Criteria for Advancement to MA status from Credential

Credential/MA students are admitted as Credential students and advanced to MA status after completion of all credential requirements as well as the following:

1. Cumulative UC Davis graduate GPA must be at least 3.0 by the end of the Spring Quarter of your credential year

2. A grade of A, B, or C in all required 100 and 200 level credential/MA courses

3. A grade of B- or higher for student teaching (Edu 304 or Edu 306 series)

4. Completion of all UC Davis prerequisites and California Credential requirements for the teaching credential with appropriate documentation submitted to the School of Education Student Services Office by August 1st preceding the fall quarter in which the student will enroll for year 2 of the M.A./Credential (quarters 4 and 5)

5. By September 1st of the second M.A./Credential year (quarter 4), students must have access to an institutional setting in which teacher inquiry can be conducted. One of the following three options will meet this requirement:

a. as the teacher of record in a K-12 classroom,

b. in a K-12 tutoring situation, with the opportunity to work with the same students for two academic quarters for at least 40 hours per quarter

c. as a guest in another teacher’s classroom for the purpose of carrying out the teacher inquiry.

Substitute teaching does not provide the opportunity for sustained work in a classroom with the same group of students, and therefore will not satisfy this element. One exception will be if you are hired for a long-term substitute position where you will be in the same assignment spanning the research period of two academic quarters September through March.