Admission into Career and Technical Teacher Education
Admission into the Career and Technical Teacher Education program is on a year-round basis. Students may enter the program as freshman if they meet the general college criteria. Alternatively, students may transfer from City Tech's associate degree programs before or after completing the degree. Students from other colleges may apply for admission as transfer students. A minimum grade point average of 2.5 is required to transfer into, maintain enrollment in and graduate from the program.
Occupational Experience Verification
All prospective students of the program must be prepared to provide documentation of appropriate work experience in the occupational area for which they will ultimately seek state certification. The duration of full-time occupational experience that will be required depends on the student's previous educational background as follows:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent - 4 years of experience
- Associate Degree - 2 years of experience
Students who do not meet the work experience requirements but who received appropriate occupational training through a vocational high school or an associate degree program will be required to have a plan for acquiring the required work experience prior to completing a total of 30 credits of coursework or applying for the Initial Certificate.
Occupational Competency Validation
Degree-seeking students must also satisfy the occupational competency requirement in order to be eligible for graduation. The occupational competency requirement may be satisfied in any of the following ways:
- possessing an approved national or state license in the relevant occupation (for example, New York State (NYS) Registered Nursing (RN) license, NYS Dental Assisting license, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airframe and Plant license or the New York City (NYC) regular teaching license NYC regular teaching license in occupational subject must have been issued prior to June 1991); or
- passing the performance and written tests of the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) in the relevant occupation; or
- completing at least 36 credits of college coursework at the associate or baccalaureate level in a relevant occupational specialty.
Students who satisfy the occupational competency requirement through testing or approved license must take an additional six credits in the teaching subject to satisfy the content core requirement and can earn up to a maximum of 30 credits towards the degree depending on the total credits earned at City Tech as follows:
- 34 and above - 30 credits for occupational competency
- 15 to 33 - 15 credits for occupational competency
Certification in Career and Technical Teacher Education
The degree program is designed to enable students to meet their immediate and long-range career objectives which, in most cases, are to obtain New York State certification and New York City teaching license while earning the BS in Education degree. Given that New York City teachers cannot receive a regular teaching license until they receive State certification, courses are sequenced with students' career needs in mind. Please note that effective February 2, 2004, candidates applying for New York State Initial Certificate must meet the following requirements:
- Initial Certificate - an associate's degree or its equivalent and passing the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations ( NYSTCE ). Content Specialty Test (CST) and Assessment of Teaching Skills - Written (ATS-W).
- Professional Certificate - the Initial Certificate, 45 additional college credits, and passing the NYSTCE Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST).
Admission into Technology Teacher Education
Students may enter the program as freshmen only if they meet the general college criteria of having earned high school diploma or a General Education Diploma. Transfer students from any other collages or programs with City Tech will have their academic records evaluated, to determine their appropriate placement in the program. A minimum grade point average of 2.50 is required for transfer. An application must be filled out the semester prior to the one for which you plan to register. Applications are available at all CUNY colleges, or from City Tech's Office of Admissions or online www.citytech.cuny.edu. For more information or pre-admission councelling call (718) 260-5500.
© New York CityTech Department of Career and Technology Teacher Education 2007
