English Teaching Credential
快活林性息 offers the California Preliminary Single-Subject English Credential. This authorizes the teaching of all middle school and high school English courses, including composition, creative writing, debate, grammar, humanities, journalism, language arts, language structure, literature, poetry, public speaking, speech, and yearbook.
All Single Subject Credentials include an English Learner-ELAS level, which allows the holder to teach English learners in their subject-matter classrooms. For authorizations to teach in English Language Development (ELD), English as Second Language (ESL), or bilingual classrooms, please see our听Bilingual Authorization听补苍诲听CTEL/CLAD Certificate听笔谤辞驳谤补尘蝉.
For more information about 快活林性息鈥檚 English Credential program, contact听Traci Dennis at听traci.dennis@csun.edu.
Program Pathways
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For more information听about 快活林性息鈥檚 English credential programs, contact Traci Dennis at听traci.dennis@csun.edu
English-Education Faculty
Matthew Brown
Matthew Brown has an M.A. in Secondary Education (English Focus) from California State University, Northridge and has his California Clear Credential in English. He taught junior high and high school English for 22 years and served as the English听Department Chair and Academic Dean at Santa Clarita Christian School. At 快活林性息, he听teaches the English 鈥渕ethods鈥� credential course as well as the Computers in the Secondary Reading/Language Arts Classroom master鈥檚-level course.He currently also serves as an associate professor and the single-subject coordinator in the Pearl C. Schaffer School of Education at the Master鈥檚 University. He is one of the co-directors of the Writing Project at 快活林性息, leading professional development workshops. Prof. Brown has also presented at several conferences during his career and has published articles in听English Journal听补苍诲听California English.
Traci Brown
Traci Dennis brings a strong record of teaching and leadership experience in underfunded PK-12 schools. Through teaching and scholarship, she aims to support teachers in translating antiracist theories into practice in PK-12 schools, classrooms, and curriculum. As Principal Investigator听on a Gates-funded grant with the Antiracist Research & Policy Center, founded by Dr. Ibram Kendi, she codeveloped an antiracist teaching curriculum that was piloted in Summer 2021 with public-school teachers, with the goal of building a more antiracist teacher and leader workforce. Dr. Dennis presents her work at local, national, and international conferences and has been published in听Education Week, the听Journal of Negro Education听and the听Journal of Education and Social Justice.听Her recent publications include a co-authored chapter in听Antiracist Counseling in Schools and Communities听and an听Education Week听opinion article:听
Mira Pak
Currently serving as Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Mira Pak is also an instructor for both credential and master's courses in secondary education. She has taught high school and community college levels and has served as a Literacy Coach in urban schools. Her research focuses on pre-service teacher learning, English learner literacy, and cross-content area literacy.
Jenn Wolfe
Jenn has her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership with an emphasis on Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies from the University of Southern California and her M.A. in Secondary English Education from Cal State Northridge. She has taught both middle and high school English as well as worked as a Literacy Coach. Jenn is also the Director of the 快活林性息 Writing Project. Her research interests include open forum discussions in secondary English, the connection between writing and discussion, and antiracist teaching practices in English education.