Preliminary Multiple Subject Teacher Credential

Earn the credential you need to start teaching.

Antioch’s Multiple Subject Credential Teacher Preparation Program prepares candidates to teach multiple subjects in self-contained classrooms to young people generally in grades K-6. Taught by practitioners in the field, this credential provides candidates with up to the minute skills that will create a successful teaching experience.

The program’s course of study is accredited by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

This credentialing program is offered by AU Los Angeles.

Preliminary Multiple Subject Teacher Credential
AT A GLANCE

• 12-month program*
• 2 classes, twice a week (Mon. and Thurs.)
• 4:00pm-10:00pm
• 19-20 courses
• 75 quarter units

*Participate in novice teaching for 2 quarters (10 weeks each quarter)

Program Details

Schedule

The Preliminary Multiple Subject is designed to be completed in a 12-month period and is full-time. Students generally attend classes on Monday and Thursday evenings from 4pm-10pm, and participate in novice teaching for 2 quarters, or 20 weeks (10 weeks each quarter). Placements are made by the University and are sensitive to the geographic considerations of the student.

Candidates are placed in schools in each of the 4 quarters, beginning with 10 hours of observation in the first quarter, followed by 10 days for the second quarter, and half-time field experiences for quarter 3, and full-time novice teaching for quarter 4. For those who are already school aides or teachers, your school might be a possible site for the novice teaching experience. Check with the Department for approval.

Curriculum

Quarter 1: Connecting

Systems: TEP 5360: Foundations of Social Justice Education
Access: TEP 5440: Child Development and Learning
Communication: TEP 5450: Language Development and Acquisition
Integration and Currency:  TEP 6010A: Social and Legal Dimensions of Special Education and TEP 6010B: Teaching and Accommodating Students with Disabilities

Quarter 2: Designing

Systems: TEP 5331: Field Practicum, TEP 5650: Adaptation Pedagogy and TEP 5611 Assessment of Student Learning
Access: TEP 5100: Science: Discovery Teaching, Action Learning
Communication: TEP 5130: Arts in Culture and Learning
Integration and Currency: TEP 5070: Real World Math 

Quarter 3: Evaluating

Systems: TEP/TESE 5120: Student Teaching with Proseminar I
Access: TEP 5380: Classroom Organization and Assessment
Communication: TEP 5050: Reading Instruction in Elementary School Classrooms
Integration and Currency: TEP 5040: Social Science and Children’s Experience

Quarter 4: Integration and Currency

Systems: TEP/TESE 5122: Student Teaching with Proseminar II
Access: TEP 5371: Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Communication: TEP 5110: Language Arts Curricula: Theory and Methods
Integration and Currency: TEP 6020: Advocating for Healthy Children, TEP 5250: Physical Education and Movement and TEP 5190: Educational Technology

CBEST and CSET Requirements

• The CBEST must be passed by the end of the first quarter
• 2 sections of the CSET passed by the end of the second quarter
• 3rd section of the CSET passed by the end of the third quarter

Please review the registration deadlines and test dates as the CBEST is offered a limited number of times each year. For more information about the CBEST, visit cbest.nesinc.com.

Please note that all students who earn a California Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential MUST pass both the CBEST and CSET.