The Bates Technical College CTE Teacher Prep Program offers only the Plan 2 Business & Industry Route for attaining a CTE Certification.

CTE teacher candidate’s education and industry experience hours are reviewed by the OSPI to confirm the Vocational Code (V-Code) and determine the courses that a teacher is certified to teach. Each V-code is listed with the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code.

You can use the CTE V-Code chart on the OSPI website to find the V-Codes matching your experience.

Forms to verify your experience can be found on the OSPI website: Business & Industry Requirements | OSPI

Prerequisites:

• Successful completion of all other required courses (exceptions require program administrator approval)
• Submission of Basic skills Assessment scores in reading, math, and writing.
• Current First Aid/CPR certificate
• Fingerprint and background check

Email cteteacher@batestech.edu to sign-up.

EDU 235 Teaching Practicum-CTE

• Arranged, 2 credits, offered: Fall, Winter, Spring
• Participants complete a 60-hour practical teaching experience in a CTE classroom setting that matches their proposed CTE certification.
• Practicum must be completed under the mentorship of a CTE certified, veteran teacher with at least 3 years of experience, and the practicum supervisor.

Attendance and participation in the synchronous Zoom meetings are required for passing these courses. Please see most up to date times for required synchronous Zoom meetings here: Course Search. Please make sure that you are looking at the correct quarter.

If you have attained a degree/certificate related to education, taken courses in another teacher preparation program, or have teaching experience in the past 10 years, then you are eligible to have up to 4 of our courses waived.  

 The waiver request process is the process by which we determine if any of your previous coursework is equivalent to and can be substituted for required Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher preparation courses at Bates. 

 Please submit the CTE Waiver Request Form and ALL required documentation (listed below) to the Bates CTE Teacher Prep Program at CTEteacher@batestech.edu. 

Required documents:

1. The CTE Waiver Request Form
2. Relevant unofficial transcripts. Note:
   1. Courses may not be more than 10 years old.
   2. Equivalent courses MUST be highlighted on your transcript or deliberately indicated somehow on transcript.
   3. The same course from your transcript will not count toward more than one of the courses you want to waive.

3. Relevant course descriptions for courses highlighted on your transcript must be included.
4. Relevant professional development documentation in the form of certificates or training completion emails.
5. A paragraph explanation that covers the following:
   1. A brief description of your background in education.
   2. Anything else/any other relevant information that should be considered along with your waiver request.

The following courses are suggested as waivable (please see our CTE Course Descriptions for what each course entails and to compare them to your experience or past courses): 

• EDU 101 Introduction to School Law 
• EDU 105 Methods of Teaching 
• EDU 151 Abuse and Neglect of Children 
• EDU 229 Diverse Needs of Students 
• Courses with matching curriculum from another approved Plan 2 Business & Industry Route CTE Teacher Prep Program. 

Submission Process: 

1. The Teacher Candidate completes Sections A, B, and, C of the CTE Waiver Request Form. 
2. Submit the required documents (listed above) to the CTE Director of your local school district. 
3. The District CTE Director may then submit the waiver recommendations (in writing) and appropriate documentation to CTEteacher@batestech.edu.  

 Review Process: 

• Bates will review for final approval and send you the official results in an email. 
• Waived courses will not appear on your Bates Technical College transcript.  

 The following courses are suggested as waivable for current certified teachers (transcript required):

• EDU 101 Introduction to School Law
• EDU 105 Methods of Teaching
• EDU 151 Abuse and Neglect of Children
• EDU 229 Diverse Needs of Students
• Courses with matching curriculum from another approved Plan 2 Business & Industry Route CTE Teacher Prep Program.

Submission Process:

1. The Teacher Candidate completes Sections A, B, and, C of the  CTE Waiver Request Form.
2. Submit the required documents (listed above) to the CTE Director of your local school district.
3. The District CTE Director may then submit the waiver recommendations (in writing) and appropriate documentation to CTEteacher@batestech.edu.

Review Process:

• Bates will review for final approval and send you the official results in an email.
• Waived courses will not appear on your Bates Technical College transcript.

Upon completion of all the requirements in the Bates CTE Teacher Preparation Program, Bates Technical College will issue you a completed and signed OSPI Form 4075G. This form is required when you apply for the CTE Initial Certificate through Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) CTE Plan 2 Business and Industry Route.

