Certificate in Career & Technical Education

Plan 2/Business and Industry Route teacher certification is a short program for teacher candidates who possess 6,000 paid industry work experience in a specific area. The certificate allows teacher candidates to teach only in that specific area.

The Plan 2 requirements are as follows:

• document three years (6,000 hours) of paid occupational experience in the specific CTE subcategory/specialty area for which certification is sought;
  • one year (2,000 hours) must be within the past six years;
  • if any of the 2,000 hours are more than six years old, 300 hours of the experience must be within the past two years;
• complete EWU’s approved Plan 2/Business and Industry Route program.

When you complete the Plan 2 program, you will have a Washington State residency certificate to teach in grades 7–12 ONLY in your specialty area of certification. You will also be certified to teach work-site learning and career choices. Visit the OSPI website for further details.

Classes are offered only as online courses. Some courses are offered as clock hours for students who possess a Washington State Teaching certificate; however, clock hours cannot be transferred to credit at any time.