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About the Program

Courses

The BATC offers a one-year, evening and weekend credential program. Participants can earn their Single Subject Credential in the following areas: Art, English, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Science, and Social Science. All of the field-work requirement (student teaching), can be met through university supervision of the candidate's current teaching activities. The Bay Area Teachers Center program meets the current CCTC SB 2042 standards.

Program Offerings

Course Description Units
SED 701 Social, Cultural, and Historical Foundations of Education 3 units
SED 751 Classroom Environment 3 units
SED 759 Curriculum and Instruction I (offered at SFSU) 3 units
SED 640 Supervised Observation / Participation in Public Schools 1 unit
SED 720 Literacy Across Content Areas 3 units
SED 769

**Curriculum and Instruction II (Offered at SFSU)

3 units
SED 752 **Professional Perspectives and Practices 3 units
SED 660 Student Teaching 7 units
SED 790 **Second Language Development 3 units
SED 800 Adolescent Development 3 units
 
Total:
32 units

**Courses require prerequisites

In addition to the above program requirements, the CCTC also requires:

Character and Identification Clearance and Fingerprints

U.S. Constitution Requirement - fulfilled by an undergraduate course, approved exam, or SED 615.

An approved technology course for educators.

 

Single Subject Credential

Credential Courses

Admission Requirements

Financial Assistance

"I chose to take longer than the one year period, and the flexibility of the BATC helped me to make it through without much of the stress I would've felt otherwise."

- Mikaela Sims, Teacher