Glossary
Postsecondary CTE Instructor Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential postsecondary CTE instructor terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key postsecondary CTE instructor vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in postsecondary CTE instructor training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Advisory board
- Employers guiding programs.
- Apprenticeship
- Paid on-the-job training.
- Certificate program
- Short training program.
- Clock hours
- Hours of instruction.
- Competency-based
- Progress by mastering skills.
- CTE
- Career and technical education.
- Dual enrollment
- High school students in college courses.
- Industry credential
- Certification valued by employers.
- Job placement rate
- Graduates hired.
- Lab hours
- Hands-on practice time.
- OSHA
- Workplace safety agency.
- Perkins funding
- Federal CTE grants.
- Skills assessment
- Hands-on test.
- Stackable credential
- Certificates that build to a degree.
- Work-based learning
- Learning on the job.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Postsecondary CTE Instructor practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Postsecondary CTE Instructor training.
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