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2+2 or 2+2+1 via MPC & CSU Monterey Bay
Through the MPC-CSUMB 2+2 or 2+2+1 program, you can complete a 5-year program in 4
or 5 years. You’ll graduate with:
- An AA-T degree in Elementary Teacher Education from MPC
- A BA degree in Liberal Studies
- A preliminary multiple subject teaching credential with or without a bilingual authorization, or a preliminary special education teaching credential
Currently, CSUMB credential graduates have a 98% job placement!
Full-Time Program
With its accelerated schedule, the Teacher Pathway Program is designed for full-time students. Students are expected to:
- Attend a minimum of one academic counseling session per semester
- Complete/update a Comprehensive Educational Plan at the beginning of each semester.
- Maintain a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.67 or above.
- Participate in a minimum of one Teaching Pathway Program activity/event per semester
- Complete 51 hours of field experience in a K-12 classroom (offered as part of EDUC 1L)
Benefits and Support
Students in the Teacher Pathway Program can access special benefits and resources:
- Transfer support and resources
- Electronic support services
- Peer support from fellow TPP students
- Priority registration
- CBEST and CSET preparation
- Professional development
Visit the CSUMB College of Education to view further resources available to TPP students.
Frequently Asked Questions - Teaching Pathway Program
The Teacher Pathway Program (TPP) is an MPC and CSUMB collaboration designed to address our community’s elementary education teacher shortage. TPP facilitates the academic pathway for local prospective teachers to obtain their teaching credentials.
Candidates begin by completing MPC's AA-T Elementary Teacher Education program before completing CSUMB's Liberal Studies bachelor's degree with a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, along with a California Subject Examinations for Teachers® (CSET) waiver.
The Teacher Pathway Program offers a variety of benefits, starting with guaranteed seats in MPC courses via priority registration and guaranteed seats at CSUMB.
In addition, TPP students receive peer support, career and professional development advice, transfer support resources, and many other benefits.
Anyone interested in the teaching profession can join the Teacher Pathway Program. Good academic performance and program participation are required to remain in the program, but our team works with you to ensure participants have the tools and resources to succeed.
The Teacher Pathway Program's approach to addressing the teacher shortage in our community is to tap into the local talent in our community and help local future teachers become culturally responsive educators for students like them.
The "Grow Our Own" initiative is our collective effort to recruit local prospective teachers who can readily address and relate to students’ lives in the community they grew up in.
MPC is part of a tri-county collaboration with Hartnell College and Cabrillo College as well as CSU Monterey Bay to address the teacher shortage in our communities. The Teacher Pathway Program stretches state-wide with community colleges all over California to address teacher shortages in their areas.
The Teacher Pathway Program currently only holds full-time cohorts. Because of the cohort
style of the program, candidates are required to be full-time students.
Yes, although TPP was designed to ease transfer specifically to CSU Monterey Bay, anyone interested in becoming a teacher or who wishes to use the resources available via the Teacher Pathway Program is encouraged to apply.
Yes, although TPP participants earn their transfer degree in Elementary Teacher Education,
candidates who wish to teach in middle schools and secondary schools (high schools)
are still encouraged to join the Teacher Pathway Program and use our available resources
for prospective teachers. Please email us for more information at tpp@mpc.edu.