participate in the following professional development activities:

• attend face to face professional development sessions

• attend and support their respective Career Tech Student Organization (CTSO) state leadership conference

• visit and work with an experienced CTE teacher mentor in a related program area

• complete OSHA 10 hr. online training

• attend the ALACTE Summer Professional Development Conference

Additional required participants:

• Teachers pursuing the Professional Educator Certificate through the CT Alternative Baccalaureate Certification (CT ABC) route are required to complete one session, Session A, of the CTE TCP training requirements.

• Teachers seeking additional certification through the Additional Teaching Field Approach Based on Proficiency (CBP) are required to complete one session, Session A, of the CTE TCP training requirements.

Additional recommended participants:

• Teachers seeking additional certification through the Additional Teaching Field Approach Based on Test (CBT) are recommended to complete one session, Session A, of the CTE TCP training requirements.

Session A of the CTE TCP is a three day training event held once a year and offered during the summer.

First CT ABC

• Official transcript indicating a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited senior institutiono Applications received in the Educator Certification Section of the ALSDE prior to July 1, 2017

must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.5 for the bachelor’s or higher degree

o Applications received on July 1, 2017, and thereafter must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.75 for the bachelor’s degree must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 3.0 for the master’s or higher degree

• Basic Skills Assessment (AECAP)

• Verification of a current passing score on the prescribed Praxis II subject assessment, https://www.alsde.edu/sec/ea/Pages/praxisiitests-all.aspx?navtext=Praxis II Tests

or

Occupational Proficiency Requirement

• Requirements must be met prior to October 1

Forms:

• Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement ZTA

• Application Part 2 of 2 – Form ATZ

Second CT ABC

• Official transcript verifying credits earned, with a “C” or above, for at least two of the fours areas of specified courseworko Classroom managemento The evaluation of teaching and learningo Strategies for teaching special needs student in inclusive settingso Methods of teaching in the field and at the grade level

(Individuals holding a valid Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field will only be required to complete the methods course)

• Verification of a full year of in-field, full-time teaching experience while holding the First CT ABC

• Certificate verifying completion of Session A of CTE TCP


Forms:

• Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement YTA

• Application Part 2 of 2 – Form ATY

• Supplement EXP

Third CT ABC

• Official transcript verifying credits earned, with a “C” or above, for the remaining two areas of specified courseworko Classroom managemento The evaluation of teaching and learningo Strategies for teaching special needs student in inclusive settingso Methods of teaching in the field and at the grade level

(Individuals holding a valid Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field will only be required to complete the methods course)

• Verification of a full year of in-field, full-time teaching experience while holding the Second CT ABC

• Verification of a current passing score for the Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching Test


Forms:

• Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement XTA

• Application Part 2 of 2 – Form ATX

• Supplement EXP

• Hold a valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field

• Passing score on the Occupational Proficiency Assessment (document located on the ALSDE website)

• Verification of two full scholastic years of full-time, classroom teaching experience, which must have been in a P-12 setting

• Verify completion of Session A of the Career and Technical Education Teacher Certification Program (CTE TCP)

Forms:

Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement PBC

Application Part 2 of 2 – Form CBP

Supplement EXP

• Hold a valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field

• Verification of a current passing score on the Praxis IIo Agriscience Educationo Business Educationo Career Technologieso Family and Consumer Sciences

• Verification of two full scholastic years of full-time, classroom teaching experience, which must have been in a P-12 setting

• OPTIONAL: Attend Session A of the Career and Technical Education Teacher Certification Program (CTE TCP)

Forms:

Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement TBC

Application Part 2 of 2 – Form CBT

Supplement EXP

• Active Alabama license in an approved allied health specialty for Health Science program

• Valid Alabama Cosmetology Instructor license for Cosmetology program

An individual who has held an Emergency Certificate in health science or in a technical education program area is not eligible to receive a Temporary Certificate in the same area.

An individual who has held one Temporary Certificate is not eligible to receive another Temporary Certificate in any technical education program area or health science.

Forms:

Application Part 1 of 2 – Supplement TTC

Application Part 2 of 2 – Form CTT

• Valid Professional Educator Certificate in a career and technical education teaching field

• Verification on an official transcript of earned credit, with a grade of “C” or above, in an approved cooperative education coordinator preparation course (Functions of the Coordinator, Principles of Coordination, or equivalent) at an Alabama institution with a State-approved program in a career and technical education teaching field

• Verification of two full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching in a career and technical education teaching field within a 6-12 setting (experience must be verified on Supplement EXP)

Requirements for Health Science:

• Valid Master’s Equivalent Health Science 3 Certificate or Sixth-year Equivalent Health Science 4 Certificate


• Verification of two full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience in grades 6-12 health science

• Verification on an official transcript(s) of an earned bachelor’s or higher degree with an academic major in a healthcare or related area from a regionally accredited senior institution

o Applications received in the Educator Certification Section of the ALSDE prior to July 1, 2017


o Applications received on July 1, 2017, and thereafter

must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.75 for the bachelor’s degree must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 3.0 for the master’s or higher degree

• Verification on an official transcript of an earned credit with a grade of “C” or above for Teaching Special Needs Students in Inclusive Settings


Requirements for Technical Education Program Areas:

• Valid Master’s Equivalent Technical Education 4 Certificate or Sixth-year Equivalent Technical Education 5 Certificate in a technical education program area for which the Professional Educator Certificate is sought


• Verification of two full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience in grades 6-12 in the technical education program area for which the certificate is sought

• Verification on an official transcript(s) of an earned bachelor’s or higher degree with an academic major in the technical education program area for which the certificate is sought from a regionally accredited senior institution

o Applications received in the Educator Certification Section of the ALSDE prior to July 1, 2017


o Applications received on July 1, 2017, and thereafter

must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.75 for the bachelor’s degree must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 3.0 for the master’s or higher degree

• Verification on an official transcript of an earned credit with a grade of “C” or above for Teaching Special Needs Students in Inclusive Settings


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