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About Teach Lake County

What is Teach Lake County?

Teach Lake County is a convenient, caring, and customized teacher preparation program designed for teacher and student success in rural, high-poverty schools.

What We Do: Teach Lake County provides 100% online, synchronous teacher preparation programs for teachers serving in rural, high-poverty schools. 

Why We Do It: We believe the most powerful tool in education is the classroom teacher. When teachers are well prepared and supported, students thrive. People who live in rural communities need an affordable and accessible pathway to earn a teaching credential when universities are too far or too expensive.  

Mission: Teach Lake County’s mission is to prepare rural teachers to serve all students.  

Vision: Teach Lake County aspires to end the teacher shortage in rural schools by providing all children with a caring and effective credentialed teacher. 

What Makes Teach Lake County Different?

What Does it Mean to be an Intern Teacher?

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing created the Intern teacher pathway to help solve the state-wide teacher shortage. Interns have the opportunity to work as the teacher-of-record while simultaneously earning their credential over a two to three-year period. The Intern pathway supports the urgent staffing needs of schools while also providing the teacher candidate an income while earning their credential. 

Since Intern teachers do not yet have a preliminary credential, there are specific supports that must be provided by the employing district and the preparation program. 

This includes: 

  • Weekly mentorship from an experienced district-employed teacher
  • Weekly district-provided professional development 
  • Observations from a program supervisor every three weeks
  • Credentialing coursework, taken in the evenings after teaching hours, that provides candidates the knowledge and skills to earn a preliminary credential