HIGH SCHOOL/MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER PATHWAY

The Middle School/High School Teacher Education Certificate of Achievement will enable students to gain practical experience through classroom observations and interaction with middle school/high school students and faculty. This Certificate is designed to be completed alongside an Associate Degree for Transfer in a specific major. Completion of an Associate Degree for Transfer will prepare students for transfer into a baccalaureate program at junior level status and will facilitate the completion of subject matter requirements for a single subject teacher education program.

Learning Outcome(s):

1. Describe the legal, ethical, and professional responsibility of a teacher in California public education, including current promising practices in pedagogy and integration of technology.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of diverse learners and the cultural, economic, political, and historical factors and contexts that impact children’s learning throughout the P-12 system.
3. Discuss and analyze the development of children from conception through adolescence in the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive domains based on theoretical frameworks as they relate to field observations in public middle and high school classrooms.
4. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills within a single subject discipline.