Temple's Career and Technical Education program provides services that facilitate the awarding of the Pennsylvania Career and Technical Instructional II Certificate. The CTE Instructional I certificate is valid for eight years. During this time, career and technical education teachers will complete all the requirements for the CTE Instructional II certificate. It is the responsibility of each certificate holder to obtain the Level II Certificate before the service life of the Level I Certificate expires. Act 48 credits are required every five years by PDE in order to maintain active certification status.  

Requirements for Career and Technical Instructional II Certificate

1. completed 3 years of satisfactory teaching with a valid Career and Technical Instructional I Certificate attested to by the chief school administrator of the approved public or nonpublic school entity in which the most recent service of the applicant was performed; 
2. completed a total of 60 credit hours in an approved Career and Technical Education program (18 for C&T I; 42 for C&T II);
3. complete the Senior Performance Assessment (SPA); 
4. presented evidence of having passed the basic skills test:
   • Praxis 5733 - Core Academic Skills for Educators: Mathematics or pass an approved math class in lieu of the praxis
5. Passed the student teaching assessment using the PDE 430 Evaluation form;
6. Completed an approved induction program; and
7. Received the recommendation of Temple University. 

Required Coursework

Listed below are the undergraduate course requirements for the Career and Technical Instructional II Certificate.

How to Apply

Submit a Request for Audit. Once your audit has been completed you will receive instructions on how to apply for the Career and Technical Instructional II Certificate through the PDE Teacher Information Management System (TIMS)