Career and Technical Education
- Degree Levels:
- Licensure
- Graduate Certificate
- Delivery Options:
- St. Cloud (On Campus)
- Online
Career and Technical Education Graduate Certificates
St. Cloud State University offers four Career and Technical Education (CTE) graduate certificates — Communications, Construction, Manufacturing, and Transportation — along with a Technology Education graduate certificate. All five certificates allow the learner to advance careers and technical education and become qualified to support the needs of public school districts across Minnesota.
Each certificate is designed to allow K-12 teachers with a current professional Minnesota teaching license to add this license and either offer new or support existing programming in their district.
CTE certificates have two parts: Core Skills (mapped to classes) and Content Area (mapped to a portfolio based on technical experience). A student experience is required with these certificates.
The Technology Education graduate certificate is optimal for educators who want a technology education license at the graduate level. Teachers will earn a graduate certificate and meet the requirements of PELSB for earning a 5-12 teaching license in technology education.
Program Requirements: CTE COMMUNICATIONS
The St. Cloud State Advantage
- PELSB approved with 80-hour practicum required to meet PELSB rules is imbedded into curriculum.
- Minnesota's only program to license technology education teachers, a high-need field with nearly 100 projected openings in Minnesota.
- Program faculty are leaders in the field in Minnesota and nationally with over 100 years of K-12 teaching experience.
- Online courses offered during the school year with a short workshop during the summer.
- All credits can be used for the Technology Education master's degree after the completion of the certificate.
Application Deadlines
| U.S. Citizens | International Outside U.S. |
International Inside U.S. |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling |
| Spring | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling |
| Summer | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling |
Graduate Director: Dr. Kurt Helgeson
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