The Vocational Technical Education Regulations require vocational technical teachers to pass, as part of the licensing requirements, a two-part test of communication and literacy skills as well as a written and performance test in the subject area taught. These tests are designed to ensure that Massachusetts vocational technical teachers can communicate adequately with students, parents/guardians, and other educators and that they are knowledgeable in the subject area of the license sought.


Licensure Test Requirements

Teaching License	Testing Requirements
Preliminary Vocational Technical	1) written and performance subject matter test* AND 2) Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (91) OR 2) Communication and Literacy Skills test (01)
* The written and performance subject matter test required of candidates for preliminary Vocational Technical licensure is administered by the Massachusetts Vocational Technical Teacher Competency Testing program, located at Greater Lowell Technical High School, 250 Pawtucket Boulevard, Tyngsboro, MA 01879-2199. Contact the testing program staff at (978) 441-4946 for information or visit their web site, www.gltech.org, to review and/or download the Candidate Handbook, test registration information, test calendar, test outlines, and other resources.

Additional Licensure	Passing Scores Required on the Following:
Initial Vocational Technical Cooperative Education Coordinator Initial Vocational Technical Supervisor/Director	Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (91) OR Communication and Literacy Skills test (01)
Initial Vocational Technical Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent Initial Vocational Technical Principal/Assistant Principal	Communication and Literacy Skills test (01)**
**When the Administrator Performance Assessment is offered at a future date, candidates for the Initial Vocational Technical Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent and the Initial Vocational Technical Principal/Assistant Principal licenses will also have to pass this test.

Test Preparation Assistance

Test preparation assistance may be available for applicants by contacting Dr. James Alicata at Fitchburg State College, (978) 665-3047.


Program Contacts

Please see the Department’s web site at www.doe.mass.edu/cte for license requirements and applications with instructions, available in the appendix of the Chapter 74 Manual for Vocational Technical Educator Licensure, or contact the Department’s Office of Educator Licensure. Applicants for an additional Vocational Technical Educator License are advised to submit a paper application. Send license applications to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Educator Licensure, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5023, Attn: Vocational Technical Licensure.

For specific questions on license requirements and test content, contact the Office of Educator Licensure, Vocational Technical Educator Licensure, at (781) 338-6627 or (781) 338-6634 or by e-mail at VocEducators@doe.mass.edu.


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