CTE Teacher Certification
Consider a Career Teaching in CTE!
- Teachers are in high demand and CTE can be a rewarding career choice.
- Teacher certification is based on industry experience, education, and/or prior teaching experience.
CTE Program Area Application Requirements
- Agriculture
- Business and Marketing
- Education and Training
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- Health Careers
- Industrial and Emerging Technologies
New CTE Teacher Certification
Prepare to Submit CTE Certification Application.
- Navigating the certification application process can be a complicated process!
- The Teacher Certification Checklist can help keep track of the requirements.
CTE Certified, Now What?
- Congratulations! There is more work to be done.
New teacher certificates may require completion of college semester hours and/or professional development hours within 3 years of certification. Be sure to check your certificate and/or certification evaluation documentation for additional requirements listed as deficiencies.
- Satisfy Deficiencies
- ADE CTE offers approved professional development for CTE certification credit that is research based with clear learning objectives and rigor equivalent to postsecondary coursework. Click here to find Approved PD for Certification.
- After completing a PD course, teachers should receive a certificate that is required for teacher certificate deficiency removal.
Renewable Teacher Certification
CTE certificates are valid for 12 years and will require a renewal application and 180 clock hours of PD. Required professional development hours may be obtained by completing PD offered by industry associations, postsecondary institutions, ADE, CTEDS, districts and schools.
- After completing a PD course, teachers should receive a pd completion certificate.
- Refer to azed.gov/cte/pd for more information on professional development.
CTE Certification Resources
- Arizona Department of Education Certification Resources
- CTE Professional Development Information
- Specialized CTE Industry Certification List
Contact Information:
Susan Farretta
CTE Career Development Program Specialist
Arizona Department of Education
Career and Technical Education
Email: [email protected]
Desk: (602) 542-5540
