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Can I get a single subject California teaching credential while working a full-time day job?
I really want to get a California high school teaching credential (so much so that I’ve already taken the CBEST and am preparing for the CSET), but I can’t quit my full-time job to go back to school. I just attended a teaching credential information meeting at the local college and they said it’s impossible to get a credential while working full-time. Is there no way to do it with night or weekend classes? What if I could devote one weekday each week? Still impossible?
It is possible, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
You can at least take all your college credential classes while still working full time, but when it comes to your student teaching, that’s where a lot of people have the employment problems.
Some people only have to take off a few months to do their student teaching… that’s what my sister is doing.
Universities highly discourage a person from doing student teaching and working full time… or even part time… but here are some ways to get around it:
Look into becoming a District Intern. It’s rather like the bootcamp version of getting a credential… because you’ll be working full time teaching and going to school at night.
There are also emergency credentials. You can get a job without a credential as long as you’ve passed the CBEST.
You can also start with subbing, and trying to find a long term sub position without a credential while you work on it.
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