The Career & Technical Education Program (CTTE) at Kent State University offers comprehensive degrees and educational services for the career-technical education community of Northeast Ohio. The program is committed to workforce development through leadership in educational programming for youth and adults.
The university program area offers bachelor's, master's, and specialist's degrees. Career & Technical Education is also available at the doctoral level through a major in curriculum and instruction. Bachelor degrees and teacher licensure are available in Career Technical Marketing Education, Career Technical Family & Consumer Sciences, Career Technical Integrated Business, and Trade and Industrial Education. Students may pursue a Master in Career Technical Education in either the Master of Arts program, or the Master of Arts in a teaching program with a concentration in Marketing, Family & Consumer Sciences, or Career Technical Integrated Business.
Teacher licensure for select Career Technical subject areas is available through Industry Option Programs (Route B).
The program area also supports special licensure programs for specific purposes. Teacher licensure programs for at-risk youth are available for Career Based Intervention Program formerly known as: Occupational Work Adjustment and Occupational Work Experience (OWE/OWA). The program area sponsors a number of summer workshops designed to assist career technical professionals in upgrading and updating their professional practice. The program is affiliated with the Ohio Literacy Resource Center and The Center for Innovation in Transition and Employment.
Ohio Literacy Resource Center (OLRC) - Provides support, training, and resources for the people who work in the field of Adult Basic and Literacy Education in the state of Ohio. Research One Bldg.
Center for Innovation in Transition and Employment (CITE) - Supporting quality lives for people with disabilities. Supports interdisciplinary activities across special education, rehabilitation counseling career education, and related program areas. 300 White Hall.
