Portland Area Career Technical Education Consortium

CTE Teacher Licensure

To teach in a State of Oregon approved Career & Technical Education (CTE) program, the instructor must have an approved CTE teaching license/endorsement.

Process of CTE Licensure

For an overview of the entire process of obtaining CTE licensure, review the Oregon Department of Education’s (ODE) requirements for licensure.

Pathways to CTE Teacher Licensure

I am a business or industry professional who wants to teach a high school CTE Program
  1. Apply for a CTE teaching position and be endorsed by the hiring school district
  2. Contact the acting PACTEC Regional Coordinator, (Jan Osborn or jan.osborn@pcc.edu)
  3. Instructor Appraisal Committee (IAC) will review credentials
  4. Apply, through the Teacher Standards Practices Commission (TSPC), for the Restricted CTE License in the career area for which you are qualified to teach
  5. Complete the Professional Development Plan requirements established by the IAC in order to update your license to a Preliminary CTE license
I am a Restricted CTE license-holder working towards a preliminary CTE license so I can continue to teach a high school CTE Program
  1. Continue in your CTE teaching position and be endorsed by the hiring school district
  2. Follow your Three-year Professional Development Plan (PDP) designed by the Instructor Appraisal Committee (IAC)
  3. Renew your license with TSPC every year by June 30th as long as you hold the Restricted license
  4. Apply, through TSPC, for the Preliminary CTE License in the career area for which you are qualified to teach once you have completed the PDP
I am a fully licensed teacher wanting to add a CTE endorsement to a current Oregon teaching license so I can teach a high school CTE Program
  1. You must have 2,000 hours of recent industry experience to qualify
  2. Apply for a CTE teaching position and be endorsed by the hiring school district
  3. Contact the acting PACTEC Regional Coordinator, Jan Osborn, (Jan Osborn or jan.osborn@pcc.edu)
  4. Instructor Appraisal Committee (IAC) will review credentials
  5. Apply for a CTE Endorsement in the career area for which they are qualified to teach through TSPC
  6. Complete the Professional Development Plan (PDP) created by the IAC committee
    1. This plan may include additional industry experience and will include completing the Introduction to CTE in Oregon course within 1 year of your approved application
  7. Complete the Intro to CTE in Oregon course and any additional industry experience assigned in the professional development plan.
  8. Provide the PACTEC Regional Coordinator, Jan Osborn, with a log of hours for any industry experience required and an unofficial transcript for completing the Intro to CTE in Oregon Course to create the application to remove the LCA for the CTE endorsement on the license
  9. Submit application for CTE endorsement with TSPC to remove the LCA from the CTE endorsement.
I am a fully licensed CTE teacher in another state who wants to teach a high school CTE program in Oregon
  1. Apply for a CTE teaching position and be endorsed by the hiring school district
  2. Contact the acting PACTEC Regional Coordinator, Jan Osborn, (Jan Osborn or jan.osborn@pcc.edu)
  3. Instructor Appraisal Committee will review credentials
  4. Apply, through TSPC, for the ODE Reciprocal CTE license in the career area for which you are qualified to teach
  5. Complete the Professional Development Plan (PDP) created by the IAC