How Do You Teach In A California Prison?
About 52 percent of California inmates read at a seventh-grade level, according to a 2003 California Department of Corrections report on prisoner literacy. Teachers in the prison system seek to increase literacy rates and provide students with a greater range of opportunities once they leave the facility. Due to deep budget cuts in the prison system, California laid off hundreds of teachers and paused hiring academic instructors in prisons at the end of 2009. For those choosing to teach at prisons, the hiring requirements are similar to those for teachers throughout the educational system. Secure a teaching credential in multiple subjects, standard elementary or general elementary areas. To obtain a multiple subjects elementary teaching credential in California, hopefuls must have a bachelor’s degree or higher, complete a preparation program and satisfy a basic skills and developing English language skills requirement. According to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, ve
