District Administrator – Director of Career and Technical Education
Graduate Level Program for Indiana Licensure
Grade Levels Pre-kindergarten through 12 (P-12)
REPA 3
License Eligibility
*Two years of full-time teaching experience is required in an accredited school, while holding an Indiana Instructional license or a Workplace Specialist II license as required under 511 IAC 15-6-30. Experience gained while teaching under an Emergency Permit, Transition to Teaching Permit, Career Specialist Permit, or Charter School License will not count. Additional Indiana District Administrator: Director of Career and Technical Education licensure requirements are included below. For additional program information, please visit Director of Career & Technical Education – Purdue University College of Education.
Professional Education
| Courses | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| EDCI 54400 – Career and Technical Education for Special Needs Learners | 3 |
| EDCI 54500 – Planning in Career and Technical Education | 3 |
| EDCI 55000 – Career Education | 3 |
| EDCI 64500 – Organization and Administration of Career and Technical Education | 3 |
| EDCI 69500 – Internship in Education: Director of Career and Technical Ed (capstone course) | 3 |
| EDST 51400 – Economics of Education | 3 |
| EDST 51600 – School-Community Relations | 3 |
| One of the following: | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| EDCI 55300 – Leadership Development in Career and Technical Education (3) | 3 |
| EDCI 64600 – Supervision in Career and Technical Education (3) | |
| EDST 61000 – Supervision of Instruction and Instructional Personnel (3) |
| One of the following: | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| EDCI 54100 – Contemporary Issues in Career and Technical Education (3) | 3 |
| EDCI 64400 – Legal Issues in Career and Technical Education (3) | |
| EDST 60900 – Legal Aspects of American Education (3) |
| One of the following: | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| EDCI 54300 – Instruction in Career and Technical Education (3) | 3 |
| EDCI 55200 – Generalizable Skills Instruction in Career and Technical Education (3) | |
| EDCI 64700 – Research in Career and Technical Education (3) | |
| EDCI 64800 – Curriculum in Career and Technical Education (3) | |
| EDCI 64900 – Assessment in Career and Technical Education (3) | |
| EDCI 65000 – Program Evaluation in Career and Technical Education (3) | |
| EDCI 65300 – Seminar in Career and Technical Education (3) | |
| Total | 30 |
Graduate students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00/4.00 and a “B” or above in all Professional Education courses.
State of Indiana – District Administrator: Director of Career and Technical Education – REPA 3
511 IAC 15-6-30 District level administrator: director of career and technical education
Authority: IC 20-28-2-6
Affected: IC 20-28
Sec. 30. (a) The content area “district level administrator: director of career and technical education” shall appear on the license if the department determines the applicant meets the following requirements:
- Successfully completes the district level administrator’s licensure assessment under 511 IAC 15-7-2.
- Holds one (1) of the following licenses:
- An initial, standard, provisional, proficient, or accomplished practitioner license with at least one (1) of the content areas in career and technical education under sections 1 through 7 and 27 of this rule.
- A workplace specialist II license with two (2) years of full-time teaching experience in an accredited vocational school in the grade level and vocational content area listed on the license.
- An administrator’s license under sections 28 and 29 of this rule or sections 31 and 32 of this rule. [Building Level Administrator, Superintendent, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, or Director of Exceptional Needs].
- *Has two (2) years of teaching experience.
- Successfully completes an approved district administrator: director of career and technical education program.
- Obtain a master’s degree or, if already degreed, completed additional course work in a district administrator: director of career and technical education program that is approved by the board to offer such a degree.
Sec. 30. (b) The holder of a license with the content area district level administrator: director of career and technical education is eligible to serve as an administrator in a career and technical education school in the school setting listed on the license. (Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 15-6-30; filed Nov 18, 2014, 3:51 p.m.: 20141217-IR-511130399FRA)
All Purdue University Teacher Education Program, degree-seeking program (if applicable), and Indiana Department of Education requirements must be met for recommendation for Indiana licensure.
After all requirements are met, Purdue Teacher Education Program completers will be considered eligible to apply to the Indiana Department of Education for administrative licensure under REPA 3 in:
Director of Career and Technical Education (P-12)