Education: School Readiness
Certificate of Proficiency Social Sciences · Berkeley City College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Summary
Program Description
Upon completion of this program, students will receive the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Associate Teacher Permit, with a School-Age Emphasis. This certificate combines some of the core courses in the Education AA-T with fieldwork in the schools, as well as additional courses focusing on school readiness. Students who complete this program will qualify to serve as teachers' aides in classrooms from pre-kindergarten and transitional kindergarten through third grade, as well as after-school programs.
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Career Opportunities
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This program prepares students to qualify for California's Associate Teacher permits, with a school-age emphasis. The permit allows them to work in after-school programs and Head Start programs and to work as para-educators.
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Learning Outcome(s)
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- Model the rudiments of curriculum and lesson planning and analyze models and methods of effective teaching, especially in relation to the needs of a diverse student body
- Effectively analyze children's literature in light of critical theories and formal elements
- Describe how the sociological perspective applies to families and family formation, including understanding the array of family structures in the United States, along with current social and economic trends impacting American families
- Describe major developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence in the areas of physical, psychosocial, cognitive, and language development, differentiating characteristics of typical and atypical development