With their rich diversity of students, high schools and middle schools in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties offer outstanding settings for teacher preparation. Whether a student teacher or an intern, you will spend many hours working with adolescents in a middle school or high school classroom while taking university coursework at the same time. This combination of theory and practice throughout the K-12 school year is the heart of our program. The blend provides a setting for powerful learning through guided experience and reflection.