Credential Pathways

Students apply for this pathway spring quarter of their sophomore year so that they are eligible to enroll in graduate education courses in the School of Education the following year. Students should have a minimum overall 3.0 GPA.

Students will engage in education courses and fieldwork which counts towards the 600 Clinical Practice hours required for a CA teaching credential. Therefore, we recommend that students take no more than two mathematics courses per quarter while in the program to make adequate room for the required CA credential coursework.

The application for the 2023-2025 cohort is now available. The deadline to apply for this pathway is May 5th, 2023 by 11:59pm. Students selected for this pathway will be notified by the end of Spring quarter.

Autobiographical Statement: 1-2 page limit

Prompt: Your autobiographical statement should indicate why you are applying to the program and what you hope to gain from the program.  Please also share the development of your teaching interest, your education related work and volunteer experience (paid or volunteer) related to education, school-age children, urban schools, and your strengths, skills, or other attributes that are related.

Junior/Senior Course Planner

Students must submit a course planner that outlines the courses for their major, minor (if applicable), and the education courses required for this pathway for the current quarter and the next two years. Please upload a pdf version of the course planner to your application.

Unofficial Transcript

Please download and submit an unofficial transcript from your student account on MyUCLA.

Letter of Recommendation

One letter must be written by a mathematics professor or education professor from whom you have completed at least one course, or a K-12 teacher mentor who has observed you either work with a small group of students or teach a lesson. Letters of recommendation are submitted separately by the recommender. Please notify your recommender to submit their recommendation in the Additional Information section below.

Integrated Application

Note: Education 127 will be offered in the Spring for the 2023-2024 academic school year. If you are planning on enrolling in this course, email jrojas@math.ucla.edu by the beginning on winter quarter. Please provide your UID and and include which CalTeach courses you have taken/plan to enroll in (i.e. Math 73XP, Math 74XP or Math 75XP).

Students will need to complete the following CA Credential requirements:

1. California Basic Skills
2. Subject Matter Competence
3. US Constitution
4. Pedagogical Competence
5. Clinical Practice Hours
6. Fingerprinting

Visit the CA Credential Requirements page for more information.

Please upload the Integrated Pathway recommendation form for your undergraduate student below.

Integrated Pathway Recommendation Form

If you have questions after using our virtual counselor, please reach out to our student advisors.

For Math for LA advising:

Julian Rojas
Curtis Center Math for LA Coordinator
jrojas@math.ucla.edu

For undergraduate mathematics advising:

Trisha Tran
Undergraduate Officer
Department of Mathematics
6356 Mathematical Sciences
(310) 206-1286
ugrad@math.ucla.edu

Students apply for this program Fall quarter of their Junior year so that they are eligible to enroll in graduate education courses in the School of Education the following academic year.Students should have a minimum overall 3.0 GPA.

Students will engage in education courses and fieldwork which counts towards the 600 Clinical Practice hours required for a CA teaching credential. Therefore, we recommend that students take no more than two mathematics courses per quarter while in the program to make adequate room for the required CA credential coursework.

The application deadline for the 2024-2026 cohort is December 1st, 2023. Students selected for this program will be notified late February to Mid-March.

Autobiographical Statement: 1-2 page limit

Prompt: Your autobiographical statement should indicate why you are applying to the program and what you hope to gain from the program.  Please also share the development of your teaching interest, your education related work and volunteer experience (paid or volunteer) related to education, school-age children, urban schools, and your strengths, skills, or other attributes that are related.

Junior/Senior Course Planner

Students must submit a course planner that outlines the courses for their major, minor (if applicable), and the education courses required for this program for the next two years. Please upload a pdf version of the course planner to your application.

Unofficial Transcript

Please download and submit an unofficial transcript from your student account on MyUCLA.

Two Letters of Recommendation

One letter must be written by a mathematics professor from whom you have completed at least one course. The second letter must be written by another mathematics professor or an education professor from whom you have completed at least one course, or a K-12 teacher mentor who has observed you either work with a small group of students or teach a lesson.

Letters of recommendation are submitted separately by the recommender. Please notify your recommender to submit their recommendation in the Additional Information section below.

The application for the Joint Mathematics Mentorship Program will become available on November 1st, 2023.

Note: Education 127 will be offered in the Spring for the 2023-2024 academic school year. If you are planning on enrolling in this course, email jrojas@math.ucla.edu by the beginning on winter quarter. Please provide your UID and and include which CalTeach courses you have taken/plan to enroll in (i.e. Math 73XP, Math 74XP or Math 75XP).

Students will need to complete the following CA Credential requirements:

1. California Basic Skills
2. Subject Matter Competence
3. US Constitution
4. Pedagogical Competence
5. Clinical Practice Hours
6. Fingerprinting

Visit the CA Credential Requirements page for more information.

The Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, is designed to increase the number and quality of science and math teachers who are prepared to teach in high-need schools throughout the country.

Scholarship/Forgivable Loans are available up to $16,500 for your Senior year.

There are two key requirements for this forgivable loan: (1) that you are a citizen or permanent resident and (2) that you work for two years in a school district that has at least one school that meets specific high-need criteria–exactly the kind of school that the UCLA program works with. The first-year of the service requirement is your resident year in graduate school. During this year you will be working in one of our partner schools, all of which meet the high-need requirements. You do not need to stay in this school for the second year, although most of our students do, so long as the school you go to is in a district where one of the schools in that district meets the “high-need” requirement described in the agreement. These districts are easy to find everywhere in the country.

As a Noyce Scholarship recipient, you will also attend a four-week pre-credential summer program beginning August 10, 2020. During the first week, you will attend professional development seminars at UCLA, followed by three weeks of observation and participation at one of the Graduate School of Education’s partner schools. Details to be confirmed in Winter/Spring Quarter.

Statement:

If you would like to be considered for a Noyce scholarship, you must respond to the following (500 Word limit, typed, double-spaced, 12-point font.) Please describe how your prior life experiences—academic, professional, volunteer, etc.—demonstrate a commitment to serving educationally underrepresented segments of society. If applicable, please discuss ways in which social, economic, or other disadvantages that you have had to overcome have affected your academic opportunities.

For more information about the Noyce Scholarship, please contact Professor Arlene Russell at russell@chem.ucla.edu.

Please upload the Joint Mathematics Mentorship Program (JMEP) recommendation form for your undergraduate student below.

JMEP Recommendation Form

If you have questions after using our virtual counselor, please reach out to our student advisors.

For Math for LA advising:

Julian Rojas
Curtis Center Math for LA Coordinator
jrojas@math.ucla.edu

For undergraduate mathematics advising:

Trisha Tran
Undergraduate Officer
Department of Mathematics
6356 Mathematical Sciences
(310) 206-1286
ugrad@math.ucla.edu