Graduate Certificate in Practical Skills for Beginning K-12 Career and Technical Educators

This 15-credit certificate is designed for individuals with significant content knowledge that are interested in strengthening their knowledge and skills in teaching CTE within a K-12 environment.

The program enhances learners’ knowledge and skills to:

• Identify and evaluate issues and trends in education.
• Demonstrate how to teach including a variety of instructional strategies, including use of technology, the development of critical thinking, and problem-solving.
• Analyze a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning and self-motivation.
• Prepare and analyze systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
• Develop formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and physical development of the pupil.