Director of Career and Technical Education

30 credits

Initial Practitioner License Requirements

Designed for students who seek a Director of Career and Technical Education license required for administering career programs and facilities. This addresses Indiana REPA license requirements.

Admission requirements

Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School.

Who can qualify?

Candidates must meet the following:

1. Hold one (1) of the following licenses:
   1. A Proficient Practitioner license or Accomplished Practitioner license with at least one (1) of the content areas in career and technical education according to the Indiana Standard License Assignment Code.
   2. A Workplace Specialist II license with two (2) years of full-time teaching experience in an accredited vocational school in the grade level and vocational content area listed on the license.
   3. A Proficient or Accomplished Practitioner License in Building Level Administrator, Superintendent, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, or Director of Exceptional Needs.
   4. A Proficient or Accomplished Practitioner license that includes the content area of Business or Technology education.
2. Successfully complete the content for director of career and technical education.
3. Successfully complete a master’s degree.

Also required:

Verified valid CPR/Heimlich Maneuver certification and Suicide Prevention training through a state approved training program. Also complete a required state criminal background check.

Required Courses

EDAC 631	Adult and Community Education	3
	or
EDAC 632	Org Ad and Comm Ed Progs	3
EDAD 600	Intro to Ed Leadership	3
EDAD 684	Educational Finance and Ethics	3
EDAD 695	Career Tech Director Intern	3 OR 6
SPCE 637	Org and Admin of Spec Ed	3

6 credits in EDAD 695 are required unless the student previously took an internship for another administrative license, in which case 3 credits may be required pending review.

3 credits from

BED 625	Problems and Issues	3
CTE 568	Principles and Philosophy CTE	3
FCED 692	FCS Educ Prog Implementation	3
Total Credits:		3

3 credits from

BED 593	Phil Org Adm CTE	3
CTE 569	Organization Coordination CTE	3
Total Credits:		3

3 credits from

BED 592	Work-Based Learning	3
BED 622	Instr Materials Strategies	3
CTE 552	Strategies and Materials CTE	3
CTE 696	Coordinating Coop Programs	3
Total Credits:		3

3 credits from

BED 616	Research Methods	3
EDPS 640	Research Methods	3
FCS 697	Research Methods in FCS	3
Total Credits:		3

Total Credits: 30