Online Graduate Certificate – Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Gain the foundation you need to help students find their niche in the workforce as a teacher leader in career and technical education.

4/29/24 Next Application Due Date
5/13/24 Start Classes

Program Overview


Explore the advantages of our online Graduate Certificate – Career and Technical Education (CTE) program

$9,000* Total Tuition
As few as 8 months Duration
30 Credit Hours

By earning your online Graduate Certificate – Career and Technical Education (CTE) from EWU, you can position yourself as a school leader in student vocational development in just a few months. Through engaging content, you will learn how to practically apply elements of instructional design to resource-based skills and workforce training programs.

Develop your aptitude for identifying barriers to student success and deploying strategies that support learners through diversified, work-based learning opportunities. You will also gain hands-on experience by completing an internship in a secondary classroom (grades 7-12) or skills center, along with a digital portfolio of work.

One of the first of its kind on the West Coast, the EWU online CTE certificate program features rigorous coursework delivered in a convenient online format—giving you a flexible pathway to help meet the need for more career and technology teacher leaders. In fact, the Professional Educators Standards Board (PESB) in Washington state has determined a teacher shortage in technical, business, and marketing areas in 2021.

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In this online certificate program, you will:

  • understand the environment of CTE and the role of CTE in education;
  • apply instructional planning strategies for CTE industry areas;
  • utilize effective classroom management strategies and scenarios for effective learning in CTE secondary education;
  • demonstrate mastery of CTE educational concepts and strategies.
  • understand the environment of CTE and the role of CTE in education;
  • apply instructional planning strategies for CTE industry areas;
  • utilize effective classroom management strategies and scenarios for effective learning in CTE secondary education;
  • demonstrate mastery of CTE educational concepts and strategies.

Potential career roles for graduates include:

  • Career and Technical Education Teacher
  • Business and Marketing Teacher
  • Career Readiness Instructor
  • Career and Technical Education Teacher
  • Business and Marketing Teacher
  • Career Readiness Instructor

Also available online:

If you are interested in pursuing your master’s degree, courses completed in this certificate program can help you earn your online Master of Education – Career and Technical Education (CTE) from EWU.

$9,000* Total Tuition
As few as 8 months Duration
30 Credit Hours
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The School of Education programs are approved by the Washington State Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB).

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Tuition


Earning your online certificate is easy on any budget with pay-as-you-go tuition

The EWU online Graduate Certificate – Career and Technical Education (CTE) program tuition is the same affordable rate, whether you are living in or out of the state of Washington.

Tuition breakdown:

$300 Per Credit Hour
$9,000* Total Tuition

*Tuition and fees subject to change. Total program cost does not include foundation courses. If foundation courses are required, the cost will be added to the total program cost.

Tuition breakdown:

$300 Per Credit Hour
$9,000* Total Tuition

Calendar


Take a glance at the schedule with important dates and deadlines

The online Graduate Certificate – Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is flexible for working professionals, featuring six-week courses and seven start dates each year. View the full calendar to find the best time for you to start classes, along with deadlines for submitting your application, document, and tuition.

Now enrolling:

4/29/24 Next Application Deadline
5/13/24 Start Classes
TermProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition Deadline
Winter II2/12/241/29/242/7/242/10/24
Spring I4/1/243/18/243/27/243/30/24
Spring II5/13/244/29/245/8/245/11/24
Summer I7/8/246/21/247/2/247/6/24
Fall I9/23/249/9/249/18/249/21/24
Fall II11/4/2410/21/2410/30/2411/2/24

Now enrolling:

4/29/24 Next Application Deadline
5/13/24 Start Classes

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Admissions


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It's easy to get started on your online Graduate Certificate – Career and Technical Education (CTE) program. A teaching certificate is not required for admission.

Admission Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Cumulative GPA of 3.0
  • Professional resume

Online Graduate Certificate – Career and Technical Education (CTE) Admission Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
  • Overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 or cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the last 90 quarter or 60 semester-graded postsecondary credit hours**
  • Official transcript from the college/university where degree was earned
  • Professional resume
  • Have at least 6,000 hours in paid industry experience
  • No teaching certificate required. If applicants have a teaching certificate, work experience requirement drops to 2,000 hrs.

Document Submission Information

For Spring 2024 Applications: Please do not send transcripts directly to EWU, as this may delay processing your application. If you are ordering electronic transcripts, please select the CAS application as the recipient.

