CTE Teacher Certification Courses

As a full-time non-degreed Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher, you are required by the State of Florida to complete four (4) courses to fulfill your professional teaching certification according to the Florida Statutes.

The Florida Statutes
K-20 Education Code
Chapter 1012 (Personnel); Section 1012.39

Employment of non-degreed teachers of career education

d. For full-time teachers, completion of professional education training in teaching methods, course construction, lesson planning and evaluation, and teaching special needs students. This training may be completed through coursework from an accredited or approved institution or an approved district teacher education program.

The required courses are part of our online Career and Technical Education Bachelor of Science degree. As a courtesy to the 67 Florida school districts, we offer these courses fully online for limited non-degreed students.

Our online courses align with the UCF Academic Calendar semester term and are only offered once per calendar year. Please see the table below for the available courses and semester offering.

Mandatory Professional Education Courses

Course No.

Course Title

Semester

Teaching Methods
(Choose one)

ECT 3062

Professional Roles of the Career & Technical Teacher

Summer

ECT 4004

Principles and Practices of Technical Education

Fall

Course Construction
(Choose one)

ECT 3371

Course Construction in Industrial Education

Summer

ECW 3312

Course Construction in Health Occupations Education

Summer

BTE 4410

Course Construction in Business Education

Summer

Lesson Planning and Evaluation

ECT 3365

General Methods/Testing Evaluation in Career & Technical Education

Fall

Teaching Special Needs

ECW 3564

Special Populations in Career & Technical Education

Spring

*Safety

ECT 4815

Safety in the Technical Education Classroom & Laboratory
(some districts require this additional course)

Spring

You may register for these courses only, below.

REGISTER HERE