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Types of Teaching Credentials

In California there are three basic teaching credentials:  

Multiple Subject Teaching Credential

This credential authorizes a person to teach in a classroom where many different subjects are taught by a single individual, such as in elementary schools.
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Single Subject Teaching Credential

This credential authorizes a person to teach in a classroom where only one subject is taught, such as a classroom in departmentalized high schools and junior high schools. 
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Single Subject Teaching Credentials are offered in California in the following areas:

Agriculture
Art
Business
English
Health Science
Home Economics
Industrial and Technology Education
Language other than English
Mathematics
Music
Physical Education (Kinesiology)
Science: Biological Science
Science: Chemistry
Science: Geosciences
Science: Physics
Social Science

Special Education Specialist Credential

This credential authorizes a person to work with children with special needs. The person holding this credential may work with elementary, junior high, or high school students.  
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