Engineering "Educator" Degree Programs

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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

What would this degree license the person to teach? How many part time teacher/part time coaches are there in your state?

I guess it boils down to: Is there a need for this? what does this do that your typical CTE teacher can't cover already?

Here's the biggest problem that we have in our State and I'll assume its the same elsewhere in many parts of the country: Finding good CTE teachers that are qualified.
The CTE pipeline has been dwindling down in recent years in our State. Our Auto program died several years ago and our Woodshop class has a teacher who isnt fully qualified to do the job.
The community colleges now offer CTE Alternative certification programs, but they have a hard time getting people to change careers because of pay. Many tradesmen have no degrees and our State isnt willing to pay them more than an entry level teacher's salary because of it. Who's going to want to take a pay cut to start teaching? If I take Woodshop, I want someone who has experience in the real world to teach the class.

1. Why do we tell our best Math students to become Accountants or Engineers? Shouldnt the best Math student major in education where the brightest teach our future generations?
2. In our very own FRC program, we encourage our students to become engineers and not educators.

I believe that by offering Engineering education, you attract students who are smart enough to become engineers, instead make a career of teaching future generations of students.