Education Partnerships
University of California
Office of the President
1111 Franklin St., 9th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-5201
A complete description of the program and a link to its website are available by selecting the program's name.
The California Subject Matter Project is a network of nine discipline-based statewide projects that support on-going quality professional development. Activities and programs are designed by university faculty, teacher leaders, and teacher practitioners to improve instructional practices and lead to increased achievement for all students.
Students completing the program receive an M.A. in Education and a recommendation toward a Tier I Administrative Services Credential from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC). The Administrative Services Credential (ASC) authorizes service as a superintendent, associate superintendent, deputy superintendent, principal, assistant principal, dean, supervisor, consultant, coordinator, or in an equivalent or intermediate-level administrative position.
Principal Leadership Institutes are located at UC Berkeley and UCLA.
Through the Science and Mathematics Teacher Initiative (SMI/CalTeach), the University of California is recruiting and preparing mathematics and science majors for future teaching careers by providing special coursework and field experiences in K-12 schools. The University has developed new minors and concentrations - 60 to date across the UC system - that focus specifically on math and science teaching. Strong collaborations between UC faculty in mathematics, sciences and education ensure that students develop both deep subject matter content knowledge and strong pedagogical skills. Offered at nine UC campuses, and with a parallel lower division program at 28 community colleges, SMI/CalTeach will place significantly more highly qualified math and science teachers into California schools.