Materials from Teach for the Bay 2023:
Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Education:
Igniting the Fire for Change in Education
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Past Keynotes, Plenaries & Workshops Galore! Timeless keynotes, inspiring plenaries, and workshops about pathways to teaching in early childhood, special education and TK-12!
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Interested in Free Tuition, having a job when you go to school and being a registered apprentice in California? There are many ECE and EDU (TK-5) Apprenticeships in the Bay Area!
“Earn & Learn” Apprenticeship (work in the field and earn permits/certificates/degrees) programs provide support, mentorship and sustenance along the journey of becoming a teacher.
Go to Get Started and contact your local college to see if they have an apprenticeship!
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The New PK-3 Early Childhood Specialist Credential is coming! This credential will be needed to teach TK-3. The Multiple Subjects Credential will still apply to teaching K-5.
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Teach for the Bay.
Enroll in a community college in the SF Bay Area and start your teaching career. Try classes for future teachers, get help and support, find a job with children or youth, graduate and transfer! We are here to help!
Tinker, Experiment, Discover.
It all begins with curiosity! Fostering a love of learning builds engaged minds and sets the stage for passionate future STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering & Math—learners!
CCSF’s New Maker Courses for Educators are a Great Exploration!
Thinking about changing to a Teaching Career?
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Become a CTE Teacher in Community College!
Share your love of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) or Career Technology Education (CTE) by becoming a teacher. Start your journey to becoming a teacher at one of California's community colleges.
Why Teach for the Bay?
The Bay Area needs you! Community college students are local, diverse, committed to their community and make great teachers!
A Rewarding Career
Teaching is a rewarding career. You can make a difference with children, youth, families and your own community. Teachers engage, create and connect every day.
Work/Life Benefits
Teachers typically have have good benefits, retirement plans, a schedule that promotes work/life balance, opportunities for professional growth, access to jobs if you need to move and a 9-10 month work schedule.
Teachers Are in High Demand
The SF Bay Area has a teacher shortage and needs teachers at all levels: ECE, Transitional Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle/High School and Community College. Teachers in Special Education, Math, Science, Career Technical Education and bi-lingual teachers are all in high demand in the Bay Area.
Innovative Programs and Support
Start your pathway or change your career and get on track at a community college. We have affordable classes and programs that can help you. Also, you can work in jobs with children and youth while going to school in your own community.
There’s a job for you.
From high school students looking to get into teaching to adults looking for a career change, Teacher Preparation Programs at Bay Area Community Colleges have a pathway for you.
Career Changers
Always wanted to be a teacher? Need to try out an internship class? Want to learn about classroom management and child/youth development? Need missing classes or to finish your degree? We can help!
Community College Students
Explore your passion and enroll in classes that can help you learn about teaching careers. Meet other students and teachers who share your interests. Get help with graduation and transfer. Prepare for jobs in ECE, after-school and youth service by supporting your expanding teaching skills!
High School - Dual Enrollment Students
Community colleges in the Bay Area welcome high school students. Get a head start on your college coursework, discover a career that fits your calling, and find jobs working in schools, early childhood education and youth work.
Teaching in the Bay Area
Teaching is social justice in action!
Resources
Learn more about the opportunities and challenges for teachers in Bay Area communities.
Careers
Discover Teacher Prep Programs designed to train and support you in your academic journey to becoming a teacher.
Updates
New! Stay tuned for the Fall 2023 Virtual Teach for the Bay Conference!
Learn everything you need to know about becoming a teacher from local experts.
New! Enroll in a community college and begin or change your career!
See a counselor and obtain an Educational Plan and meet with Teacher Preparation staff to learn about resources, opportunities, classes and careers.
Begin your journey to teaching with us!
“Now, I am proud to continue to give back to the community that made me, by serving the future teachers.”
Angela Bever
Faculty, ESL & Education
Diablo Valley College
Our Colleges
Begin your teaching career at one of our colleges.
City College of San Francisco
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Solano Community College
Santa Rosa JC
College of Marin
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Discover programs available at a Bay Area Community College.
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