Teaching Career Education Permit
General Information
Who Applies?
- A Career Education Permit is for individuals who are hired to teach by a Nebraska school system in a career education field where:
- No teaching education program exists
- Instructional content of the course exceeds teacher preparation coursework
- A school system submits documentation that they have not found a qualified teacher for a specific course in the career education field.
Where is it valid?
- A Career Education Permit is valid at the school district that requesting the permit.
When does it expire?
- A Career Education Permit is a 3-year permit and expires September 30th in the third year following the year of issuance.
What are the endorsements that can be issued under a Career Education Permit?
- There are 16 Career Clusters in Career Education Fields. More information on Career Education can be found here: NCE Model and Career Clusters and CTE Career Fields & Career Clusters
What are the requirements?
- An application and fee in the TEACH system (Please note that registration for TEACH is required first; then an application can be submitted.)
- Fingerprints (required only if someone has lived outside of Nebraska in the past five years)
- Qualify for one of the sixteen career education endorsements by:
- Completion of a prescribed course of study in a career education area at the postsecondary level OR
- Completion of an apprenticeship in the career education area, OR
- Demonstrated proficiency in the career education area based on 5 or more years of practice in that career, OR
- Demonstrated proficiency by passing a competency test approved by the industry or career area
- Any supporting documentation that shows one of these four qualifications will need to be sent to nde.tcertweb@nebraska.gov to upload to your account. If using a transcript, those will need to be sent directly from your institution to nde.tcertweb@nebraska.gov.
- The district that is hiring for this position needs to fill out a Career Education Permit District Verification form.
- Applicants must meet Nebraska Human Relations Training requirement.
Renewals
To renew a Career Education Permit, you will need to submit:
- Application and fee through TEACH
- Updated Career Education Permit District Verification form
FAQs
More information to come.