Teacher Education Program (TEP)

In the Teacher Education Program program, students are prepared to become social educators in urban settings. The program is designed for students whose primary career interest is in teaching in low income, low performing schools in California, and Los Angeles in particular. TEP is housed in Center X at UCLA Ed&IS. The program offers an M.Ed. and teaching credentials for various subjects. Read on for more information about this program.

About

Overview of Program

The Teacher Education Program prepares aspiring teachers to become social justice educators in urban settings.

To serve a wide range of aspiring educators, TEP offers several academic program pathways based on area of interest. Learn more about which program pathway fits you.

Goals

UCLA’s Teacher Education Program (TEP) aspiring educators:

Embody a social justice agenda
Foster sustained engagement in teaching and learning
Attend to the moral, cultural, and political dimensions of teaching
Blend theory and practice
Collaborate across institutions and communities
Participate in collaborative inquiry within communities of practice
Focus simultaneously on professional education, school reform and reinventing the university’s role in K-14 schooling
Mirror the diverse, caring, anti-racist, socially responsible learning communities

Curriculum

Degree Tracks and Curriculum

The Teacher Education Program offers several academic program pathways that culminate in a teaching credential and/or Master of Education degree. Learn which program pathway fits you. For more information, please visit TEP’s Master’s Degree & Teaching Credential Programs.

Elementary Grade K-5: Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a multiple-subject credential to teach Elementary and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in this pathway: Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program

English Grade 6-12: Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a single-subject credential to teach secondary (grade 6-12) English and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in this pathway: Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program - can specialize in Ethnic Studies

Mathematics 6-12: Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a single-subject credential to teach secondary (grade 6-12) Mathematics and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in these pathways:

Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program

Math Residency Programs

Joint Mathematics/Education Program (JMEP) - begins as UCLA undergraduate

Music Grade K-12: Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a credential to teach Music in this pathway: Joint Music/Education Program - begins as UCLA undergraduate

Science Grade 6-12: Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a single-subject credential to teach secondary (grade 6-12) Science and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in these pathways:

Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program

Science Residency Programs

Science Teacher Education Program (STEP) – begin as UCLA undergraduate

Social Science Grade 6-12: Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a single-subject credential to teach secondary (grade 6-12) Social Science and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in this pathway: : Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program - can specialize in Ethnic Studies

Success

What Graduates Do

Our community of exceptional teachers is working to achieve equitable, accessible, and effective learning for all.

Keara Williams, '17

Keara teaches at the Responsible Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship school on the Hawkins High School campus in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of South Los Angeles.

Admissions

Welcome Applicants!

We look forward to assisting you through the application process.

For more information about application requirements, please visit How to Apply to the UCLA Teacher Education Program.

See the TEP application checklist and UCLA Graduate School Application for all the details.

If we can be of service to you in any step of the application process, please feel free to contact Yolanda Reyna (reyna@gseis.ucla.edu)

Resources

Application Resources

People

Our Faculty

The Teacher Education Program is led by Program Director Emma Hipolito and Faculty Directors Megan Franke and Marjorie Orellana. Faculty members work with students in teams and/or teach core Teacher Education Program coursework.