Welcome
to the UCLA
California Teach website!
The University of California,
working in partnership with K-12 schools, the California State University,
the state government, and industry leaders, have launched a bold new
initiative called California Teach.
Our goal is to encourage UC students majoring or planning to major in
Math, Science and Engineering to consider teaching as a career.
By 2010, the California Teach Initiative plans to put 1,000 new
science and math teachers annually into California classrooms, effecting
over 1,000,000 minds!
There is great need for teachers.
In 2002-03, nearly 1500 mathematics and 800 science teachers in
California high schools were taught by teachers with no teaching credential.
Even more classes were taught by
teachers with a credential in an unrelated subject area. The National
Science Foundation recently reported that in national comparisons of 8th
graders, California scored last in the country in sciences and 7th
from the bottom in mathematics.
There is also great potential to make a difference.
Projections indicate that more than 30% of California’s teacher
workforce will be eligible to retire in the next decade.
Many school districts are offering substantial financial bonuses to
math and science teachers.
The
UCLA
California Teach program is
committed to encouraging and supporting students interested in K-12 math and
science teaching. Our 2-unit
courses include 30 hours of paid observation, participation and assisting in
K-12 schools, and seminars to support those field experiences.
Through our program you will explore teaching in the elementary,
middle and high school settings.
We offer you a guided exploration of teaching as a career, personal
advising as you explore and prepare for a teaching career, and assistance
and financial support for subject matter preparation.
Our
program wants the best and the brightest to experience, first-hand, the
amazing impact that they can have on teaching and that teaching can have on
them. We look forward to
hearing from you!!
