Single Subject Credential ~ Degree Requirements
Once you are admitted to the Single Subject program, you will be placed at the Preprofessional Phase or Professional Phase. If you are in the Preprofessional Phase, you will receive advisement, take classes, and engage in other activities to complete the requirements for advancement to the Professional Phase.
If you enter the traditional, student teaching Professional Phase of the program, you will be placed in a school from 7:30-Noon every day from the beginning to the end of the normal K-12 school year. In addition, you will teach a full day (from 7:30-3:30) for five weeks during second semester. If you have a teaching position with a local school district and meet all the admissions requirements, you will be assigned to the Professional Phase Internship Alternative. In this case you will teach the classes assigned to you by contract. All single subject academic classes are scheduled in the late afternoon/early evening and summers to accommodate those with fulltime teaching obligations.
As our program prepares you to demonstrate successful beginning practice in teaching, you will satisfy the following California Standards for the Teaching Profession by. You will prepare products in each of your courses that will be compiled into a professional portfolio to be presented in seminar at the conclusion of the program. Reflective comments, a personal philosophy statement about teaching, observation reports of your teaching, and State-required Teacher Performance Assessments will be included in your portfolio as well. Your achievement of the CSTPs will be demonstrated through your portfolio.
CSTP 1 Engaging and supporting all students in learning
CSTP 2 Creating and maintaining effective environments for student learning
CSTP 3 Understanding and organizing subject matter for student learning
CSTP 4 Planning instruction and designing learning experiences for all students
CSTP 5 Assessing student learning
CSTP 6 Developing as a professional educator
Revised 7/14/05