Center for Undergraduate Teacher Preparation

With a $250,000 grant from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, SOE’s Center for Undergraduate Teacher Preparation is strengthening its four-year integrated programs of teacher preparation as a strategy to address the state’s teacher shortage.

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has encouraged the development of undergraduate teacher preparation programs, both to bring qualified teachers into the classroom sooner and to increase the pipeline of students entering the profession. With the grant, CUTP is strengthening outreach to LMU undergraduates. In addition, CUTP will collaborate with El Camino College, a grant partner, to build a teacher preparation pipeline for community college students transferring to LMU. “Our school does an excellent job preparing candidates to be the types of teachers students need in our urban communities,” says Annette P. Hernandez, CUTP’s senior director. “To have a dedicated center working with undergraduates who want to get in to these classrooms sooner reflects our commitment to meeting this critical need.”

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