Portland Area Career Technical Education Consortium

CTE Teacher Licensure

To teach in a State of Oregon approved CTE program, the instructor must have an appropriate CTE license; either a Restricted CTE Teaching License or Preliminary or above CTE Teaching License and/or endorsement specific to the program career area.

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, Courtney Gaynor
  3. Instructor Appraisal Committee will review credentials
  4. Apply, through TSPC, for the Restricted CTE License in the career area for which you are qualified to teach
  5. Work towards meeting the requirements for 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 Improvement Plan designed by the Instructor Appraisal Process (IAP)
  3. Apply, through TSPC, for the Preliminary CTE License in the career area for which you are qualified to teach
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. Apply for a CTE teaching position and be endorsed by the hiring school district
  2. Contact the acting PACTEC Regional Coordinator, Courtney Gaynor
  3. Instructor Appraisal Committee will review credentials
  4. Complete the ODE-approved CTE application process, which may include completion of a CTE Professional Development Plan, additional work experience or education through the CTE Professional Development Plan, and/or the License for Conditional Assignment (LCA) process.
  5. Apply for a CTE Endorsement in the career area for which they are qualified to teach through TSPC
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, Courtney Gaynor
  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