To qualify for the CTE initial certificate, you must meet the OSPI Plan 2 Business and Industry Requirements.

For question regarding the certification requirements, application process, and downloadable forms, contact the OSPI at 360.725.6400 or email: cert@k12.wa.us.

If you are new or if you are returning after time away from the college, please activate your account before enrolling the class in ctcLink Student Homepage.

Follow the instructions on How to Register for Classes if you want more visual instructions.

1. Enroll in your class through ctcLink in Student Homepage-Manage Classes tile
   1. select Course Search an/d Enroll
   2. select Term (example: Summer 2022 Bates Technical College)
   3. click the Additional ways to search link
   4. select Subject: CTE Teacher Prep-EDU
   5. select the class to view all available section, then select the right arrow [>] to enroll in that class section
2. After enroll all the class(es) that you want attend, then return to the Student Homepage and pay for the course(s) in the Financial Account tile.
3. Attend the course by log into Canvas on the 1st day of the course.

View the Academic/Registration Calendar for important dates about when you can enroll, payment is due, when grade is posted, and more.

Visit the Cashier’s Office for assistance paying or for more payment options.

Visit ctcLink: Student Help Guides and Tutorials for more student access guide information.

Yes. All of our courses are accessed and completed online through our online classroom program called Canvas. The EDU 235 Teaching Practicum course has an in-person component. Please see the drop-down menu titled “CTE Teaching Practicum” above for more information.

The average time to complete the CTE Teacher Prep Program is 1 to 2 years. This is dependent on how many courses you take each quarter. However, some people have finished as quickly as 2 quarters.

You can take as many or as few courses per quarter as you think you can handle. Some of our courses are self-paced with soft assignment deadlines. While some of our courses have mandatory Zoom meetings and hard assignment deadlines throughout the quarter.

Yes, the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) has dictated that anyone attaining CTE Certification will need to take a basic skills test. There is NO specific passing score. You only need to prove that you have taken an acceptable basic skills test that has tested you on reading, writing, and math. The only acceptable substitutes are listed on the Professional Educator Standard Board’s website.

This website can provide you with more information about basic skills tests in general: Basic skills test and the accepted equivalent alternative assessments. The quickest way to complete this requirement would be to take the WEST-B, as it is offered online. You can register to take it here: WEST–B: Reading, Writing, Mathematics.

The practicum cannot be waived. If you are already teaching CTE, you will be able to meet this requirement embedded in your district CTE activities under the mentorship of a CTE certified, veteran teacher with at least three years of experience.

Please see our CTE Program Costs 2025-2026 for our current academic calendar’s program costs.

Continuing education programs are not eligible for financial aid, including, but not limited to the GI Bill®, federal financial aid or state aid programs.

See if you qualify for other funding through our special funding programs with the Workforce Education Services Office.

There are payment plans available. However, they are limited to balances of over $200 and there are extra fees involved with enrolling in a payment plan.

Please contact the Cashier’s Office for more information or visit these links:

• Tuition Payment Plan
• Tuition Payment Plan FAQs

CTE Certificate

• If you completed the Bates CTE Teacher Prep Program and successfully applied for your certification through the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), then you will find your certificate in your OSPI EDS account, and can download it there.
• For question regarding your certification, any certification requirements, application process, and downloadable forms, contact OSPI at 360.725.6400 or through email at cert@k12.wa.us.

Bates Technical College Transcript

• If you need to access your Bates transcript, there are two ways depending on if you need an official or unofficial transcript.
• Official Transcript can be ordered here
  • The college has partnered with Parchment to process electronic or printed orders for official transcripts. Current students, former students and alumni are able to place an official transcript order at any time.
  • Electronic and printed official transcripts are $8.50 per transcript.
  • Processing time is usually five business days.
• Unofficial Transcripts
  • Students who were enrolled in courses from 2016 to the current year:
    • You can access your unofficial transcript through your ctcLink account. How to view unofficial transcript in ctcLink.
    • In your ctcLink Student Homepage à Academic Records à View Unofficial Transcript à (Choose college if necessary) à View Report à Submit
  • Former students who were enrolled in courses before 2016:
    • Please submit the Unofficial Transcript Request form to request your unofficial transcript. Requests will be processed between 1-3 business days.

Please email registration@batestech.edu with any questions about your Bates student record or transcripts.