Saddleback College students interested in teaching can apply for the college’s Teacher Preparation Pipeline (TPP) program, which has received a $225,000 grant to provide students the opportunity to serve as paid teaching assistants in math, science or career technical education (CTE) at the secondary school level. The college is one of only two community colleges in Orange County to receive continued funding through the first four years of the five-year grant from the California Community College Chancellor’s Office.
Students who are interested in the TPP program must submit an application between Nov. 15 and Jan. 31, 2011. Applications are available at http://www.saddleback.edu/transfer/tpp.
Students accepted into the TPP program will complete 40 hours of fieldwork during the semester and will be compensated at $10 per hour. The students are placed at one of the program’s partner locations: Capistrano Unified School District, Saddleback Valley Unified School District, Coastline ROP, and Capistrano-Laguna Beach ROP. The fieldwork experience they complete fulfills a prerequisite for the California State University Fullerton’s teaching credential program.
Certain requirements apply to take part in the program. To find out more, visit http://www.saddleback.edu/transfer/tpp or call 949-582-4469.
