Certification and Licensing
The American Culinary Federation offers the certified secondary culinary educator and certified culinary educator designations. In addition to educational and experience requirements, candidates must also pass written and practical tests for each certification. The federation also offers a variety of certification categories for chefs. Certification for cooks and chefs is also provided by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Research Chefs Association, and the United States Personal Chef Association. Certification is recommended as a way to enhance your professional standing and advance your career.
Public middle and high school teachers must be licensed under regulations established by the department of education of the state in which they teach. Not all states require licensure for teachers in private or parochial schools.
- Adapted Physical Education Specialists
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
- App Services Workers
- Art Teachers
- Athletic Directors
- Bakery Workers
- Baristas
- Bartenders
- Bed and Breakfast Owners
- Biophysicists
- Book Editors
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- Caterers
- College Administrators
- College Professors
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Computer Trainers
- Cooks and Chefs
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Dance School Owners and Managers
- Dietetic Technicians
- Dietitians
- Distance Learning Coordinators
- Driving School Owners and Instructors
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Edupreneurs
- Elementary School Teachers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Event Planners
- Fast Food Workers
- Flight Instructors
- Food Service Workers
- Food Writers and Editors
- Guidance Counselors
- Health Educators
- Hosts/Hostesses
- Hotel Restaurant Managers
- Instructional Coordinators
- Instructional Designers
- Journalism Teachers
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Mathematics Teachers
- Music Teachers
- Nursing Instructors
- Nutritionists
- Personal Chefs
- Physical Education Teachers
- Political Scientists
- Preschool Teachers
- Real Estate Educators
- Restaurant and Food Service Managers
- School Administrators
- School Nurses
- Secondary School Teachers
- Special Education Teachers
- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
- Teacher Aides
- Tutors and Trainers