Online CTE Professional Knowledge Course Series

  • Be a Highly Skilled Instructor

  • Complete units for the Standard CTE Teaching Certificate

  • Expand the Possibilities in Your Classroom

Available at both the undergraduate and graduate level, the Career and Technical Education Professional Knowledge Course series is offered online for the professional educator, or for the future professional educator in a Career and Technical Education setting. Courses are eight weeks long, two credits each, and meet the needs of a working professional. Courses offered partially satisfy the requirements to change a Temporary Teaching Certificate to a Standard Certificate in CTE. A working professional educator may apply these courses for professional development as they apply to all CTE disciplines.

CTE 400/500, 2 credits

Principles & Philosophy of Career and Technical Education

Understanding the historical social and economic values of career and technical education through investigation of federal laws, and state policies. As well as, developing a symbiotic philosophy with administration, theories, and principles in mind in regard to programs in the secondary school.

Offered:
Main campus: Fall, Spring, Summer
Distance campus: Fall, Spring, Summer


CTE 410/510, 2 credits

Curriculum Development in Career and Technical Education

Creating an understanding for the development of robust classroom curriculum, aligned with Arizona State and CTE standards, and incorporating learning devices geared for student success. This development process will focus on the total program within CTE and assist in planning year-long curriculum maps with an emphasis on writing objectives, cross walking standards, and elaboration on objective building for full lesson creation and implementation. Lesson content and teaching methods will be tailored into the next course of CTE 420/520.

Offered:
Main campus: Fall, Spring, Summer
Distance campus: Fall, Spring, Summer


CTE 420/520, 2 credits

Classroom Instruction Development for Career and Technical Education

Implementing principles of teaching and learning based on classroom instruction objectives, as well as, development of content for lesson planning. Based on contextual needs within specific CTE programming, methodology, instruction techniques, and assessments will be developed. The finalize the course, basic classroom management skills will be compared.

Offered:
Main campus: Fall, Spring, Summer
Distance campus: Fall, Spring, Summer


CTE 430/530, 2 credits

Career and Technical Student Organization Development

This module focuses on the Career and Technical Student Organizational aspects of the total CTE program. Understanding your role as an advisor will assist in carrying out the program of work for your organization, management of the organization, and implementing pivotal leadership training to ensure student success in developing an effective youth organization.

Offered:
Main campus: Fall, Spring, Summer
Distance campus: Fall, Spring, Summer


CTE 440/540, 2 credits

Maximizing Work Based Learning within Career and Technical Education

This course focuses on the work-based learning aspects of the total CTE program through project development, and administration, student, and parent understanding, an effective work-based learning plan can be established within your program. This starts with the advisor’s role in developing how projects will be carried out, site visit checks implemented, and record keeping for state and national awards.

Offered:
[Pending]


CTE 450/550, 2 credits

Assessment in Career and Technical Education

This course addresses instructional assessment in career and technical education classrooms.  Students will study informal and formal assessment strategies and practice creating and using assessment instruments for individual students, groups and programs.

Offered:
[Pending]


CTE 460/560, 2 credits

Personal Leadership Development in Career and Technical Education
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To apply online, please go to admissions at arizona.edu/apply

Admissions will require a complete application. A complete application consists of:

  *   Submitted application
  *   Official high school transcripts (and/or college transcripts, if applicable)
  *   Application processing fee
  *   Test scores (ACT or SAT) are required for freshmen merit-based scholarships or The Honors College consideration.
  *   Admissions will complete a review before test scores are submitted, so please don't wait to apply!

Financial aid information is at http://bursar.arizona.edu/students/fees
Advising information is available at http://advising.arizona.edu/major/agtebs.

You can also call 520.621.1523