The Career and Technical Education (CTE) certificate programs at Eastern Washington University will prepare you to teach career and technical education courses. The CTE certificate enables technical experts with 6,000 hours of industry experience to enter the field of teaching.<\/p>\n
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IMPORTANT NOTE:<\/strong> The plan 2 CTE programs will not gain the CTE Agriculture V010000; Business & Marketing Ed V078000; CTE Family & Consumer Science Ed V200002 or CTE Technology Ed V210100 VCODES.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The CTE Plan 2 programs is offered FULLY ONLINE<\/strong> and offers\u00a0two pathways for completion:<\/p>\n 1. CTE Graduate Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. Clock Hour*:<\/strong>\u00a0Students from business and industry may earn an initial CTE certificate and receive clock hours only.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"banner","module_background_tri_color":"off-white","copy":" All students, regardless of whether they have a residency certificate, must demonstrate basic skills proficiency in reading, writing, and math. If you have taken any basic skills tests (WEST-B, ACT, SAT, CBEST, PRAXIS I, THEA, NES, etc.), please submit your scores to cteprograms@ewu.edu<\/a> for review.\u00a0 If you have taken the ACT (prior to 6\/2005) or SAT (prior to Oct 2005), you will need to take the writing basic skills test. RCW 28A.410.220<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The results will be required to be uploaded to your eCert account upon making application for the CTE Initial certificate.<\/p>\n Information on Testing<\/a><\/p>\n","component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"Basic Skills","identifier":"skills","navigable":true}},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion-with-notes","module_background_color":"white","accordion_position":"bottom","title":"*Non Credit Clock Hour Option","notes":" Plan 2 Clock Hour Program is ideal for students coming straight out of business and industry who want to earn their initial CTE certificate.<\/p>\n This plan does not earn college credit<\/strong><\/p>\n Application Process<\/a><\/p>\n","include_spacing":false,"expanded":false,"sections":[{"label":"Practicum Requirements","copy":" CTE students are required to complete 60 hours<\/strong> of classroom instruction to demonstrate their ability to apply concepts learned in the program courses.<\/p>\n Students are required to find their own practicum placements and mentor teachers.<\/strong><\/p>\n All educator preparation programs approved or authorized by the professional educator standards board or programs approved in other states operating field experiences in Washington state shall establish and maintain field placement agreements with all Washington school districts in which candidates are placed for field experiences leading to certification or endorsement.<\/p>\n Each field placement agreement shall include, but not be limited to:<\/p>\n * Fingerprinting can be done at an ESD with Live Scan or Ink and Roll by mail, or other local options. https:\/\/ospi.k12.wa.us\/certification\/fingerprints-background-checks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n"},{"label":"Registration Information","copy":" Students must complete CTE Plan 2 application before they can register<\/p>\n Students who choose the Clock Hour Option will get registration instructions from the CTE department.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n"},{"label":"Tuition Costs","copy":"\n
Basic Skills Tests<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nWAC 181-78A-125 Requirements<\/h3>\n
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