Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 24 - CERTIFICATE ENDORSEMENTS
Section 92-24-006.65 - Trade and Industrial Education

Universal Citation: 92 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 24 ยง 006-65

Current through March 20, 2024

006.65A Grade Levels: 9-12.

006.65B Endorsement Type: Field.

006.65C Persons with this endorsement may teach trade and industrial education in grades 9 through 12 and will also be endorsed in Cooperative Education-Diversified Occupations.

006.65D Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement shall require a minimum of 49 semester hours in industrial technology and trade and industrial education course work, including a minimum of 12 semester hours in a specific industrial area and 9 semester hours in the foundation, organization, and administration of vocational education; vocational coordination techniques; vocational special needs; and the management of vocational student organizations.

006.65D1 Work Experience: The endorsement is available only to those persons who have 2000 verified hours of paid employment in the field in which the specific industrial area course work is taken.

006.65D2 A minimum of 9 hours shall be required in professional vocational education courses with content that includes vocational student organizations, coordination techniques and vocational education foundations.

006.65D3 The applicant shall have a minimum of one year of paid employment in the field in which the concentration of course work is taken.

006.65E Endorsement Program Requirements: Nebraska teacher education institutions offering this endorsement program must have on file, within the institution, a plan which identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which the institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.

THE FOLLOWING ARE RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR INCLUSION AS PART OF THE INSTITUTION'S PLAN UNDER THIS ENDORSEMENT.

Through the courses identified in its plan, the institution should prepare prospective teachers to:

A. Describe a personal philosophy regarding trade and industrial education based on current research findings, and the application of that philosophy in curriculum and instructional design, assessment, and professional development, including being able to:
1. Design programs based on a mission statement with stated goals and objectives which reflect the definition and intent of trade and industrial education; and,

2. Use an organized set of concepts, processes and systems that are technological when designing course outlines, instructional strategies, and evaluations of student work.

B. Demonstrate teaching and technical skills appropriate to successfully teach the study of trade and industry, including being able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge and an understanding of the development of trade and industry, its effects on people, the environment and culture; and industry, its organization, personnel systems, techniques, resources and products; and their impact on society and culture;

2. Use instructional content from a specific trade and industrial education areas at an industry level standard as determined by the institution;

3. Identify and incorporate safe and efficient use of contemporary technological tools, instruments, and machines into a program of study;

4. Incorporate insight, knowledge, and applications of technological concepts, processes and systems into a teaching program;

5. Use skills, creative abilities, positive self-concepts, and individual potentials in teaching trade and industry;

6. Apply problem-solving and creative abilities involving human and material resources, processes, and technological systems;

7. Use activity-oriented laboratory instruction which reinforces abstract concepts through concrete experiences;

8. Apply technology to the design and production of activities for student use;

9. Design trade and industry education programs that advance student attitudes, knowledge, and skills regarding how trade and industrial systems function; and,

10. Facilitate the ability of students to apply trade and industry knowledge and skills, and to assess new or different past-present-future trade and industrial systems.

C. Demonstrate the ability to develop, manage, and evaluate a trade and industrial education program in schools, including being able to:
1. Demonstrate a philosophy and understanding of career and technology education;

2. Design a strategic program plan that includes a mission statement, rationale for change, goals and objectives, action steps, and program evaluation strategies;

3. Select content based on the goals and objectives appropriate to the specific trade and industry content;

4. Structure an educational environment in the classroom and laboratory to advance the instructional process;

5. Select appropriate instructional technologies to effectively teach all student populations;

6. Demonstrate laboratory management (i.e., safety, inventory, filing, requisitioning equipment and materials, maintenance, budgeting);

7. Establish a student leadership organization;

8. Communicate and promote a learning environment that reflects the real world and provides tangible and intangible benefits for the student and the community;

9. Organize and coordinate an external advisory committee; and,

10. Use standards to evaluate and revise trade and industrial education programs, including being able to identify standards for the program, establish a process for using the standards, and utilize findings for subsequent program revisions.

D. Demonstrate attitudes, knowledge, and skills needed for success as a teacher in trade and industrial education, including being able to:
1. Create, revise, analyze and implement curricula to prepare students for a dynamic and rapidly changing world. The trade and industrial education teacher prepares students:
a. For initial employment and careers in a specific trade and industrial area;

b. For their roles as consumers and citizens;

c. For advanced education in trade and industry;

d. For roles as owners and managers of trade and industrial businesses;

e. To understand domestic trades and industries and how they are similar to and different from global trades and industries; and,

f. To access and apply current industrial technologies;

2. Organize classroom and laboratory experiences for the study of trades and industries;

3. Manage technological activities in both an individual and group setting;

4. Demonstrate positive and effective management techniques to include programs, learning environment, and activities outside the classroom that support and complement the program;

5. Apply multi-cultural and global perspectives as they relate to the study of trades and industries;

6. Demonstrate an understanding of the role and function of trades and industries in the global society; and,

7. Apply values and ethics as they relate to content issues in the study of trades and industries.

E. Facilitate collaborative learning by having students work together in groups that may include students, teachers, business and industry leaders, and others.

F. Demonstrate an understanding of and be able to apply trade and industry concepts, principles and processes in the specified trade.

G. Identify concepts and strategies needed for career exploration, development and growth in trade and industry areas.

H. Facilitate students in the realization of their full potential through career development.

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