CTE Certification Areas and Requirements

The Region XIII Educator Certification Program offers a wide array of certification areas. Check out the Application Requirements PDF document to review the specific requirements for each certification area. You will need Adobe Reader to open the documents. Get Adobe Reader free here.

Please Note: Program requirements are subject to change at any time based upon new rules, policies and regulations from the Texas State Board for Educator Certification.

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Secondary Level Certifications (grades 6-12 and 8-12)	Click to View Requirements	Programs Available
Agricultural Science 6-12	AG SCI 6-12			CTE
Business Education 6-12	BUS ED 6-12			CTE
Family and Consumer Sciences: Composite 6-12	FCSI-COMP 6-12			CTE
Family and Consumer Sciences: Hospitality, Nutrition, and Food Sciences 8-12	FCSI- HOSP 8-12			CTE
Family and Consumer Sciences: Human Development and Family Studies 8-12	FCSI- HDFS 8-12			CTE
Health Science Technology 8-12	HST 8-12			CTE
Marketing Education 8-12	MKTG 8-12			CTE
Math/Physical Science/Engineering 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)	MATH/PHY/ENG 8-12			CTE
Technology Education 6-12	TECH ED 6-12			CTE
Trades & Industrial Education 8-12 (Degree)	TIE 8-12 (Degree)			CTE
Trades & Industrial Education 8-12 (Non Degree)	TIE 8-12 (Non-Degree)			CTE

Critical Needs Areas *
The critical needs areas are certification areas in which there is a great shortage of teachers and are identified by the Commissioner of Education on a year by year basis as a high need to school districts.