STEM Teaching Resources
AHC Classes
Education 140: Math & Science Teaching Careers (Spring)
This is a course designed to expose math and science students to successful academic
practices as well as the teaching profession. You will explore a variety of teaching
methods by observing local math and science teachers. You will begin to complete required
early experience hours needed to enter a teaching credential program.
Benefits included:
- Targeted preparation coursework and field experience
- Personalized career and academic counseling
- Ongoing financial aid advisement
- Focused academic success tracking
- Access to California Basic Education Skills Test
- (CBEST) preparation workshops
- Tutoring
For more information, Please contact:
Ashley Brackett
805.922.6966 ext. 3549
abrackett@hancokcockcollege.edu
College Programs
CalTeach:
As a component of the University of California's Science and Math Initiative (SMI),
CalTeach addresses the critical need for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) undergraduate teacher preparation. Designed to address California's science
and mathematics teacher shortage, this innovative program recruits and prepares mathematics
and science majors for future teaching careers by providing special coursework and
field experiences in K-12 schools while they complete their undergraduate degrees.
Post-Graduation Programs
Teach for America:
Teach For America is growing the movement of leaders who work to ensure that kids
growing up in poverty get an excellent education. We recruit a diverse group of leaders
with a record of achievement who work to expand educational opportunity, starting
by teaching for two years in a low-income community.
Peace Corps:
Volunteers in math teach basic concepts, including remedial math, geometry, algebra,
statistics, probability, and calculus. Volunteers in science teach general science,
biology, chemistry, and physics.
Depending on your specific assignment, you might:
- Collaborate with local teachers to develop teaching materials and improve teaching techniques
- Integrate health and environmental education into the curriculum, and support other school and community activities, such as HIV/AIDS prevention and education
Helpful Websites
Teach California
7 Easy Steps to Becoming a Teacher in California
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"At Allan Hancock College, I have a clear path for where I want to go in terms of a career. The classes are really challenging and rewarding. The instructors are really open and willing to share their knowledge with you. They have so much experience to share with us, things that would take years to see in the field."
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