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First, I am only giving two stars because I had a decent undergraduate experience at this university.
My main review is for the Single Subject Credential Program at Fresno State. This program is extremely terrible and will honestly not prepare you to become a teacher and enter a classroom for the first time. If you are lucky enough to secure an internship by the deadline, then you may have an ok experience, but do not go down the student-teaching route. The mentor teacher that I was assigned to was quite inappropriate with his students and wasn't an effective teacher. Also, he taught me absolutely nothing about how to be a teacher and I basically wasted my time everyday for nothing with him. The only thing I gained through that experience with him was his bad teaching habits and how to be a future incompetent teacher. It is unbelievable how he is still a teacher, even though he has been teaching at a variety of schools in only ten years of teaching. The Credential program doesn't pre-screen the teachers they assign to you and will assign you to any teacher that wants a student-teacher.
The main point I am trying to convey here is that if you are looking to become a teacher and earn your credential, then you deserve a better teacher preparation program than the one offered through Fresno State. There are much more affordable options out there and they are much better than this worthless program.
If you are reading this, don't take me word for it or my review at face value, bu talk around to people in the community and those that have gone through this program themselves to prove my point.
Thank you,
Anthony Alves
My cousin took me on a quick tour of this place, lovely campus and friendly people. Had a good time here and at some good food in the area.
This review applies to the Kremen School of Education's Teaching Credential Program at Fresno State. If I could give this program zero stars I would, as it is a pointless teacher prep program that not only teaches you nothing about how to be a teacher, but there is no accountability of staff or the "mentor teacher" you are assigned to if you have to do student-teaching. I wasted a whole semester doing 'Final Student-Teaching' and had to work with a teacher I was assigned to by the program who over-worked me so much that I didn't have barely enough time to complete my project to get my credential to teach. She was very rude to me, made me literally do her entire job for her, and I ate lunch on rare occasions because she made me work on grading during some lunch periods too. As I am writing this, I completed that semester of student-teaching and my project, but because I didn't accumulate enough "hours" of actual teaching in the classroom because you can't count your 'lunch' recesses, they would not award me a credential. The staff who run the program had no clear vision for me and didn't work with me to offer a solution for adding-in more hours and said that the hours all have to be done in the same semester. If you are looking to earn a Teaching Credential, then PLEASE CONSIDER GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE!!! Upon talking to some of my friends who are teachers, they said this program used to be good, but since they have changed some staff who run the program this has had a negative impact in this programs effectiveness.
Fresno State is one of the main campus in the Central Valley, where varieties of majors and programs are offered for students to seek interest in! Huge campus! Clean and tidy! Spacious! Great architecture! Peaceful! Helpful staffs and professors! Various programs and services! Food services! Library! Recreational Center! Highly recommend attending Fresno State for students seeking a degree! Go Bulldogs! ????
GREAT UNIVERSITY!! The vibe is amazing and fun a good university for both upcoming freshman and transfers
