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Toggle navigation Home About Impact Leadership EXPLORE A TEACHING CAREER WHILE EARNING YOUR STEM DEGREE A California teaching credential requires undergraduate preparation in the subject and post-graduate (or sometimes undergraduate) work in teaching pedagogy. Through CalTeach advising, undergraduate STEM students receive early individualized guidance in choosing STEM and foundation level education courses to satisfy the undergraduate STEM requirements and preparation for credential programs. With CalTeach, undergraduate students can explore teaching while continuing their STEM subject-matter training. Specialized classes, research opportunities, and engaging field work experiences in K–12 classrooms complement disciplinary studies to prepare students for a competitive teaching job market. Interested students should ask their advisors or contact their campus CalTeach representative about the math, science, and education majors and minors available at all UC campuses. ______________________________ There is a critical need for more middle school and high school science and mathematics teachers throughout the state of California. Elementary teachers with a strong STEM background also enrich their classrooms and inspire students to aim for STEM careers. CalTeach participants come with an intense desire to learn what it takes to teach science and mathematics, and the motivation to teach with a focus on social and racial justice to increase equity and access for all California students. When they are in the K-12 classrooms, they are mentored by credentialed teachers to further support classroom activities to promote K-12 student successes. CalTeach students are highly qualified in the content knowledge to teach in their STEM disciplines. Furthermore, CalTeach participants serve as college-going role models to K-12 students at the same time. campus CalTeach websites Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz "CalTeach was an integral part of my path to becoming a STEM educator. The program offered preparation for the teaching exams, invaluable classroom experience and extensive professional development. Thanks to this program, I am now working on a secondary math teaching credential and a master’s of education at UC Riverside, fulfilling my dream of becoming a teacher." Savannah Sprague Alumna, UC Riverside CalTeach What is CalTeach? Comprising nine campus programs, the University of California’s CalTeach provides a sequence of undergraduate courses and field experiences in K-12 schools to introduce students to mathematics and science teaching while they complete their STEM undergraduate degrees. CalTeach courses and fieldwork complement students’ work in their majors, providing both the deep subject matter knowledge and the strong pedagogical skills needed to increase equity and access to STEM for all California’s diverse students, and to ensure California’s future as a science and technology leader. Prior to the design and implementation of CalTeach, UC teacher preparation efforts concentrated on training at the graduate level. Because of the urgency of the mathematics and science teacher shortage, the University expanded its undergraduate teacher pipeline. CalTeach focuses on California’s serious deficit of well-qualified K-12 mathematics and science teachers by improving California’s undergraduate pipeline to mathematics and science teaching credentials. More about CalTeach About CalTeach History Launched in 2005, CalTeach programs help address California’s... Benefits CalTeach provides students with the skills, experience, and tools to pursue... Funding In addition to its state funding allocation, CalTeach programs ... Contact us If you are interested in participating in CalTeach, please contact your local UC campus to see how you can get involved. CalTeach is supported by the Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity Affairs (GUEA) Department at the University of California Office of the President. You can reach GUEA at (510) 987-9776 University of California UCOP.EDU © 2017 Regents of the University of California | Terms and...