Community College Teaching Certificate

The Community College Teaching Certificate (CCTC) Program at San Diego State University is designed to prepare current and prospective community college faculty in transfer, basic skill, vocational, and career technical education areas.  The program goals include improving competencies of existing and prospective faculty.  The program incorporates experiences developing instructional strategies to improve student learning, gaining competence in curriculum and course development and evaluation, and learning methods to meet adult student learning needs.   Students participate in a combination of in-class, online, and internship-based learning experiences.  The program will also assist prospective faculty in the development of skills and materials necessary to secure full-time and part-time community college employment.

Target Audience

The CCTC program has been designed to meet the needs of graduate students, existing full or part-time faculty in post-secondary education, and people in business seeking a career change. 

Goals/ Student Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate an ability to identify key issues affecting basic skills and career technical education.
• Expand teaching strategies to include teaching adults and assessing adult learning.
• Develop a portfolio of high quality application materials a part-time or full-time community college or University faculty position.
• Develop a sample program curriculum, including alignment of program Student Learning Outcomes and methods for assessing program quality.

Financial Disclosure  

Total Cost of the Two-Semester Community College Teaching Certificate Program 

Basic tuition and fees for the two-semester program:

0 to 6 units each semester: $2,299
Nonresidents add $372 per unit to this cost

Books and supplies based on a standardized amount for all SDSU students: $1,661

Amounts are estimates based on 2011-12 costs and are subject to change without notice. 

Coming Soon:  The name and U.S. Department of Labor's Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code of the occupations that the Community College Teaching Certificate program prepares students to enter, along with links to occupational profiles on the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET Web site.