Trade and Industrial (T&I) Education Program
Trade and Industrial (T&I) Education is the program within Career and Technology Education major designed to develop manipulative skills, safety conciousness, trade ethics, leadership abilities, technical knowledge, and related occupational information that prepares individuals for employment, upgrades or retrains out-of-school adult workers in trade, technical, and industrial occupation.
Trade and Industrial instuctional opportunities exist in:
-Comprehensive high schools
-Career and Technology Centers
-Correctional Facility Skills Centers
-Business and Industry Training
This program is one of only a few teaching fields where and individual may begin teaching without a teaching degree, if he or she has served as technician, industrial specialist, or trades person with at least three years approved work experience within the last five years. This program can help you attain your teaching degree concurrently as you teach in a career and technology program.
Additionally, you can receive 24 hours of college credit for your work experience through an advanced standing examination.
Previous hours you may have toward another degree may count as well. We will look at every course you have completed. Those that correspond with basic T&I courses or with other courses in your plan will be substituted.
Also, unique to this program is the fact that all courses relative to the specialization area are taught via interactive video transmission and in special weekend formats or week-long summer blocks.
T&I Basic 15 Courses:
OCTE 3023 Introduction to Trade and Industrial Education
OCTE 4112 Career Tech Student Organizations
OCTE 4233 Curriculum Design in Career Tech
OCTE 4253 Safety, Management, and Organization of Career Tech
OCTE 4631 Legal and Professional Issues in Career Tech
OCTE 4853 Methods of Teaching in Career Tech
Suggested Plan of Study:
GENERAL EDUCATION
Communication Skills (9 Credits)
ENG 1113 English Composition
ENG 1213 English Comp and Research
MCOM 1113 Fundamentals of Speech
Quant Reasoning & Scientific Method (10 Credits)
MATH 1113 Math for General Education
BIO 1214 & 1214L General Biology with Lab
GENS 1104 University Physical Science
Critical Inquiry/Aesthic Analyasis (6 Credits)
HUM 2113 or 2223 General Humanities
PHIL 1113 Introduction to Philosophy
American Historical & Political Analysis (6 Credits)
POL 1113 American National Government
HIST 1483 or 1493 History of the US
Cultural & Language Analysis (4 Credits)
SPAN 1114 Elemetary Spanish 1
Social/Behavioral Analysis (3 Credits)
PSY 1103 General Psychology
Life Skills (5 Credits)
HLTH 1112 Healty Life Skills
SFTY 2343 Safety Education
T&I BASIC 15
OCTE 4112 Career Tech Student Organizations
OCTE 4233 Curriculum Design in CTE
OCTE 4253 Safery, Org, & Management of CTE
OCTE 4403 Overview of CTE (or OCTE 3023 Intro to T&I Education)
OCTE 4631 Legal and Professiona Issues in CTE
OCTE 4853 Methods of Teaching in CTE
CTE COURSE
OCTE 4203 History and Philosophy of CTE
OCTE 4423 Instructional Evaluation in CTE
OCTE 4842 Capstone in CTE
OCUPATIONAL PROFICIENCY (24 Credits)
NOCTIE, ASE, Associate Degree Credits, or other
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
PTE 3023 Foundations of American Education
PTE 3153 Adolescent Psychology
SPED 4123 Teaching Individuals with Disabilities
IME 3312 Teachnology for Teachers
PTE 4172 Educational Assessment
PTE 4533 Educational Psychology
PTE 4811 Contemporary Issues
PTE 4838 Student Teaching Secondary
PTE 4853 Instructional Designs
ELECTIVES
TOTAL 124 Credits | 