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In the United States, a growing number of states are providing alternative certification routes for secondary academic and career and technical education (CTE) teachers in the public sector. This raises concerns about the quality of teachers entering the profession, the greater need for professional development opportunities to support new teachers and encourage them to persevere with their teaching careers, and challenges for state certification policy as the availability of alternative certification routes increases. This report reviews alternative teacher certification procedures and professional development opportunities available for secondary academic and CTE teachers. Alternative teacher certification refers to non-traditional routes into the teaching profession. Both alternative and traditional routes are described in the report. The report also describes the teaching experiences and professional development requirements of recently certified CTE teachers. Thirty-six states provided data on alternative certification procedures and 32 states provided data on professional development opportunities available to recently certified secondary academic and CTE teachers. The research, focusing to a greater degree on alternative certification procedures for recently certified CTE teachers, revealed a wide range of alternative certification procedures in existence across the US. Review of academic and professional development backgrounds and transcript analysis was the most common alternative certification procedure with no difference being reported between secondary academic and secondary CTE teachers. A mentor was the most common professional development activity provided, followed by professional development workshops.