Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification in the State

• District Intern Certificate
• Early Completion Intern Option
• Eminence Credential
• Individualized Intern Certificate
• Sojourn Credential
• University Intern Credential

State Contact for Alternative Routes

Where can I get certified to teach through an alternate route in the state?

• Bakersfield - Bakersfield City Intern Program
• Bakersfield - Intern Consortium
• Calexico - SDSU Imperial Valley
• Calexico - SDSU/IV Alternative Certification Internship Program
• Carson - Special Education University Intern Program
• Compton - Compton District Intern Program
• El Centro - Imperial County SELPA Alternative Certification Program
• Fullerton - Cal State Fullerton Single Subject Internship Program
• Fullerton - CSU Fullerton Special Education Intern Program
• La Verne - University of La Verne
• Lake Elsinore - Lake Elsinore School District
• Long Beach - CSULB Multiple Subject Internship Program
• Long Beach - Education Specialist Intern Program (ESIP)
• Los Angeles - Cal State TEACH
• Los Angeles - CSULA Special Education Intern Program
• Los Angeles - LAUSD District Intern Program
• LOS ANGELES - National University (MS/SS)
• Los Angeles - UCLA Extension Intern Credential
• LOS ANGELES - URBAN INTERN TEACHER CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS
• Northridge - CSUN Multiple Subject Intern Program
• Northridge - CSUN Special Education Intern Program
• Northridge - Single Subject Universtiy Intern Program
• Oakland - Oakland Intern Partnership Program
• Oakland - Oakland Intern Partnership Program
• Ontario - Ontario-Montclair School District Intern Academy
• Riverside - Riverside County Office of Education
• Sacramento - Fortune School of Edcuation formerly known as Project Pipeline
• San Bernardino - CSU San Bernardino
• San Bernardino - Early Childhood Special Education Intern Program
• San Diego - San Diego USD
• San Francisco - San Francisco Unified School District
• San Francisco - San Francisco Unified School District Intern Program
• San Jose - Alum Rock Union Elementary School Teacher Intern Program
• San Jose - Silicon Valley Intern Program
• Santa Clara - Santa Clara University Intern Credentialing Program
• Seaside - CSU Monterey Bay Internship Program
• Thousand Oaks - Education Specialist Credential Program with Internship Option
• Turlock - CSU Stanislaus/San Joaquin Consortium
• Union City - Multiple and Single Subject Partnership Programs
• Whittier - Whittier College Internship Program
• Fairfield - Solano/North Bay/Contra Costa Teacher Intern Program
• San Juan Capistrano - Capistrano Unified School District Intern Program
• San Jose - Single Subject Credential Program
• Santa Rosa - North Coast Beginning Teacher Program
• Chico - Northeastern California Partnership for Special Education
• San Jose - School-University Partnership Multiple Subjects Internship Program
• Sacramento - Sacramento USD
• Fairfiled - Solono/North Bay Teacher Intern Program
• Fontana - Fontana Unified School District Intern Program
• Chula Vista, CA - Sweetwtaer Union High School District
• Hercules - Reach Institute Intern Teacher Credential Program
• Claremont - Claremont Graduate University's Teacher Education Internship Program
• Carson - CSUDH University Intern Program
• Modesto - Stanisluas County Office of Education-Education Specialist District Intern Program
• Chico - Northstate Consortium for Alternative Teacher Education
• Stockton - Project Impact
• Azusa - Intern Credential Program
• Fresno - Teacher Internship Program - CSU Fresno
• Costa Mesa - Orange County Consortium District Intern Program

Statistics

• Status of States Concerning Alternatives to Approved College Teacher Preparation Programs for Certifying Teachers
• Numbers of Teaching Certificates Issued to Persons Who Completed an Alternative Route, by State
• Race/Ethnicity and Gender of Alternative Teacher Certification Candidates
• Age of Alternative Teacher Certification Candidates
• Primary Activity Prior To Entering Alternative Teacher Certification Routes
• Types of Communities Alternative Teacher Certification Participants Teach In
• Employment and Cost of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs
• Numbers of Newly Hired Teachers, by State
• Numbers of Total Teachers Employed by State
• Numbers of Persons Who Completed an Approved College Teacher Preparation Program, by State
• Numbers of Emergency Teaching Licenses Issued, by State
• Numbers of Temporary/Other Teaching Licenses Issued, by State

Information

• Contact information for persons interested in finding a teaching position in the state
• Institutions of higher education that have developed alternative teacher preparation programs leading to a teaching license
• School-District Based Alternative Programs
• Institutions of higher education that have any teacher preparation programs leading to a license to teach