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CTE Program Resources

CTE Curriculum Frameworks on CPALMS-CTE, Florida’s official source for standards information and course descriptions.

Program Planning and Operation

Secondary Program Resources

Career Certificate Program Resources

Postsecondary Florida Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) to Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Crosswalk

The Master Credential List (MCL) is Florida’s official postsecondary CIP to SOC crosswalk. Go to CareerSource’s Master Credential List website (link below) to view the comprehensive list of CTE and non-CTE postsecondary programs and their respective SOC codes. This crosswalk contains linkages used to identify postsecondary programs that train students for occupations found to meet the Credentials Review Committee demand and/or wage thresholds. SOC codes are no longer maintained in the postsecondary CTE curriculum frameworks.

Program and Course Tables

This is an excerpt from the FDOE source database, containing a list of all the programs and associated course information. This file will be updated quarterly, when information is added, deleted or updated in the database.

CTE Teacher Certification  

District-Issued Teacher Certifications   

  • Section (s,) 1012.39(1), F.S., gives authority for each district school board to establish the minimum qualifications for part-time and full-time non-degreed teachers of career programs.  These qualifications must include:  
    • Background Check   
      • Fingerprinting and background check in accordance with s. 1012.32, F.S., Faculty employed solely to conduct postsecondary instruction may be exempted from this requirement.  
    • High School Diploma or Higher   
      • Documentation of a high school diploma or the equivalent.
    • Occupational Experience or Industry Certification   
      • Completion of 3 or more years of full-time occupational experience in the teaching specialization area.  This work may also be the equivalent in part-time experience.  The district school board may establish alternative qualifications for teachers with an industry certification in the career area in which they teach.  
    • Instructional Training  
      • For full-time teachers, completion of professional education training in teaching methods, course construction, lesson planning and evaluation, and teaching special needs students. This can be from a university, consortium, Florida Association of Career and Technical Educators (FACTE), or other district-approved program, such as through the district’s Master Inservice Plan.  
    • District-issued teacher certifications requirements must be met in the first 5 years of teaching (temporary certificate) and from there renewable every 5 years (professional certificate) and is only valid for the district that issues the teacher certification.  

State-Issued Teacher Certifications  

  • State-issued CTE teacher certifications include:  
    • Agriculture (grades 6-12
    • Business Education (grades 6-12)
    • Engineering and Technology Education (grades 6- 12)
    • Family and Consumer Sciences (grades 6-12)
    • Marketing (grades 6-12)
  • Visit the FDOE’s Certificate Subjects page to learn more about the requirements of state-issued CTE teacher certifications.  

Teacher Certification Codes  

  • See the Course Code Directory Narrative Section’s Codes and Symbols section contains an explanation of the certification codes used in CTE Curriculum Frameworks.     

Identifying Occupations Related to CTE Programs  add

  • The Division of Career and Adult Education does not maintain a crosswalk of instructor qualifications for district-issued CTE certifications.   
  • To target CTE instructor recruitment efforts, the Program and Course Inventory on this page can be used to identify relevant SOC codes for secondary.  The Master Credential List - Florida CIP to SOC Crosswalk is to be used for postsecondary.   
  • The federal CIP code of the course or program also can be crosswalked to related occupations (the middle six digits of the Florida ten-digit CIP code is the federal CIP).  Visit the National Center for Education Statistics CIP SOC Crosswalk for the official CIP to SOC crosswalk.  
  • ONet offers a SOC Title to Alternate Title crosswalk that can be used to identify alternative names for a given occupation, which may help identify how the occupation might appear on a resume or application.  

Identifying Industry Certifications Related to CTE Programs  

CTE Instructor Resources   

Program Review and Feedback

Curriculum Framework Development and Revision Resources

  • We welcome the feedback of Florida CTE stakeholders on improving CTE Curriculum Frameworks. Please send suggested edits with tracked changes and comment explanations to CTEprogramrequest@fldoe.org. Please include the contact information of all parties involved in the review and editing process. Your feedback will be cataloged and reviewed during a given program’s next triannual review, pursuant to s. 1004.92(2)(b)(4), F. S.
  • Curriculum Frameworks Review Schedule (Programs of Work) (Excel) – this document catalogs what programs will be reviewed in a given school year.
  • How to Write CTE Standards and Benchmarks (PDF)
  • CTE Course Level 3 Rubric (PDF)
  • EmployFlorida.com – Florida Commerce’s job site. Under LABOR MARKET INFORMATION/Occupational Profile you can view occupational labor market data, skills listed by employers on job posts and the employers that have listed the most openings locally.

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