Pathways into the CTE Teaching Profession: A Descriptive Analysis of Degrees, Licenses, and Race in Maryland
Despite significant interest in Career and Technical Education (CTE), little is known about CTE teachers. Using ten years of Maryland administrative data, we find that almost one-fifth of CTE teachers enter the profession with a high school diploma or associate’s degree, reflecting state policies al...
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| description | Despite significant interest in Career and Technical Education (CTE), little is known about CTE teachers. Using ten years of Maryland administrative data, we find that almost one-fifth of CTE teachers enter the profession with a high school diploma or associate’s degree, reflecting state policies allowing trade/industry professional experience to substitute for higher degrees. Relatedly, CTE teachers are roughly twice as likely as non-CTE teachers to enter through alternative licensure pathways that bypass traditional teacher education (68% vs. 36%). In Maryland, there is a larger share of Black teachers in versus out of CTE (37% vs. 22%), leading to greater race matching opportunities for Black students. This pattern extends across nine out of the eleven total CTE career clusters. We hypothesize that these patterns are related: decreased barriers to entry may support more Black individuals to become CTE teachers, with potential implications for their Black students’ career success. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e846f7f2a8374507a7141d73903978e02025-08-20T04:02:51ZengSAGE PublishingAERA Open2332-85842025-08-011110.1177/23328584251361382Pathways into the CTE Teaching Profession: A Descriptive Analysis of Degrees, Licenses, and Race in MarylandDavid BlazarDanett SongRamon GoingsJay PlasmanMichael GottfriedDespite significant interest in Career and Technical Education (CTE), little is known about CTE teachers. Using ten years of Maryland administrative data, we find that almost one-fifth of CTE teachers enter the profession with a high school diploma or associate’s degree, reflecting state policies allowing trade/industry professional experience to substitute for higher degrees. Relatedly, CTE teachers are roughly twice as likely as non-CTE teachers to enter through alternative licensure pathways that bypass traditional teacher education (68% vs. 36%). In Maryland, there is a larger share of Black teachers in versus out of CTE (37% vs. 22%), leading to greater race matching opportunities for Black students. This pattern extends across nine out of the eleven total CTE career clusters. We hypothesize that these patterns are related: decreased barriers to entry may support more Black individuals to become CTE teachers, with potential implications for their Black students’ career success.https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584251361382 |
| spellingShingle | David Blazar Danett Song Ramon Goings Jay Plasman Michael Gottfried Pathways into the CTE Teaching Profession: A Descriptive Analysis of Degrees, Licenses, and Race in Maryland AERA Open |
| title | Pathways into the CTE Teaching Profession: A Descriptive Analysis of Degrees, Licenses, and Race in Maryland |
| title_full | Pathways into the CTE Teaching Profession: A Descriptive Analysis of Degrees, Licenses, and Race in Maryland |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Pathways into the CTE Teaching Profession: A Descriptive Analysis of Degrees, Licenses, and Race in Maryland |
| title_short | Pathways into the CTE Teaching Profession: A Descriptive Analysis of Degrees, Licenses, and Race in Maryland |
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