Become an Excellent Middle or High School Teacher
This California Single Subject Teaching Credential is the final step to entering the classroom as the teacher of record in departmentalized secondary schools, teaching a single subject such as English, algebra, chemistry, or history. During your first term, you’ll build your foundation with two introductory teaching courses, while proving your subject matter competency. From there, you’ll expand your classroom strategies, employing the latest learning theory and meeting Common Core standards. After your first four courses, you’ll be intern eligible, enabling you to start teaching, earning a salary while completing your credential in as little as 10 months.
- Specialty Content Teaching Strategies: We offer the following content areas — English, World Languages, Math, History/SS, PE/Health, Science, and Music/Art.
- Curriculum Design, Classroom Management: You’ll use California content standards to learn to design engaging lessons and will develop skills in planning and differentiating instruction, classroom management, and assessment.
- CTC-Accredited Credential: Credential courses and fieldwork experiences are aligned with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Teaching Performance Expectations and other state standards.

AAQEP - Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation
The University of Massachusetts Global is a member in good standing of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), a national accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. This program has been awarded initial accreditation status with AAQEP through June 30, 2030. Accreditation acknowledges that a program prepares effective educators who continue to grow as professionals and has demonstrated the commitment and capacity to maintain quality.