Secondary
Fill out the Secondary Degree-Based Application if you have:
- A baccalaureate degree
- A university recommendation for a certificate/endorsement, including:
- 1,000 clock hours of related work experience
- Positive student teaching experience
- Passing a PRAXIS II content area
- Cleared background check and signed legal history questionnaire
- Certificate valid for five years (renewable)
The following Idaho universities and colleges have approved CTE educator preparation programs:
- Brigham Young University—Idaho, Dr. Melissa Green, 208-496-4137
- Idaho State University, Dr. Brenda Jacobsen, 208-282-2783
- University of Idaho, Dr. John Cannon, 208-885-1027
Complete the Secondary Occupational Specialist Application if you:
- Possess a minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
- Submit to a criminal history check as described in Section 33-130, Idaho Code (secondary level only).
- Meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Hold or have held an approved industry certification in a field closely related to the content area in which the individual seeks to teach as defined by IDCTE.
- Demonstrate a minimum of 6,000 industry hours—50% of which occurred in the past five years—of professional experience in a field closely related to the content area you want to teach; or
- Hold a baccalaureate degree in a field closely related to the content area you want to teach and demonstrate 2,000 hours—50% of which occurred in the past five years—of professional experience in a field closely related to the content area you want to teach.
- Meet the requirements of occupationally related state agencies when applicable.
- The non-renewable certificate is valid for three years.
- You may teach while completing the requirements to achieve your Standard Occupational Specialist Certificate.
- You must complete an educator training program or courses approved by IDCTE as documented on a Professional Development Plan PDP) form.
- Complete the summer Pre-service Academy and First Camp.
Endorsement Documentation Forms
Business and Marketing Communication
Family and Consumer Sciences and Human Services
Health Professions and Public Safety
Work-Based Learning
Postsecondary
Complete the Postsecondary Occupational Specialist Application if you:
- Possess a minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
- Meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Hold or have held an approved industry certification in a field closely related to the content area you want to teach as defined by IDCTE.
- Demonstrate a minimum of 6,000 industry hours—50% of which occurred in the past five years—of professional experience in a field closely related to the content area you want to teach; or
- Hold a baccalaureate degree in a field closely related to the content area in which the individual seeks to teach and demonstrate 2,000 hours—50% of which occurred in the past five years—of professional experience in a field closely related to the content area you want to teach.
- Meet requirements of occupationally related state agencies when applicable.
- The non-renewable certificate is valid for three years.
- You may teach while completing requirements to achieve your Standard Occupational Specialist Certificate.
- You must complete an educator training program or courses approved by IDCTE as documented on a Professional Development Plan (PDP) form.
• Complete the summer Pre-service Academy and First Camps.
New to teaching? Learn how to take the first steps toward obtaining your CTE certification.
Need More Information?

Kristi Enger
Director
208.429.5528

Nathan Hobbs
Technical Records Specialist II
208.429.5513