The Texas Education Agency issues nine Career and Technical Education certificates. Trades and Industrial Education, Health Science Technology Education, and Marketing Education certificates require work experience. For initial certification, you must meet the requirements for becoming a classroom teacher in Texas.
CTE
Teaching certification
Statutory citations
Certification exams required
Test numbers and names
Degree required?
Wage-earning experience required?
Licensure or certification required?
Agricultural, Food and Natural Resources Grades 6-12
272 Agricultural, Food and Natural Resources
May be added by exam to valid classroom teaching certificate
Business and Finance 6-12
TAC 233.13
May be added by exam to a valid classroom teaching certificate
Family and
Consumer
Sciences
Composite
Grades 6-12
TAC 233.13
Human
Development
and Family
Studies
Grades 8-12
TAC 233.13
Hospitality,
Nutrition, and
Food Sciences
Grades 8-12
TAC 233.13
200 FCS-Family and
Consumer Sciences
Composite
And
160 PPR
202 FCS-Human
Development and
Family Studies
And
160 PPR
201 FCS-Hospitality,
Nutrition, and Food
Science
And
160 PPR
All Family and Consumer Science areas may be added by exam to a valid classroom teaching certificate
Health Science 6-12
TAC 233.14
273 Health Science
Two years of full-time wage-earning experience
in your licensed occupational field, verified by your educator preparation program (EPP)
Eligible military experience may be used in lieu of civilian experience; your EPP will review for eligibility
Associate or more advanced degree from an accredited institution
Current licensure,
certification, or registration
by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency as a
health professions
practitioner
Eligible military experience may be used in lieu of civilian licensure; your EPP will review for eligibility
Marketing Grades 6-12
TAC 233.14
Two Years of wage-earing experience in at least one of the marketing occupations
Eligible military experience may be used in lieu of civilian experience; your EPP will review for eligibility
Technology
Education
Grades 6-12
171 Technology
Education
May be added by exam to a valid classroom teaching certificate
Trade and Industrial Education (T&I)Grades 6-12
TAC
233.14(f)(1)
requires that candidates
seeking CTE
certification
based on
skill and
experience
must complete
an approved
educator
preparation
program (EPP).
1. a bachelor's degree
from an accredited institution
2. two years of full-time wage-earning experience within the past ten years
in an approved occupation for the classes you will be teaching
1. an associates' degree from an accredited
institution
2. two years of full-time wage-earning experience within the past ten years
in an approved occupation for the classes you will be teaching
1. a high school diploma or equivalent
2. five years of full-time wage-earning
experience within the past ten years
in an approved occupation for the classes you will be teaching
Eligible military experience may be used in lieu of civilian experience; your EPP will review for eligibility
Current
licensure by a
state or nationally
recognized
accrediting
agency in any approved
occupations for the classes you will be teaching
Eligible military experience may be used in lieu of civilian licensure; your EPP will review for eligibility