Career & Technical Educator Preparation Field Experience

Clinical Experience Requirement

The following CTE courses require 15 to 25 hours of embedded field experience:

CTE 307- Intro to Career & Technical Education (placement with any CTE teacher)

CTE 309- Career & Technical Education Curriculum Development (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)

CTE 312- Methods of Teaching Career & Technical Education Subjects (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)

CTE 313- Instructional Assessment in Career & Technical Education (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)

CTE 314- Classroom and Laboratory Organization and Management (placement with any CTE teacher)

CTE 444- Serving Special Needs Learners in Career & Technical Education (placement with CTE content-specific teacher AND with a special education teacher)

CTE 445- Language Arts and Literacy in the Career & Technical Education Classroom (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)

CTE 507- Foundations of Career & Technical Education (placement with any CTE teacher)

CTE 509- Career & Technical Education Curriculum Development (placement with CTE content-specific teacher in any grade 6-12)

CTE 512- Methods of Teaching Career & Technical Education Subjects (placement with CTE content-specific teacher in any grade 6-12)

CTE 513- Instructional Assessment in Career & Technical Education (placement with CTE content-specific teacher in any grade 6-12)

CTE 514- Instructional Management Technology (placement with any CTE teacher)

CTE 525- Learning Theories in Career & Technical Education (placement with any CTE teacher)

CTE 544- Serving Special Needs Learners in Career & Technical Education (placement with CTE content-specific teacher AND with a special education teacher)

CTE 545- Language Arts and Literacy in the Career & Technical Classroom (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)

All CTE candidates and non-CTE students (traditional, in-service, and non-matriculated or non-degree) registered for a CTE course with the embedded field experience, course listed above, will be responsible for completing an application in TK20 or Google Forms. 

Note: If you do not need assistance with identifying a placement or are opting for an alternative assignment in lieu of field experience, please indicate this in the Notes section of the TK20 or Google Forms application so that the Clinical Practice and Partnerships Office knows of your plans and needs. Contact the instructor of record to learn more about the alternative assignment.

Your completed application:

• is mandatory so you can attend a clinical experience 

• is mandatory even if you are not planning on a field experience placement but are registered for a CTE field experience course

• is necessary even if you will not need assistance in locating a placement site

• allows you to indicate all pertinent information so the CPP Office knows if you need assistance in locating a placement for you

• allows you to indicate whether or not you plan on doing a field experience placement, an alternative assignment in lieu of a field experience placement, or an in-service placement (for full-time employed teachers teaching in their area of concentration)

Do I complete a placement or an alternative assignment?

Traditional CTE candidates enrolled in a program leading towards teacher licensure will be responsible for completing the required embedded field experiences each semester they are registered for a course with an embedded field experience.

In-service CTE candidates who are teaching in a PreK-12 grade school setting or BOCES in the area in which they are seeking certification will be responsible for completing the alternative assignment each semester they are registered for a course with an embedded field experience. 

Non-matriculated or Non-degree students who are registered for a CTE course with an embedded field experience can complete the field experience with a CTE teacher or the alternative assignment.

Practicum Log

While at your placement, you must maintain a Practicum Log that is signed by the cooperating teacher and/or advisor at the end of each visit. All candidates will be responsible for submitting a practicum log at the end of the course. The practicum log should be completed and submitted to your course instructor at the end of each course. In addition, all candidates will be responsible for submitting the completed log(s) with the required CTE student teaching application.

Candidates are required to complete a minimum of 100 hours of clinical experience or the required alternative assignments before they are eligible for student teaching.

For more information, contact your advisor in the Career and Technical Educator Preparation Department.