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Stanford undergraduates have a special option for admission to STEP: the STEP Elementary Coterminal Teaching Program.

The Coterminal program is a 5-year curricular pathway into careers in teaching.

Graduates of the Coterminal program will receive a bachelor's degree in one of Stanford's undergraduate departments, a master's degree in education, and a State of California preliminary multiple-subject teaching credential.

Stanford students interested in the STEP Coterminal Teaching Program must declare a major either before or at the same time that they apply for admission. Admission to the program is highly selective and will be made on the basis of academic achievement and demonstrated commitment to teaching as a career and the ideals of social justice and public service. Formal application will generally be made during the first quarter of the junior year, but senior year applications are highly encouraged as well.

Demonstrating Subject Matter Competence

Students will complete any regular Stanford undergraduate major (along with the Coterminal Teaching Program undergraduate core) and pass a minimum of two of the three Multiple Subject CSET (California Subject Examination for Teachers) subtests prior to beginning the MA year.

For more detailed exam information click here.

The CTP Undergraduate Core (Elementary Education)  Coterminal students are strongly encouraged to complete the Coterminal Teaching Program undergraduate core before entering the MA year of study and practice teaching. The CTP core for consists of the following:

• Education 103A: Exploring Elementary Teaching: Seeing a Child through Literacy
• one course in developmental psychology, such as PSY60/60A Child Development or HBio4B/Y (for HumBio majors only)
• one course in the social foundations of education, such as ED103C Educational Policy, Diversity, and English Learners
• one course on the role of race, class, and ethnicity in American society, such as ED103B Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Diversity in Teacher Education Classrooms: Sociocultural Theory and Practices
  * Previous experience working with children is required for admission into STEP.

BCLAD (Spanish)

A bilingual emphasis on the elementary credential is available for candidates who are proficient in Spanish and meet additional requirements.  The successful BCLAD candidate will be able to demonstrate proficiency in the Spanish language and pass an examination of Latino/Chicano culture and history.  Several Stanford courses will help to prepare you the STEP BCLAD program, including the following:

• ED177 Education of Immigrant Students: Psychological Perspectives
• ED103B Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Diversity in Teacher Education Classrooms: Sociocultural Theory and Practices
• ED103C Educational Policy, Diversity, and English Learners
• ED178X Latino Families, Language and Schools
• HIST162 Introduction to Chicano/a Life and Culture
• ED149 Theory and Issues in the Study of Bilingualism

For information on the CTP undergraduate core please contact Claudia Reyes at reyesc@stanford.edu

For information on the application process and testing requirements please contact Kristen Babineau at kbabineau@stanford.edu