1. Instill faith in the Bible, Jesus Christ, the Church, and in people, that guides, informs and supports teaching as a profession and a lifestyle.
2. Encourage personal growth in students toward character attributes that demonstrate clear and positive relationships to truth, to people, to service and to excellence.
3. Instill a love of knowledge and an appreciation for wisdom gained by humanity through the centuries.

Credentials with Character is a state-approved program subject to revision by state or federal law. Therefore, this program requires completion of specific benchmark assessments in addition to the successful completion of WJU coursework. Please consult the Credentials with Character Guidebook (undergraduate, upper-division transfer or post-baccalaureate) for specific requirements. Current law requires all candidates for a California teaching credential to successfully complete the following requirements and examinations.

• Certificate of clearance (fingerprinting)
• CBEST examination
• CSET examinations (multiple subject 101, 102 and 103)
• RICA examination
• TPA Tasks 1, 2, 3 and 4

Graduates from the WJU Credentials with Character program are well-equippled, highly-principled individuals who understand diversity as a strength and who provide for individual differences in order to help their students prepare for a diverse and rapidly-changing world. The faculty members in the department maintain high standards and expectations for themselves and the students who wish to serve in building a better world by entering the teaching profession.