After School Program Associate Teacher

The After School Program Associate Teacher Certificate is intended to provide students with skills necessary to work with K-12 students in an after-school setting, provide tutoring or homework assistance, or assist in academic enrichment programs. Completion of the required courses for this certificate plus 50 days of field experience (minimum of 3 hours per day) can qualify you for the California Child Development Associate Teacher Permit with a school-age emphasis. Contact Career Technical Education (CTE) or Center for Teacher Education counselors at SAC for additional assistance in planning your School-Age profession. 

The projected number of students to earn the certificate annually is 15.  

Demonstrate the advanced skills necessary to work with students in an after school program setting that includes knowledge of academic support/enrichment and activity programming.

This After School Program Associate Teacher certificate correspond sto the SAC mission of inspiring, transforming, and empowering a diverse community of learners.  Specifically, it prepares our students to provide academic enrichment support as teacher assistant/educational aide working with K-12 students.  Students will gain practical skills and knowledge to enable them to work in an afterschool care setting, tutoring setting, and/or academic enrichment program setting. Students can continue to pursue their educational career options by obtaining the Emphasis in School-Age Care and Recreation Degree (32.5-35.5 units).

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
EDUC 114	Tutoring Reading in Elementary Schools	1	Y1, Sp
CNSL 114 or CDEV 114	Careers in Teaching	1	Y1, F/Sp
CDEV 107 OR	Child Growth and Development	3	Y1, F
PSYC 157	Introduction to Child Psychology	3	Y1, F
CDEV 120B or EDUC 120B	School-Age Child Care and Recreation Activities	3	Y1, Sp
CDEV 110	Child, Family, and Community	3	Y1, F/Sp
CDEV 205	Introduction to Children with Special Needs	3	Y1, F/Sp
DNCE 102 OR	Introduction to Dance Forms	3	Y1, F/Sp
CMST 102	Public Speaking	3	Y1, F/Sp

Education, Teacher Assistant/Educational Aide

Coastline, Fullerton, Santiago Canyon, and Mt San Antonio (Los Angeles county) have educational aide (teacher assistant) programs. In Orange County, SAC has the largest teacher assistant certificate program.

The projected annual enrollment is 15 students.