1. ACSA Conference 2016 Carolyn Zachry - CDE Carol Tomeo - SDCOE
CTE Funding and Credentialing: Establishing Pathways for Students and Teachers
ACSA Conference 2016
Carolyn Zachry - CDE
Carol Tomeo - SDCOE

2. CTE Program and Purpose
Workshop Objectives
CTE Program and Purpose
Designated Subjects Career Technical Education (DS CTE) Teaching Credential Requirements
CTE Funding Resources

3. Mythbusters
The Designated Subject (DS) CTE teaching credential is only for ROP classes
A teacher with a DS CTE credential cannot teach at a high school
A teacher with a DS CTE credential cannot teach a-g courses
A teacher with a previously issued DS in Vocational Education needs to earn the new DS in CTE to continue teaching
A DS Teacher cannot teach at the Middle School Level

4. CTE Programs
CTE program is a planned sequence of coherent courses designed to provide students with the technical knowledge and academic knowledge and skills
Purpose: Gain immediate employment in a targeted career pathway occupation upon graduation from high school and to transition to postsecondary level instruction needed to prepare for advanced careers or professions in the career pathway

5. CTE Purpose and Function
Provide students with strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of an industry, which may include work-based learning experiences.
PLANNING
MANAGEMENT
FINANCE
TECHNICAL AND PRODUCTION SKILLS
UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF TECHNOLOGY
LABOR
COMMUNITY
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENT

6. CTE Industry Sectors Agriculture and Natural Resources
Arts, Media, and Entertainment
Building and Construction Trade
Business and Finance
Education, Child Development, and Family Services
Energy, Environment, and Utilities
Engineering and Architecture
Fashion and Interior Design
Health Science and Medical Technology
Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation
Information and Communication Technology
Manufacturing and Product Development
Marketing, Sales, and Service
Public Services
Transportation

7. CTE Courses- Appropriate Credential
Course designated as career, technical, trade or vocational by the local level should be taught by an individual holding: Designated Subjects (DS) Vocational or Career Technical Education (CTE) Credential in the appropriate occupation (subject) or industry sector CTC credential leaflet 888

8. DS CTE Teaching Credential
Authorize the holder to:
Teach in career, technical, trade, or vocational areas
Clear credential issued under new program standards also authorizes (SDAIE) instruction to English learners

9. Assignment Option in Regulations
Holders of Single Subject Teaching Credentials in agriculture, business, home economics, industrial arts, and industrial technology education are also authorized to teach trade, technical, career or vocational classes - Title 5 section 80004(c).

10. Typical courses for the Single Subject credentials in Industry sectors.
Agriculture
Industrial & Technology Education
Building Trades and Construction
Energy & Utilities
Engineering & Design
Manufacturing & Product Development
Transportation
Home Economics
Fashion and Interior Design
Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
Business
Business and Finance
Manufacturing Sales and Service
Information and Communication Technology

11. DS CTE Applications
All CTE applications must be submitted by Commission-approved program sponsor
Employing school districts no longer authorized to submit applications
Teacher may or may not have to have a job offer to apply for the Preliminary Credential – dependent on Commission-approved program sponsor
Program Sponsor links (CTC)

12. DS CTE Requirements for Three-year Preliminary
Three years full-time work experience (1,000 hours = one year)
High School Diploma (or equivalent)
Recommendation by program approved under August 2008 standards
CTC: Foreign Transcript Evaluation Approved Agencies

13. Work Experience 3 years working in the Industry Sector
1 year hours
May be paid or volunteer
May be part-time or full time
May be self-employed or avocational
Recency of work experience
1 year within the last 5 years Or
2 years within the last 10 years

14. Work Experience Alternatives
Recency Requirement Alternatives for up to 1,000 hours
Work experience
College-level, related to industry, coursework
Occupational Internship
Career-technical teaching experience
May substitute up to 48 semester units of postsecondary career-technical training related to the Industry Sector for a maximum of 2 of the 3 years of work experience

15. Work Experience Alternatives
May substitute an advance industry certificate related to the Industry Sector for 1 year of work experience OR
May substitute one year of full-time general education K-12 teaching experience in a public or private school for 1 year of work experience

16. Work Experience Alternatives
Substitutions/alternatives may be used for up to 2 years of work experience, but at least 1 year (1,000 hours) must be actual work experience in the industry sector.

17. DS CTE Clear Credential with SDAIE
Possession of 3-year preliminary
Verification of successful teaching (4 terms / 2 years)
Completion of program approved under August standards
U.S. Constitution (2 semester unit course or exam)
Health Education including CPR for adult, child and infant
Computer Technology requirement
Recommendation by a Commission-approved program sponsor

18. Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE) Authorization
Authorization now added to Clear DS CTE issued under new standards
Equivalent to Certificate of Completion of Staff Development (CCSD) authorization for Designated Subject Credentials
CCSD Variable-Term Waiver Available to authorize SDAIE instruction while working on Preliminary with adequate progress toward Clear (new standards) or if previous DS CTE/Vocational Ed held while earning CCSD

19. National Board Certification
Teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards may apply directly to the Commission for a Clear Teaching Credential by submitting:
Photocopy of National Board Certification
Completed application (form 41-4)
Appropriate application processing fee

20. Funding Factors to Consider
Credential Held
Funding Source

21. CTE Program Funding Requirements
Be staffed by qualified CTE teachers who
Possess a standard secondary, single-subject or designated-subject credential which authorizes the teaching of the CTE course(s) to which assigned, and
Can document employment experience, outside of education, in the career pathway addressed by the program or other evidence of equivalent proficiency

22. Contact Us! Carolyn Zachry, CDE: 916-323-5042 czachry@cde.ca.gov
Carol Tomeo, SDCOE: