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.