Become a Teacher
So you want to become a teacher?
HUSD, in partnership with institutions of higher education, offers a variety of programs to help you get on the path of becoming a certificated educator. Click on the below partnerships to learn more!
Highlighted Programs
San Jose State University
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SJSU’s Transfer Success Pathway Program- Provides recent high school grads who start at community college guaranteed admission to a specific major at SJSU (after meeting prereq and GPA requirements). Please consider talking with your graduating seniors about this opportunity. https://www.sjsu.edu/
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Male Educators of Color Initiative - Provides full tuition funding and additional support for educators earning their teaching credentials https://www.sjsu.edu/
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Bilingual Supplementary Authorization - Prepares teachers to obtain an authorization to serve in dual immersion or bilingual school settings in California https://www.sjsu.edu/
teachered/academics/cbap.php (see flyers below) -
CS Supplementary Authorization - Provides educators computer science content and pedagogical knowledge that will support you to teach your students to engage fully and democratically in a technology rich society https://www.sjsu.edu/
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Bay Area K-16 Collaborative- Keep up with work supporting college access in our region https://www.bayareak16.org/
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BA Degree completion program for paraprofessionals
Male Educators of Color Initiative
Bilingual Program (supplementary authorization program flyers below)
Berkeley Leadership Programs
UC Berkeley’s Leadership Support Program (LSP)! We hope that this email finds you and your community healthy and safe.
LSP is excited to announce that they are accepting applications for their next cohort, which starts in September 2023!
Berkeley LSP Flyer with more information.
For more information, visit the Berkelery LSP website, or contact them at lsp@berkeley.edu or vietnguyen@berkeley.edu.
Saint Mary's College of California
Bilingual Authorization in Spanish at Saint Mary's College of California (PDF)
USF South Bay Masters and Teaching Credential Program
Applications are being accepted now for USF South Bay's Masters and Teaching Credential program (Project H.E.A.L.). The program will be focused on preparing candidates to engage in humanizing and transformative teaching practices that are deeply centered in social justice and ethnic studies. We offer a very flexible schedule with classes one evening a week and some Saturdays. Perfect for working professionals! Please reach out to Dr. Ruchi Rangnath at rrangnath@usfca.edu to receive an application waiver and/or if you have any questions.
Fill out your application now!
Alliant International University
Dominican University of California
Dominican University is delighted to share that Dominican University in San Rafael has expanded our Teachers of Color Scholarship to include the East Bay.
Marin and East Bay Teachers of Color can get 50% off tuition in our hybrid online/in-person teacher credential program.
This discount can be combined with the Public School Employee Scholarship (25% of tuition), for 75% off credential program tuition.
Contact Julie Grellas to discuss Dominican’s teacher pathways:
Julie Grellas
Phone: (415) 482-2462
Email: julie.grellas@dominican.edu