UCLA Ethnic Studies
Certificate Program
For TK-12 Teachers

UCLA Center X, the UCLA Institute for American Culture, and UCLA Extension have collaborated to create the UCLA Ethnic Studies Certificate Program.

Teachers, join us for a year of building community and curriculum and cultivating our pedagogies for teaching K-12 Ethnic Studies. Applications for the 2025-2026 cohort will be open from March 15-April 16 2025. Notification of acceptance and funding will be sent by May 1, 2025.

The goals of this program include:

• Preparing in-service teachers who are already credentialed in other content to teach ethnic studies at the high school and middle school levels
• Offering opportunities to deepen and extend content knowledge in ethnic studies for teachers
• Learning and experiencing pedagogical approaches for teaching Ethnic Studies at the K-12 level
• Supporting Ethnic Studies Curriculum Planning and engage in a community of Praxis/practice with other ethnic studies K-12 teachers
• Connecting with/Field Trips to community-based learning spaces like libraries, museums, and cultural centers

Course work includes:

• Two in-person courses in the summer (Classes will meet all of the following days in person from 9 am-4pm; June 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, July 1, 2, 3, August 2, 2025)
• Two hybrid/zoom courses during the 2025-2026 academic school year (1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month 5:30-7:00pm via zoom, in person session on Saturday, November 8, 2025 and May 2, 2026)

Courses:

• Ethnic Studies K-12 Pedagogy and Praxis
• Ethnic Studies Perspectives and Research
• Ethnic Studies K-12 Curriculum and Course Design
• Ethnic Studies Core Concepts and Content

Ethnic Studies Specialization Program participants will enroll in Four 4-unit Courses (as listed below), with a total cost of $2650. Partial and total funding are available.

Completed applications must be received by April 16, 2025. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Applicants will be notified by the end of April 2025.