Temple's Career & Technical Education program is designed to prepare students who expect to teach career and technical education subjects in grades 7-12 and at the 2-year college level in public and private schools. Subject area content (occupational competency assessment credit for industry experience) and professional education content are combined with general education content (university curriculum) in order to provide the student with a general education, a field of specialization, and professional training. Moreover, the curriculum aims to combine these elements in such proportions as to give students the balanced perspective of the relation that career and technical education bears to education as a whole.
This non-degree graduate program meets the requirements for Pennsylvania Department of Education instructional certificate in either Business, Computer and Information Technology PK-12 or Marketing (Distributive) Education PK-12. A master's degree is not awarded upon completion of this non-degree program. You will complete only the coursework and in-service necessary to meet Pennsylvania Department of Education certification requirements for the associated teacher certification. To qualify for graduate non-degree programs, you must currently hold your Bachelor's degree from an accredited undergraduate institution in an approved subject area
Requirements for Career & Technical Education Graduate Non-degree ProgRam as of Fall 2020
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 27
Required Courses
Course Number | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
Career & Technical Education Certification I Requirements | ||
Methods of Teaching Business, Computer, and Information Technology and Marketing Education | 3 | |
Current Trends and Developments in Business, Computer & Information Technology and Marketing Education | 3 | |
Models of Teaching | 3 | |
Introduction to Special Education | 3 | |
Career & Technical Education Certification II Requirements | ||
Project- Based Learning | 3 | |
Child and Adolescent Development | 3 | |
Literacy and Differentiation in the Academic Areas, 7-12 | 3 | |
Foundations of Language Teaching: Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners | 3 |
Student Teaching
Supervised teaching is required for Level II certification.
Student Teaching and Seminar
Course Number | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
Supervised Teaching | 3 |
Additional REquirements for certification
To be eligible for certification, students must successfully complete the Intermediate Performance Assessment (IPA), Senior Performance Assessment (SPA), and a presentation before the Council of Educators (COE), as well as attain passing scores on all required examinations as determined by the Pennsyvlania Department of Education (PDE). Candidates who have completed all coursework, assessment, and examination requirements must complete an application to PDE to be evaluated for recommendation for certification by Temple University. For more information, visit PDE's Career and Technical Certification.
Clearances Required for Graduate Program
State and federal criminal background checks, a TB test and a child abuse clearance are required to be eligible to complete the program. Applicants must complete and upload documentation of clearances prior to the start of their program. See Required Clearances for Working in Pennsylvania Schools for more information.
Note: About Summer II / Fall 2020 Program Changes
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