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Teachers: Students working toward teaching credentials encouraged to get help from TEP
By: John Sakata
Issue date: 10/30/03 Section: News
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Before she became the teacher education adviser, Janet Young remembers what it was like being a student striving to become a teacher.
"What I relate to the most is how lost I felt. I didn't know what to do and where to go. I took classes that I didn't need and when I got to the university, they were actually sitting there, crossing out classes on my transcript," Young said. "And it was killing me. It was like 'You didn't need to take this, you didn't need to take this.' I don't want my students to go through that."
The first step to getting such questions answered is to take an elevator to the third floor of the Art B Building.
The Teacher Education Program (TEP), which serves more than 850 students, provides counseling, workshops that are designed to help students pass the CBEST, and usage of the teacher resource room.
The program serves as a lighthouse to guide prospective teachers into the university of their choice.
"This program is meant to help prepare students to become teachers. It is designed to offer them early experiences in the classroom so they can determine if they do indeed want to become a teacher or not," Young said. "It is designed to get them ready to transfer."
The hopes of TEP are to give students the opportunity to get early field work, to help them pass all of their early division classes, and to complete their education classes. They strive to help students have a high enough GPA, pass the CBEST and get them prepared to go to the university of their choice.
TEP, recognized by CSU Dominguez Hills, Long Beach and other universities, was started five years ago after requesting and receiving a Title V grant.
"They like our two counselors, Sheryl Crown and Madeline... It is valuable to call in and get time for your appointments because they usually book up a week or two in advance," Minerva Montes, TEP secretary, said.
"They (students) are obviously enjoying the program, because they are calling and coming in for their appointments."
"What I relate to the most is how lost I felt. I didn't know what to do and where to go. I took classes that I didn't need and when I got to the university, they were actually sitting there, crossing out classes on my transcript," Young said. "And it was killing me. It was like 'You didn't need to take this, you didn't need to take this.' I don't want my students to go through that."
The first step to getting such questions answered is to take an elevator to the third floor of the Art B Building.
The Teacher Education Program (TEP), which serves more than 850 students, provides counseling, workshops that are designed to help students pass the CBEST, and usage of the teacher resource room.
The program serves as a lighthouse to guide prospective teachers into the university of their choice.
"This program is meant to help prepare students to become teachers. It is designed to offer them early experiences in the classroom so they can determine if they do indeed want to become a teacher or not," Young said. "It is designed to get them ready to transfer."
The hopes of TEP are to give students the opportunity to get early field work, to help them pass all of their early division classes, and to complete their education classes. They strive to help students have a high enough GPA, pass the CBEST and get them prepared to go to the university of their choice.
TEP, recognized by CSU Dominguez Hills, Long Beach and other universities, was started five years ago after requesting and receiving a Title V grant.
"They like our two counselors, Sheryl Crown and Madeline... It is valuable to call in and get time for your appointments because they usually book up a week or two in advance," Minerva Montes, TEP secretary, said.
"They (students) are obviously enjoying the program, because they are calling and coming in for their appointments."