What You'll Learn
This Advanced Foundations of Career and Technical Education (CTE) microcredential builds on the skills gained in the Foundations of CTE microcredential and is designed to support practicing educators who hold initial CTE Certification in New York State. You will strengthen skills in instruction and assessment across common career and technical fields, with a specific focus on literacy. You will also study facility design and management to accommodate the hands-on instructional needs of technical education. Successful completion of this microcredential readies you to continue your education at the undergraduate or graduate levels. In addition to academic and/or work experience requirements, certification requires completion of mandatory workshops and fingerprinting.
See all available pathways to certification based on your subject area of interest.
Course Requirements
Undergraduate
- CTE 404 Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Subjects
- EDU 416 Teaching Literacy in Middle and Secondary School
- CTE 306 Classroom/Laboratory Management
Graduate
- CTE 536 Contemporary Methodology
- EDU 609 Literacy Instruction in the Upper Grades
- TED 507: Technology Education Facility Planning and Management
Skills Covered
- Classroom Management
- Curriculum Development
- Educational Psychology
- Pedagogy
- Literacy
- Facility design
- Program Evaluation
- Teaching
Stackable
Undergraduate
Stackable into the B.S. in Career and Technical Education
Graduate
Stackable into the M.S. in Career and Technical Education
Contact
Kristin Fields
Director of Continuing Education
716-878-5226
fieldske@buffalostate.edu