The Berkeley Teacher Education Program prepares teachers committed to co-creating powerful and enriching classrooms that embody the values, relationships, and experiences of a more just world.
We believe that:
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Teaching Creates Humanizing Spaces
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Teaching Critically Examines and Strategically Addresses Systems of Power
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Teaching Entails Relationships, Ethics, and Technical Craftwork
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Teaching Fosters Lifelong Processes of Learning and Research
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Teaching Requires Intentional Effort in the Face of Complexities and Contradictions
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Teaching Transforms Oneself
We remind ourselves that at its core, teaching is an endeavor to be more fully human, to embody the fullness of human life in ourselves and our students. Teaching is simultaneously beautiful, joyous, amusing, awe-inspiring, difficult, painful, frightening, nerve wracking, and embarrassing; it entails every emotion that makes us human. Teaching displays our strengths and our shortcomings, which becomes an invitation for us to become better human beings. It is to this wonderfully complex vocation that we purposefully commit ourselves.
BTEP is a 15-month MA/credential program that offers the following pathways:
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Elementary/Multiple Subject Pathway (K-6/8)
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Secondary Math and Science Pathways (Learn about Secondary STEM Opportunities through the Oakland Teacher Residency)
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Secondary English Pathway
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Secondary History/Social Science Pathway
BTEP also offers supplemental authorizations in the following areas:
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Spanish Bilingual Authorization: Learn more here!
The Bilingual Authorization (BA) Program at UC Berkeley follows from explicit pieces of our Identity Statement for teaching toward a more socially-just world. We aim to prepare powerful, equity-oriented teachers who will be well-equipped to build bilingualism and biliteracy in Spanish and English for learners across the socio-economic, racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds represented in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Learn more about BTEP from our prerecorded Information Webinar that can be accessed here.
After viewing the webinar, you can sign up to attend Q&A office hours via Zoom to get further questions answered. Q&A sessions are offered twice a month on Wednesdays from 12-1pm California time, and are not required but a great chance to discuss the program in depth.
Sign Up for Q&A Sessions Here. (updated with dates for spring 2025!)
BTEP Program Assistant
Program Inquiries: Susie Hill.