The following information about certification requirements for Trade and Industrial Education teachers is found on page X-4 of the Teacher Certification Handbook:

Option 1

(a) Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.

(b) Completion of requirements in the United States and Texas Constitutions.

(c) Three years of full-time wage earning experience in one or more approved occupations for which instruction is offered. The experience must be approved by the employing superintendent or certification officer of a college or university approved to prepare teachers for the vocational certificate.

(d) Two years of successful experience teaching pre-employment laboratory programs on emergency permits.

(e) Completion of a professional development sequence consisting of:

(1) developing, organizing, and using instructional materials;
(2) methods of teaching vocational subjects;
(3) human relations for vocational industrial instructors;
(4) aims and objectives of vocational education;
(5) organizing and managing instructional environment; and
(6) analysis and coursemaking.

(f) Successful performance on the TECAT

Option II

(a) High school diploma or the equivalent

(b) Completion of requirements in the United States and Texas Constitutions

(c) Five years of full-time wage earning experience in one or more approved occupations for which instruction is offered, three of which must be in predominante subject area. The experience must be approved by the employing superintendent or certification officer of a college or university approved to prepare teachers for the vocational certificate

(d) Two years of successful experience teaching pre-employment laboratory programs on emergency permits.

(e) Completion of the professional development sequence required for Option 1

(f) Successful performance on the TECAT

NOTE: The minimum approval criteria for cosmetology teachers is as follows:

• high school diploma or the equivalent
• three years of full-time wage-earning experience as a licensed cosmetologist; and
• current cosmetology instructor's license issued by the Texas Cosmetology Commission

Texas Education Agency
Career and Technology Education
Phone: (512) 463-9446
Revised September 3, 2002
Send comments or suggestions to the web administrator at career@tea.state.tx.us.

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