Director of Career & Technical Education Licensing
To view the individual course descriptions, go to the Graduate Catalogue.
Previous graduate coursework may be substitutable for select courses in the Director of Career and Technical Education curriculum. Your specific circumstance will be evaluated by a member of the faculty at the time of admission. While course sequencing is generally patterned, the curriculum is sufficiently flexible that a person can begin coursework in any semester or over the summer, although a fall start is generally optimum.
PROGRAM CURRICULUM & APPLICATION INFORMATION
CTE 671 Philosophy of Career and Technical Education (3 hours)
CTE 682 Organization and Administration of Career and Technical Education (3 hours)
EDLR 650 Foundations of Educational Leadership (3 hours)
EDLR 655 Legal Aspects of School Administration (3 hours)
EDLR 754 School Business Administration (3 hours)
TMGT 659 Professional Internship (3 hours)
Choose from one of the following
CTE 581 Organization and Coordination of Vocational Education (3 hours) (Also listed as Administrative Systems and Business Education 581 and Family and Consumer Sciences 581)
CTE 584 Post-Secondary Technical Education (3 hours)
HRD 605 Developing Performance Based Occupational Curriculum (3 hours)
Choose from two of the following
CIMT 611 Measurement and Evaluation in Education (3 hours)
HRD 695 Rationale and Evaluation of HRD Programs (3 hours) (Prerequisite: 670)
SPED 674 Administration of Special Education (3 hours)
TMGT 698 Research Methods (3 hours)
Choose from one of the following
BEIT 571 Coordination Techniques for Cooperative Education and In-School Laboratories (3 hours)
BEIT 581 Foundations of Career and Technical Education (3 hours)
CTE 583 Implementation and Administration of Career and Technical Education Organizations (3 hours)
FCS 694 Curriculum Development in Family and Consumer Sciences (3 hours) (Prerequisites: 391)
FCS 695 Evaluation in Family and Consumer Sciences (3 hours)
To view the individual course descriptions, go to the Graduate Catalogue.
Under Intended Field of Study on the Application, choose ND-Director of Career & Tech.
"Distance Education Students Residing outside of Indiana: Each of the states has its own approval processes for out-of-state institutions offering distance education. While Indiana State University endeavors to offers all of its programs to as wide an audience as possible, all ISU distance education programs may not be available in all states."
In order to apply you must meet the following requirements:
- Earned bachelor's, master's and preferred Educational Specialist degree from an accredited college or university
- Have either a standard or proficient practitioner teaching or school services license in the field of Career and Technical Education, Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Human Resources Development, and have a minimum of 2 years of experience in the appropriate license area.
- Have graduate work and experience commensurate with the student’s objectives as evaluated by the EDLR faculty
- Have a graduate grade point average of 3.25 or above with no deficiencies
You must submit the following items along with your Graduate School Application:
- Resume/vita
- Personal Narrative of professional goals and past experiences
- Documentation of all licenses and certifications held
- Letter of recommendation from one’s school principal or other person able to comment on one’s potential as a school administrator.
- Official transcripts for all U.S. institutions attended (undergraduate and graduate) must be sent directly from the school attended to Graduate Admissions at Indiana State University. E-transcripts should be sent to admissions@indstate.edu. Paper Transcripts should be sent to:
Indiana State University
Graduate Admissions
Welcome Center
318 North Sixth Street
Terre Haute, IN 47809-1904
PLEASE DO NOT SEND TRANSCRIPTS TO OUR DEPARTMENT. THEY MUST GO TO GRADUATE ADMISSIONS.