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Credentials:
Preliminary (37 Units)
Professional Clear (30 Post B.A. Units and Advanced Coursework)
The School of Education offers a specially designed multiple subject teaching credential program for candidates seeking to teach at the elementary grade levels or in K-12 self-contained, general education classrooms.
Preliminary Credential
The preliminary multiple subject teachering credential (37 units) prepares entry level teachers with a rich blend of research-based learning theory and structured opportunities to apply their learning in field-work and student teaching experiences in K-12 classrooms supported by expert Point Loma faculty and practicing master teachers.
Point Loma preliminary credential candidates develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be highly qualified, higher performing educators of noble character in an age of assessment and accountability for student learning.
This credential program is ideal for:
- Undergraduates at Point Loma's main campus aspiring to be elementary grade level teachers,
- Post B.A. graduates who are seeking to teach in a K-12 self-contained classroom.
- Private school or charter school teachers seeking a California credential.
- Those seeking a new career in the field of education.
Preliminary Credential (37 units)
Core Courses
- EDU502 - Research-based Learning Theory (3 units)
- EDU504 - Legal, Ethical, and Wesleyan Perspectives in Education (3 units)
- EDU506 - Principles of Language Acquisition (3 units)
- EDU508 - Assessment and Research Practices (3 units)
Multiple Subject Specific Courses
- EDU520 - Differentiated Reading and Related Language Arts Instruction for All Learners (3 units)
- EDU522 - Differentiated Writing and Related Language Arts Instrucftion for All Learners (3 units)
- EDU524 - Differentiated Mathematics Instruction for All Learners (3 units)
- EDU526 - Differentiated Elementary Science, Health, and Physical Education Instruction for All Learners (3 units)
- EDU528 - Differentiated Social Science and Visual and Performing Arts
Instruction for All Learners (3 units)
Student Teaching
- EDU540 - Student Teaching/Supervised Intern Teaching (4 units)
- EDU541 - Student Teaching/Supervised Intern Teaching Inquiry and Reflection I (1 unit)
- EDU550 - Student Teaching/Supervised Intern Teaching (4 Units)
- EDU551 - Student Teaching/Supervised Intern Teaching Inquiry and Reflection I (1 unit)
Professional Clear Credential (30 Post B.A. Units and Advanced Coursework)
All preliminary multiple subject credential graduates working in K-12 public schools will obtain their professional clear credential as part of a BTSA Induction program offered by school districts and consortia.
The School of Education offers an approved 2042 Fifth Year Program for private school, charter school, and out-of-state teachers who have the option of clearing their preliminary credential with an alternative program to BTSA as indicated on their preliminary credential.
This PLNU professional clear credential program requires 30 post B.A. units including four advanced credential courses taken AFTER the completion of the preliminary credential:
- GED628 Using Technology to Support Student Learning (3 units)
- GED639 Health Education (3 units)
- GED642 Teaching Strategies for English Learners (3 units)
- GED677 Teaching Strategies for Special Populations (3 units)
Students who completed their preliminary credential program as an undergraduate student can work with their advisor to design a program which will meet the clear credential requirements of the 30 post B.A. units. One option may be to complete the Masters of Arts concentration in Teaching and Learning.
Convenient Class Schedules and Summer Offerings
Class schedules for both credentials are offered at convenient times to accommodate working professionals. There is a full summer schedule for candidates wanting continuous enrollment during the summer months.
For information about courses, please view the Catalog Course Descriptions
For additional admissions information, follow instruction on Admissions page .
Arcadia: Marge Morwood, mmorwood@pointloma.edu (626) 821-8240
Bakersfield
Inland Empire
Mission Valley: Amanda Bolton, Graduate Enrollment Counselor:
amandabolton@pointloma.edu (619) 563-2810
Point Loma Undergraduate Campus:
Ray Posey, rayposey@pointloma.edu (619) 849-2323