This 15-credit certificate is designed for individuals with significant content knowledge that are interested in strengthening their knowledge and skills in teaching CTE within a K-12 environment.
While not a substitute for a degree or diploma, the certificate is an alternative credential for individuals seeking to obtain new knowledge and skills or to update their knowledge and skills in career and technical education. This certificate does not qualify as part of a Wisconsin K-12 teacher certificate or licensure program.
The program enhances learners’ knowledge and skills to:
- Identify and evaluate issues and trends in education.
- Demonstrate how to teach including a variety of instructional strategies, including use of technology, the development of critical thinking, and problem-solving.
- Analyze a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning and self-motivation.
- Prepare and analyze systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
- Develop formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and physical development of the pupil.
Program Highlights
- Complete coursework in one or two years
- Advance your knowledge of teaching methods and course construction
- All courses online
- Most certification courses taken at an undergraduate level can be applied to a bachelors degree at UW-Stout in order to obtain a teaching licensure
Undergraduate Certificate Overview
Apply Your Certificate to an Undergraduate Degree
Graduate Certificate Overview
Apply Your Certificate to a Graduate Degree
Whether you continue now or pursue a graduate degree when the time is right for you, the credits you earn in this professional certificate program can be applied to any of the following degree programs.
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Admission Requirements and Application Materials
To apply to the certificate program, please complete the online application form.
Additionally, the following program-specific materials are required at the time of application:
- Provide a 500-word statement that addresses your academic history, employment history, and professional goals. Include a discussion of your expectations for online learning and examples of your readiness to participate in an online learning environment.
Customized Tuition & Fees
UW-Stout degree programs using the customized instruction model are designed with the adult learner in mind. If you're comparing UW-Stout's online degree customized instruction (CI) tuition to our competitors, keep in mind:
- Customized instruction tuition rate includes the textbook rental fee.
- There are no additional or hidden university-based semester or technology fees.
- Students in customized instruction programs pay the same rate of tuition regardless of where you live--Wisconsin, California, Texas, or in a foreign country.
More Value for Your Money
Customized Instruction also provides:
- Program Director/Coordinator: Faculty with academic and industry expertise.
- Student Services Advisor: One point of contact, providing dedicated support throughout your degree program.
- Course Sequences & Matrices: Plan ahead with clear program outlines so you know what courses are offered when.
- Stackable Courses & Programs: Many of our courses and certificates can be applied to our degree programs.
- Flexibility: Courses are designed to offer the flexibility and convenience working professionals need to get ahead in their careers without sacrificing their current income and responsibilities.
Other universities will present costs and value differently, so make sure you're comparing apples to apples.