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CTE Registration
Please visit the links on this page to answer your questions about registration, and to aid you in determining your course through the program.

Class Schedule & Fees
Click here to view the CTE Course Schedule or the current CTE PDF Price Chart for South’s program. The current class schedule can be found on South’s Continuing Education Web site at www.LearnAtSouth.org. You can also register for classes at this site.

Understanding the Certification Process
This PDF chart will help you navigate your way through the CTE certification.

Course of Study for Initial CTE Certification
This PDF chart leads you from preparing your portfolio and professional development plan to applying for your certification.

How Do I Enroll?
This page details the first steps in getting started.

Frequently Asked Questions
For questions and answers about our secondary CTE Teacher Certificate Preparation program See the FAQ's page. We hope these FAQ’s will address the questions you might have. Please contact our office at 206-764-5339 or CEDstaff@sccd.ctc.edu if you have further questions.

Instructors
Visit South’s Continuing Education Web site at www.LearnAtSouth.org for links to instructors, including bios. You can also register for classes at this site.

Registration Policies
Waivers
The CTE Advisory committee has put into place the following guidelines for the waiver of classes in South Seattle Community College’s CTE program. Our goal is to avoid redundancy without compromising our commitment to training top quality teachers with good skills.

If South waives a class the competencies will need to be demonstrated either during a South-supervised Practicum and/or through an accepted course documented on a transcript along with a course description and syllabus.

Definition here of Plan 1 and Plan 2 teachers
For a four-year degree or academic teachers (Plan 1), an official human resource verification of their employment is required. Plan 2 teachers are coming to the program without previous classroom experience  Waiver requests may be submitted after a teacher candidate has completed Intro to CTE.

Waiving of classes will be up to the CTE coordinating staff member with the advice of the CTE Advisory Committee.

1. Introduction to CTE will be required of everyone, and classes to be waived will not be determined until a teacher candidate has taken Introduction to CTE.
2. Advanced Teaching Strategies will be required of everyone.
3. Plan 1 Teachers— teacher candidate who already have a WA State teaching certificate and are adding the CTE endorsement will have the option of waiving Curriculum Design Teaching Strategies, Classroom Management and Assessment & Evaluation. In place of the classes, a Practicum will be required to demonstrate competencies.
4. Plan 1 Teachers may request to waive Integration of Technologies in the Classroom if they have taken a similar course in the last two years. (Any exceptions to this will need to be reviewed the Advisory Committee.)
5. Practicum may be waived by Plan 1 Teachers who choose to not to waive any of the following classes: Curriculum Design, Teaching Strategies, Classroom Management and Assessment & Evaluation.
6. Plan 2 Teachers may not waive the Practicum.
7. Legal Issues—Rights and Responsibilities can be waived if a similar class has been taken within the last two years.
8. No more than six classes from South’s CTE program can be waived.
9. Teacher candidates need to request in writing any classes they wish to have waived and provide the appropriate supporting documentation. If there are questions by the teacher candidate of South’s program administrator, a committee of three members from the Advisory Committee will review the request.

Incompletes/Course Retake Policy
Teacher Candidates Not Completing Course Work
Should a teacher candidate enrolled in one of the non-credit CTE classes at South fail to attain the delineated course outcomes/competencies as outlined per course, the instructor may indicate that person did not pass and will need to retake the class. The decision of whether a teacher candidate satisfactorily completes a given class (and designated competencies) rests solely with the professional judgment of the course instructor.

If a CTE class has any mandatory “in person” meeting times, full participation at these class sessions is required to complete the competencies for the class. If time is missed the teacher candidate will need to retake the class. All mandatory dates and times will be given to the teacher candidate prior to registering for the class.

Retaking CTE Class: Retaking a class will be when that class is next offered (classes are usually scheduled to be offered once per year). Teacher candidates who fail to complete a class on time will be required to retake that class until all requirements are satisfactorily met. There will be a “retake” fee charged for retaking that class.

Special Note: Instructors are compensated on the basis of enrolled teacher candidates in a given class and are not obligated to work with a teacher candidate who does not satisfactorily complete the course work (or demonstrate the competencies) beyond that given class schedule.

Cancellation Policy
Please contact the Continuing Education office as soon as possible. If cancelling within two business days before the first class meets, all but a $5 processing fee will be refunded. If choosing to transfer to another class, the $5 processing fee will be waived. Class and material fees can not be refunded after the first session of a course has started.

Questions?
Contact South’s Continuing Education Department at 206-764-5339 or CEDstaff@sccd.ctc.edu.
Frequently Asked Questions about South’s CTE program.
Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Web site.