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Teaching with Credential, MAT
Explore past and present controversies that shape what is taught in classrooms today. Learn to design curricula that embody your educational values and provide all students access to powerful learning opportunities. Study in San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, or the South Bay.
Accepting for Fall 2025
Earn a Credential and Master's Degree at USF
Earn both your master's degree and teaching credential in two years. Prepare to teach in K-12 classrooms throughout California.
Earn Your California Teaching Credential
Choose between a Single Subject or Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential. Prepare to teach the subject area and age group that inspires you most.
Explore Master's Degree Program Options
Choose from specialized programs including: MA in Teaching, MA in Urban Education and Social Justice, MA in Teaching Reading, and MA in Catholic Education.
Serve Multilingual Communities
Add an optional Bilingual Authorization in Spanish to your credential. With high demand for bilingual teachers in the Bay Area and beyond, this credential opens doors to opportunities in diverse classrooms.
Start Your Student Teaching Journey
The MAT program combines fieldwork with coursework. You'll gain hands-on experience in a local elementary, middle, or high school classroom under the guidance of a master teacher and university supervisor.
Discover Scholarships & Aid
As a teaching credential student, you may be eligible for program-specific funding opportunities. You can also apply for scholarships available to all USF School of Education master’s or doctoral students.
Change the World From Your Community
Learn from community-engaged instructors and scholars. They care about making a difference in local schools and organizations — and inspire you to do the same.
Explore Teaching Credential & Master's Degree Programs
Whether you want to teach in a private school or urban classroom — at the preschool, elementary, middle, or high school level — we’ve got you covered. You’ll have the option to choose between a multiple subject, single subject, or special education teaching credential combined with a master’s degree from the Teacher Education Department. Interested in specializing further? Optional authorizations in Bilingual Education or Reading & Literacy can be added.
Become a Teacher Resident
Teach alongside an experienced mentor teacher for a year in the Jefferson Elementary School District (JESD) while completing coursework toward your California Teaching Credential. You'll receive financial support to help cover the cost of tuition and hiring priority in JESD.
The MAT program at USF has challenged my own preconceptions of what it means to be an educator and has opened my eyes to the diverse needs of students not only as scholars, but also as human beings worthy of dignity.”
Jonathan Chin, MAT ’19
Teaching with Credential, MAT
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
San Francisco, CA 94117
Hours
Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.