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Originally posted by azdtaxi
Why is California like that? So no undergrad teacher certification program? DO they have elementary ed like as a major? We only student teach for one semester in the same grade all day every day after we have finished all of our other classes. Good luck.
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You know, I honestly don't know why California is different than other states when it comes to credentialing teachers and no, none of our colleges give education degrees that automatically give credentials. I think the closest thing would be a Liberal Arts major at our CSUs, but that only fufills a small portion of the prereqs. Also, I believe that CA doesn't recognize bachelor credentials because I know a girl in my class is here from PA where she was already teaching with a Education B.A. but she has to still go through the program here. However, because of the rigorousness of CA's teaching credentialing and because my program is nationally-credited, I can transfer my credential to something like 42 states.
Anyway, I think it comes down to CA's large and diverse student population on why our credentialing is so different. I really don't know though... I'll try and ask my mom, she's a principal at a elementary school.