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Teacher Preparation Pathways
Career Pathways
Browse through careers in education to explore pathways and find details on teaching credential requirements. Reach out to the Rio Hondo College Education Success Team for questions on how to navigate these resources.
Teacher Education Programs
Explore teacher education programs offered at California State Universities (CSU), University of California (UC), and private colleges and universities. Start your transfer journey at Rio Hondo College by exploring our Associate Degree for Transfer (AD-T) programs in Education.
CSU Four-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programs & Teacher Shortage Fields
Future teachers in the CSU Integrated Teacher Education Programs begin teacher preparation as early as their freshman year. Partnerships with community colleges provide pathways that align with lower-division study on the CSU campus.
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF)
CSUF offers three majors that can lead to elementary school teaching. Majors that prepare for the Single Subject Credential Program for middle or high school teaching are the same as the subject you wish to teach.
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)
The Teacher Education Division at CSUDH consists of four credentials – Multiple Subject, Single Subject, Special Education (SPE), and the Bilingual (Spanish-English) program.
UCLA Teacher Education Program (TEP)
UCLA TEP aims to prepare future educators to teach in low-income, low-performing schools in California, and Los Angeles in particular.
Azusa Pacific University (APU) – Integrated Bachelor’s/Credential Program (IBC)
The IBC program at APU provides an accelerated and rigorous curriculum that leads to a bachelor’s degree and preliminary California teaching credential.
Teacher Education Program
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Azusa Pacific University (APU) – Integrated Bachelor’s/Credential Program (IBC)
Students in the APU IBC program complete teaching credential courses as undergraduates and gain fieldwork experience alongside mentor-teachers.
University of California (UC) CalTeach
The UC CalTeach program prepares UC first-year students and community college transfer students to become effective STEM educators and meet the need of 21st-century learners. In addition to their courses, students benefit from fieldwork, mentoring, networking, and research opportunities.
CSULB Teacher Preparation Advising Center (TPAC)
TPAC at Cal State Long Beach offers pre-program and in-program advising information for the Liberal Studies Bachelor’s Degree as well as the Multiple subject (elementary teaching), Single Subject (middle and high school teaching), Special Education (Education Specialist) and Urban Dual Credential Programs.
Cal State Fullerton (CSUF)
Interested in teaching elementary students? CSUF has 3 majors with an elementary education concentration: Child and Adolescent Studies, Human Services, and Liberal Studies.
Interested in teaching a single subject or special education? CSUF recommends that students major in the subject they plan to teach.
Learn about the CSUF majors that can lead you to becoming a teacher!
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Credentialing Information & Teacher Resources
California Teaching Credential Requirements
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing is an agency in the Executive Branch of the California State Government. The purpose of the agency is to serve as a state standards board for educator preparation for the public schools of California, the licensing and credentialing of professional educators in the State, the enforcement of professional practices of educators, and the discipline of credential holders in the State of California.