intern credential programs
Intern Credentialing Programs
EnCorps, the University Partners where you are enrolled and the school district that hires you as an intern teacher all play a part in helping you secure your intern credential. To become an Intern Teacher for a School District, you will need to have your Intern program lined up.
**This means that you will need to apply to and be “pre-processed” by a University Intern program (such as a CSU or Alliant International) in order to accept an offer to teach in your School District. There are fees involved so make sure you have allocated sufficient time with the program to meet their entrance requirements.
After acceptance into internship program:
Your University or School District will recommend you to the CCTC as an Intern Teacher, thereby allowing the CCTC to issue the necessary credentials to your school district. Intern Training Programs often have Credentials Analysts who are responsible for overseeing and facilitating this process.
Get to know your Credentials Analyst as soon as possible. There is a good chance you will encounter them as you apply to the school.
After completion of the internship program:
Your Intern Program will recommend you for a Preliminary Teaching Credential, which is recognition that you have completed your Intern phase as a Public School Teacher.
What to consider in your Professional Teacher Training school
First, decide where you will take your Professional Teacher Training.
To help you with those considerations, EnCorps suggests you take some time to consider the characteristics that can appropriately support your Professional Teacher Training, including:
• Finding and selecting career transition-friendly colleges and programs
• Use of distance learning and E-education college degree programs delivery systems
• Earning college credit for work, career, and life experience
• Balancing education and a busy career and personal schedule
• Other professional Certificates and citations recognized by California teaching groups
• Creatively financing a college education and lifelong learning needs
(Some taken from the book, “Never Too Late to Learn – The Adult Student’s Guide to College”, by Vicky Phillips, CEO of Geteducated.com.)
How do I know that the Intern Credentialing Program I want to use is certified by the CTCC?
Not all Intern Credentialing Programs cover all of the possible teaching subject areas.
One of your first steps will be to determine what programs are near you that align with the CSET tests that have passed. Since the list of CCTC approved Certification Programs changes, use this link to stay up to date: Approved CCTC Teacher Credentialing Programs
Do I have to work on only one CSET test at a time?
No, but you must commit to only one subject, Math or Science, while you are in the Intern Credentialing Program.
Here are some considerations you will need to make:
• When you enter your Intern Teacher Credential Program as well as your first teaching position, you will be focused on a single area of subject matter.
• For the next 2 years you will be focused on that subject matter both as a teacher and in your Credentialing program.
• The university you attend will require that you commit to that one specific subject matter area.
• You may take and pass more than one CSET examination prior to teaching but you will focus on only one subject area once you start your Intern Teaching.
An example: an EnCorps Physics Teacher
Phase 1: EnCorps Pioneer accepts an offer to teach Physics in a public school.
Phase 2: Start an Intern Teacher Credential Program
Phase 3: The university will recommend the EnCorps Pioneer to the CCTC for an Intern Teaching credential while the Pioneer completes the credentialing program. Until the Credentialing Program has been completed the Pioneer will remain in the Physics program at the University and will teach Physics.
While the Pioneer may have passed other CSET tests in Math or others, those enhancements to their Credentials will not be recognized until the Teacher Credentialing Program at the university is complete and a Preliminary Credential replaces the Intern Credential issued when the Pioneer entered the university.