Teacher Preparation/Support

Teacher Support

Alternative Teaching Certificate

The M.Ed. In Secondary Education Alternative Pathway Program is a two-year, professional, alternative certificate program in which students develop as teachers, meet certification requirements, and earn a master’s degree while teaching full-time in middle or high schools. 

Alternative Teaching Certificate

Arizona Teachers Academy

The Arizona Teachers Academy at the University of Arizona is a voter-approved initiative to bring more qualified K-12 educators into the state's classrooms by offering student-teachers full-tuition scholarships and access to post-graduate induction services like instructional coaching and professional development. 

Arizona Teachers Academy

AZ Teaching Fellows

Being named an Arizona Teaching Fellow is a special recognition that connects students to the school district where they student teach in a meaningful way with the intention that they will teach in that district after completing the professional preparation program.

AZ Teaching Fellows

Financial Planning & Resources

Helpful information about available financial aid for College of Education students. While some of these options are available to all students, this page contains some information that applies to undergraduate students only.

Financial Planning & Resources

ITEP

The Indigenous Teacher Education Project (ITEP) is a 4-year project in partnership with the Gila River Indian Community, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tohono O'odham Nation, and Tucson Unified School District to strengthen the learning experiences of indigenous students by addressing the need to increase the number of Indigenous teachers serving Indigenous students, schools, and communities.

ITEP

Pathways to Teaching

Pathways to Teaching is a new, innovative College of Education Teacher Preparation Program that seeks to “grow our own” teachers by supporting district partner-area residents in earning a bachelor’s degree in elementary education with an ESL endorsement.

Pathways to Teaching

Special Education

Students who successfully complete this program and student teaching are eligible to apply for the Provisional Mild to Moderate (K-12) Special Education Teaching Certificate in the state of Arizona.

Special Education

SSS-Teacher Prep

A program housed in our College of Education to support undergraduate students who want to become teachers.

SSS-Teacher Prep

Teach Arizona

Teach Arizona is designed for people who wish to become well-prepared, expertly trained middle or high school teachers.

Teach Arizona

Teacher Preparation

Early Childhood Education

Undergraduates seeking their Bachelor of Arts in Education in Early Childhood Education at the University of Arizona study with the same cohort from start to finish, offering each other inspiration and support along the way.

Early Childhood Education

Elementary Education

This professional admission program leads to an Arizona Elementary Teaching Certificate for grades K-8 with an endorsement once all certification requirements are complete. 

Elementary Education