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Classroom 2.0 for Teachers
Join a lively interactive workshop on the use of Web 2.0 in education that is intended to be as free, open, engaging, participative, and highly collaborative as the Web itself. Through a blend of presentations, facilitated discussions, and hands-on creation you learn to incorporate Web tools into your lesson plans, especially for programs with limited resources. Beginners are especially invited and encouraged to attend, though there will also be plenty of opportunity for more seasoned Internet users to add to their knowledge through individual help and attention from the instructors.

EDP 201459
Tuesday, 6–8 pm
November 10
Berkeley: UC Berkeley Extension

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CLAD Through CTEL Certification Program
Ensure certification to teach English learners by the start of the next school year.

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Education

UC Berkeley Extension education courses, professional programs, certificate programs, and credential programs provide key teaching methods and skills for use in a wide variety of educational and training settings. Teachers and trainers at all levels have the opportunity to learn from Extension’s excellent instructors who are also practitioners. Many of our courses are also of value to non-teachers looking for insights into education-related topics such as college planning and the psychology of learning.

Become a Professional Teacher

UC Berkeley Extension offers several programs designed for those who want to enter the teaching profession: Adult Education and Instruction, Vocational Education, and Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language. Each program varies widely in terms of prerequisites, time required to complete, and the subject matter and type of educational setting in which you will be qualified to teach. These professional programs can also be applied toward earning a California teaching credential.

Earn a California Teaching Credential

You can greatly expand your career options in adult or career and technical education by becoming a fully credentialed California teacher. After completing one of our professional programs, take two to five additional courses and qualify for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Credential or the Adult Education Credential.

Professional Advancement for Teachers

From website design to second language acquisition to math-teaching methods, Extension offers courses and programs that address the challenges professional educators face in their classrooms every day. Choose from innovative professional growth courses and certificate programs in CTEL/CLAD, Technology in Education, Teaching ESL, Teaching Math, or College Admissions Advising.

Clear Your Preliminary Credential

For teachers who need to complete, or "clear," their preliminary credential, UC Berkeley Extension offers all the required courses and schedules them for completion in one year. If you currently hold a preliminary California Credential in Multiple Subjects, Special Education Single Subject, Adult Education, or Vocational Education, refer to your preliminary credential document for the specific courses you need to clear your credential.

Become a College Admissions and Career Adviser

Both career changers and professional educators can learn the technical skills necessary to advise students in the college admissions process or toward career fulfillment. UC Berkeley Extension offers the only Certificate Program in College Admissions and Career Planning in the Bay Area, in addition to a new professional sequence just for college admission counseling. Work in an academic setting or as a private consultant.

Featured Courses

Web 2.0 Technologies for Teachers helps you gain fluency with current technologies so that you can better integrate them into your curriculum, promote tech-literate students, and ultimately, support your efforts to uphold California State Content Standards.

New! Podcasting for Teachers shows you how to create a podcast, design an original soundtrack, and broadcast on the Internet to promote collaboration and communication between teachers, students and parents while enhancing the core curriculum.

Integrating Computer Technologies into the Curriculum focuses on teaching and learning in a wide range of classroom environments, from technology-rich to technology-poor, providing an overview of current computer-based technologies. This course may be used to fulfill the computer education level II requirement for the California Teaching Credential.

Fostering Wellness presents strategies for teaching health concepts in elementary, secondary, and adult classes. Topics include fitness and nutrition, stress and depression, sexuality, and use and abuse of drugs and alcohol. This course may be used to fulfill the health requirement for the California Teaching Credential.

Inclusion of Students with Special Needs in Regular Education helps you develop teaching and management skills that facilitate learning by students with special needs in the mainstreamed classroom. This course may be used to fulfill the mainstreaming requirement for the Ryan Multiple and/or Single Subject Credentials on direct application to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.