Streamlined Teacher Education Program

This program is designed for freshmen planning to be teachers, students in the Streamlined Teacher Education Program (STEP) combine their bachelor's degree requirements with credential program courses to earn both the degree and the preliminary credential in an efficient, well-planned program. For a special education credential, one additional semester is required. Students in STEP complete the requirements for the bachelor's degree in either Child and Adolescent Development or Liberal Studies and the requirements for a Professional (preliminary) Multiple Subject Credential (for teaching elementary school) and/or an Education Specialist Credential (for teaching special education).

Students in STEP benefit from early field experience in K-12 classrooms, regular contact with faculty members from their major departments and from the education departments, and regular advisement and support throughout the program. Students in STEP also have multiple opportunities to meet and work with other students in the program, facilitating their social connections with other students with similar career aspirations.

Transfer students may also participate in STEP. To be well-positioned to participate in the program, they must seek advisement from their community college counselors as early in their academic careers as soon as possible. Students in this program must take a particular pattern of courses to satisfy General Education Program requirements. Transfer students should check the Center for Careers in Teaching website for more information.

For further information about STEP, please visit the Center for Careers in Teaching (CCT) website at www.fullerton.edu/cct/ or visit the CCT directly in H 113.