About Us
The Teacher Education Program is led by Program Director Annamarie Francois and Faculty Director Marjorie Orellana.
Core Principals
UCLA's Teacher Education Program was founded in 1992 and is guided by eight core principles:
- Embody a social justice agenda
- Foster sustained engagement in teaching and learning
- Attend to the moral, cultural, and political dimensions of teaching
- Blend theory and practice
- Collaborate across institutions and communities
- Participate in collaborative inquiry within communities of practice
- Focus simultaneously on professional education, school reform
and reinventing the university's role in K-14 schooling - Mirror the diverse, caring, anti-racist, socially-responsible learning
communities
Teacher Education Program Faculty
Thirty Faculty members work with students in teams and/or teach core Teacher Education Program coursework.
Teacher Education Program Administration
Jackie Honda, TEP Program Manager (M.Ed in Urban Teaching and Credential + Masters Programs)
June Chou, TEP Program Coordinator (Credential + Masters Program)
Jules Guerra, TEP Credential Counselor
Wanda Abrahams, Program Coordinator (Undergraduate pathways and TeachLA Coordinator)
Harmeet K. Singh, TeachLA Student Affairs Officer
CCTC Annual Report Card on Teacher Preparation Programs (Title II Report) can be found at:
http://www.ctc.ca.gov/reports/TitleII_2008-2009_AnnualRpt.pdf


