The Cooperative Education Coordinator endorsement authorizes the holder to place and supervise:

• Career and technical education (CTE) students in school-sponsored Cooperative Education Experiences (CEEs) and apprenticeship training as part of a NJDOE-approved CTE program of study in a related non-hazardous occupation*; and
• Students participating in any non-hazardous work-based learning experience (WBL) in any Career Cluster®, other than CEEs and apprenticeship training.

*Refer to the list of hazardous occupations to determine if an occupation is non-hazardous.

To be eligible for the Cooperative Education Coordinator standard certificate, the candidate must meet the following requirements:

Hold a standard instructional certificate with a CTE endorsement in any field.

Evidence of two years of successful teaching experience under the standard CTE teaching certificate.

Complete the following NJDOE-approved WBL training courses offered by the New Jersey Safe Schools Program (NJSSP):

• Designing and Implementing Student Training Plans
• Federal Wage and Hour and Child Labor Laws, Regulations, and Hazardous Orders
• New Jersey Wage and Hour and Wage Payment and Child Labor Laws, and Hazardous Orders
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10 Plus for General Industry

Graduate-level college courses or a NJDOE-approved equivalent program in:

• Instructional strategies for career information and occupational guidance.
• Instructional strategies for work-based education.

The courses may be offered through in-state and out-of-state colleges and universities. The NJSSP provides these two courses as a NJDOE-approved equivalent. 

Individuals holding a Vocational-Technical Coordinator: Cooperative Industrial Education Endorsement or the Teacher-Coordinator of Cooperative Vocational-Technical Education in the occupational areas of Agriculture Education, Distributive Education, Health Occupations, Home Economics Education, or Business Education endorsements may serve in a position requiring the CEC Endorsement in any Career Cluster.

The holder of a standard CTE endorsement who has completed the WBL Coordinator training course requirements as outlined above (NJSS: Required Courses for Work-Based Learning Supervision | Rutgers School of Public Health), is authorized to place and supervise CTE students in school-sponsored WBL experiences that include CEEs in the occupation in which the holder is certified as part of a CTE program.