The Antioch University Santa Barbara Teacher Credentialing Program:

• provides high academic standards that prepare candidates to teach in California's classrooms
• produces teachers with demonstrated expertise in content area instruction
• produces teachers with expertise in collaboration, inclusion and individualized instruction
• produces teachers skilled in civic literacy who prepare their students for participatory citizenship in a culturally diverse society
• produces teachers who work comfortably with new technologies
• strengthens teachers' professional identities by developing their advocacy skills and encouraging the deepening of their self-knowledge
• familiarizes candidates with global, ecological interdependence
• provides social and professional support systems for lifelong learning
• produces teachers who incorporate music and art into their curricula
• develops teacher expertise in character development, civic education, and community building
• provides candidates with alternative methods of teaching
• guides candidates through student teaching with close faculty supervision
• provides continued social and professional support after graduation