Certification Areas

Region XIII offers the following certifications for Career and Technical Education. Please read this page entirely to view full requirements for the program.

Agricultural Science: Grades 6-12 (PEIMS #119…)
 
  • Bachelor's degree with coursework in areas related to agriculture or agribusiness documented.
  • No work experience required.
  • Completion of State Board for Educator Certification requirements

Business Education: Grades 6-12 (PEIMS #120…)
  • Bachelor's degree with business-related coursework documented
  • Completion of State Board for Educator Certification requirements

Family & Consumer Sciences: (FACS, PEIMS #122...)
  • Three options for certification:
    1. Composite (Can teach any FACS course, Grades 6-12)
    2. Hospitality, Nutrition, and Food Sciences (Grades 8-12)
    3. Human Development and Family Studies (Grades 8-12)
  • For all options, must have a Bachelor's degree with coursework in areas related tooption selected documented on transcript
  • No work experience required.
  • Completion of State Board for Educator Certification requirements

Health Science Technology: Grades 8-12 (HST, PEIMS #121...)
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
  • Licensure, certification or registration by a nationally recognized accrediting gency as a professional practitioner that took at least two years to earn
  • Two years of wage-earning experience in a licensed hospital or health agency, approved by the certification officer
  • Completion of State Board for Educator Certification requirements 

Marketing Education: Grades 8-12 (PEIMS #124…)
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with at least six semester hours of courses in marketing
  • Two years wage-earning experience approved by the certification officer
  • Completion of State Board for Educator Certification requirements

Technology Education:  Grades 6-12 (PEIMS #123…)
  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Industrial Technology or Engineering, with industrial technology-related coursework documented
  • No work experience required
  • Completion of State Board for Educator Certification requirements

Trades and Industrial Education:  Grades 8-12 (PEIMS #125…)
  • Standard Trades & Industrial Education certificate
  • Completion of State Board for Educator Certification requirements

AND

  • High school diploma or GED
  • Five years of full-time wage-earning experience within the past eight years in one or more approved occupations for which instruction is offered
  • Licensure, certification, or registration by a national recognized agency or successful performance on NOCTI exam

      OR

  • Bachelor’s degree or Associate Degree
  • Three years of full-time wage-earning experience within the past eight years in one or more approved occupations for which instruction is offered
  • Licensure, certification, or registration by a national recognized agency or successful performance on NOCTI exam