Teacher Education Program (M.Ed.)
In the Teacher Education Program, students are prepared to become social justice educators in urban settings. The program is designed for students whose primary career interest is in teaching in low-income, low-performing schools in California, and Los Angeles in particular. TEP is housed in Center X at UCLA Ed&IS. The program offers an M.Ed. and teaching credentials for various subjects.
Academic Information
The Teacher Education Program prepares aspiring teachers to become social justice educators in urban settings.
To serve a wide range of aspiring educators, TEP offers several academic program pathways based on area of interest. Learn more about which program pathway fits you.
UCLA’s Teacher Education Program (TEP) aspiring educators:
- Embody a social justice agenda
- Foster sustained engagement in teaching and learning
- Attend to the moral, cultural, and political dimensions of teaching
- Blend theory and practice
- Collaborate across institutions and communities
- Participate in collaborative inquiry within communities of practice
- Focus simultaneously on professional education, school reform and reinventing the university’s role in K-14 schooling
- Mirror the diverse, caring, anti-racist, socially responsible learning communities
The Teacher Education Program offers several academic program pathways that culminate in a teaching credential and/or Master of Education degree. Learn which program pathway fits you. For more information, please visit TEP’s Master’s Degree & Teaching Credential Programs.
Elementary Grade K-5:
Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a multiple-subject credential to teach Elementary and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in this pathway: Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program
English Grade 6-12:
Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a single-subject credential to teach secondary (grade 6-12) English and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in this pathway: Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program – can specialize in Ethnic Studies
Mathematics 6-12:
Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a single-subject credential to teach secondary (grade 6-12) Mathematics and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in these pathways:
Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program
Joint Mathematics/Education Program (JMEP) – begins as UCLA undergraduate
Music Grade K-12:
Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a credential to teach Music in this pathway: Joint Music/Education Program – begins as UCLA undergraduate
Science Grade 6-12:
Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a single-subject credential to teach secondary (grade 6-12) Science and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in these pathways:
Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program
Science Teacher Education Program (STEP) – begin as UCLA undergraduate
Social Science Grade 6-12:
Candidates in the Teacher Education Program can earn a single-subject credential to teach secondary (grade 6-12) Social Science and a Master’s Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in this pathway: Two-Year Master’s & Credential Graduate Program – can specialize in Ethnic Studies.
Learn More
TEP @ Center X
Contact Us
General Questions
TEP Program Manager
Jackie Honda
honda@gseis.ucla.edu
(310) 794-2133
Program Coordinator
Yolanda Reyna
reyna@gseis.ucla.edu
(310) 206-0796
Music Education Program: Associate Professor of Music
Lily Chen-Hafteck
lhafteck@ucla.edu
(310) 206-8297
Joint Mathematics Education Program: TEP Faculty Advisor
Jamie Park
japark@gseis.ucla.edu
(310) 206-3911
The California Preliminary Teaching Credential and the UCLA TEP Application
Student Adviser
Francisco Revilla Ruiz
Science Teacher Education Program: TEP Faculty Advisor
Imelda Nava
inava@ucla.edu
(310) 825-4910