Pursuing Your Passion - Pathway to Teaching

Have you ever considered pursuing a career in teaching? Whether a recent high school graduate, working in another role in education and aspiring to teaching, or coming back to the workforce/changing careers, there is a pathway for you.  Please take a look at our resources and reach out to our Personnel Team if you have questions or would like to discuss your options!

General Information from our San Diego County Office of Education:

San Diego County Office of Education:  Educator Pathways

This page provides an overview of steps you may take/opportunities you may seek from various launch points.

General Information from The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC):

Roadmap to Teaching in California is a web tool designed to support meaningful conversations with education career candidates, from classroom teachers to principals to counselors and more. It’s a great way to support informed decisions and put educator candidates in touch with financial resources that can minimize their expenses and expand their opportunities on the path to a credential. Plus, trained career counselors are standing by to help!

Is an Internship a Pathway for You?

Internships are options for educators seeking employment in hard or harder to fill positions. Interns work in full time teaching contracts while completing their coursework/teaching credential.  Positions in which we typically hire interns may include special education, bilingual classroom teaching positions at our schools implementing dual immersion language programs, and math and/or science.   Steps to internship require a prospective educator to research universities that host internships and which programs you may be eligible for/may fit your needs.

The following are some of our partners that host intern credentialing programs, please research their requirements and reach out to the institution directly regarding your eligibility.

Interested in Becoming an Education Specialists?

Each spring we accept applications for Teacher Residency for future special educators who attend San Diego State University and/or Point Loma Nazarene University.  The application will be posted on this page, once opened each spring.

Learn more about Teacher Residency here:

Teacher Residency in Cajon Valley:  Overview

University Partners in Residency:

San Diego State University: Pathways to Become a Teacher	Point Loma Nazarene: How to Become a Teacher

Foreign Transcript Evaluation/Translation:

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing:  TC Leaflet - Foreign Transcript Evaluation

Universities may have different services available or that they recommend. 

Discounts from Partners 

General Information from our San Diego County Office of Education:

San Diego County Office of Education:  Educator Pathways

This page provides an overview of steps you may take/opportunities you may seek from various launch points. 

General Information from The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC):

Roadmap to Teaching in California is a web tool designed to support meaningful conversations with education career candidates, from classroom teachers to principals to counselors and more. It’s a great way to support informed decisions and put educator candidates in touch with financial resources that can minimize their expenses and expand their opportunities on the path to a credential. Plus, trained career counselors are standing by to help!

Career Change

Teacher Residency is an exciting new pathway for those interested in becoming Education Specialists:

Each spring we accept applications for Teacher Residency for future special educators who attend San Diego State University and/or Point Loma Nazarene University.  The application will be posted on this page, once opened each spring.

Learn more about Teacher Residency here:

Teacher Residency in Cajon Valley:  Overview

University Partners in Residency:

San Diego State University:  Pathways to Become a Teacher

Point Loma Nazarene:  How to Become a Teacher