If you are ordering a mailed paper transcript, please have it sent to:

GradCAS Transcript Processing Center
P.O. Box 9217
Watertown, MA 02471

Note: You will need to use the Transcript ID form (found in your GradCAS application portal) as part of your submission so that your transcript can be matched to your application.

For Summer 2024 Applications and all future terms:

Order your official, electronic transcripts from the degree-granting institution where you earned your highest degree (bachelor’s or master’s) and have them sent to Eastern Washington University.

  • Most EWU graduate programs only require one transcript. Please submit a transcript from your degree-granting institution. This transcript should include the final two years of your degree completion. If it does not, please submit transcripts to cover your final two years of earned credits.
  • Please note that transcripts ordered by main may take 4-6 weeks to arrive.

If you are ordering a mailed paper transcript, please have it sent to:

Eastern Washington University
Showalter Hall 206
Cheney, WA 99004

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**We encourage you to apply if your GPA is lower than a 3.0 and you have at least 3 years of professional work experience. Applicants with GPAs below 3.0 are considered for admission on a case-by-case basis. Please contact an Enrollment Services representative at 800-826-3411 for more information.

If you do not hold a teaching certificate in Washington or do not hold a teaching certificate at all, you are still encouraged to apply.

Please note however that this will not lead to a teaching certificate in Washington. Additionally, this program may satisfy the requirements for states other than Washington. Please check with your applicable licensing board to determine whether this program satisfies requirements for licensure in the state in which you reside. For current contact information for applicable licensing boards, please refer to our State Authorization page. For information on certification in the state of Washington, contact Christi Wavada at [email protected].

Please note, however, that this will not lead to a teaching certificate in Washington. If you are looking for an initial teaching certificate, please visit the School of Education’s webpage.

Courses


The topics you will study in our 100% online graduate certificate program

In order to earn the online Graduate Certificate – Career and Technical Education (CTE), you must complete nine courses for a total of 30 credit hours.

Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
A course designed to introduce teacher candidates to Career and Technical Education (CTE), school law, and developing student leaders. The course consists of six modules that provide you an overview of CTE, the educational environment for career and technical education in Washington State, the connection between CTE and the community, legal issues in education, and the CTE organization that develop student leaders.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course addresses classroom management strategies and scenarios a teacher may encounter at the secondary CTE (7-12) level. Candidates develop skills in identifying barriers to student success and selecting strategies that support learners while differentiating learning for student success.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course addresses continuous improvement in instructional planning/strategies, curriculum, assessment, and student support that CTE practitioners encounter at the secondary level (7-12) level. Candidates develop skills in identifying barriers to student success and selecting strategies that support learners while differentiating learning for student success.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course supports work-based (worksite) learning and/or diversified occupations (career choices) indicated in WAC 181-77A-180. In addition, this course will help students meet initial certification requirements pertaining to the areas of work-based-learning, occupational analysis, and student leadership development referenced in WACs 181-77-031 and 181-77-041 (pursuant to WAC 181-77A-165).
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course addresses the history, philosophy, social significance and components of Career and Technical Education (CTE). CTE practitioners encounter at the secondary and post-secondary (7-12+) level. Recognize workplace trends influencing CTE and the trends of theories and application of the principles of Career and Technical education.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
Focuses on curricular and instructional development of resource-based skills. From examining model K-12 programs for skills in such areas as information, critical television viewing, media production, and visual literacy, teachers will apply elements of instructional design and development to resource-based skills programs.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 2
This course is designed to demonstrate place-based teaching competencies for the CTE candidate. Students will complete 60 hours of coursework and teaching activities with 40 hours of in-class instructional practicum at a Skills center or 7-12 secondary CTE classroom. Students will demonstrate ability to design, assess, and create learning opportunities for diverse student needs.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 2
This course is designed to demonstrate place-based teaching competencies for the CTE candidate. Students will complete 60 hours of coursework and teaching activities with 40 hours of in-class instructional practicum at a Skills center or 7-12 secondary CTE classroom. Students will demonstrate ability to design, assess, and create learning opportunities for diverse student needs.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 2
Students create a professional portfolio to demonstrate meeting of CTE competencies achieved throughout the program. These competencies align with the Plan2/Business and Industry Route program.

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