About the Julia Tutwiler College of Education
One thing is certain, after more than 150 years educating teachers in this state—teaching is a calling. It requires smart, motivated, compassionate people who are willing to devote their lives to doing something that matters.
As a teacher, you have a chance to profoundly shape the lives of your students. And the impact you have on their lives may continue to affect them many years into the future.
If we’re lucky, each of us has a teacher or two who changed the way we see the world. It might be an elementary school teacher who instilled in you a love of learning. Or an English teacher in high school who introduced you to To Kill a Mockingbird and inspired you to want to be a writer.
The point is, a great teacher makes a life-changing difference in the lives of so many people. Those are the kinds of teachers that come from UWA. If that’s the kind of teacher you want to be—join us. We’ll help you combine your natural talent, your passion and enthusiasm with the skills and techniques you need to be effective in the classroom today.
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Center for Rural Education
The the Center for Rural Education, our mission is to promote rural student achievement by ensuring equal access to high-quality instruction, supporting rural educators in their endeavors to improve rural school outcomes and advocating for rural communities.
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UWA-TEACH
UWA-TEACH is a grant awarded by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education as part of the STEM Major Teacher Recruitment Initiative with the purpose of addressing the Alabama teacher shortage in the areas of math and science.
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Campus School
UWA’s Campus School is designed to be a training facility for students enrolled at the Julia S. Tutwiler College of Education. It houses eight full-time working classrooms, serving children ages 6 weeks through 4 years old.
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Superintendents’ Consortium
The UWA Julia S. Tutwiler College of Education hosts a Superintendents’ Consortium annually to address the ever-changing needs of higher education and regional school systems. With partnering school system Superintendents, UWA Julia S. Tutwiler College of Education strives to improve vertical articulation between P-12 schools and higher education. Through assessing school system professional development needs, studying global trends in education, and analyzing UWA College of Education program evaluations, the Superintendents’ Consortium provides Superintendents and UWA opportunities to collaborate. If you are a school system Superintendent interested in joining the Superintendents’’ Consortium, please contact the College of Education Dean, Dr. Jan Miller (jmiller@uwa.edu), for more information.
Program Advisory
The UWA Julia S. Tutwiler College of Education hosts a Program Advisory meeting each year to collaborate with our P-12 partners, current and former UWA students, and faculty to analyze student testing data and evaluate the College of Education coursework and program. For more information on Program Advisory, please contact Dr. Reenay Rogers (rrogers@uwa.edu).
Black Belt STEM Institute
The UWA Black Belt STEM Institute is a powerful regional center for STEM education that aims to serve the hiring needs of employers across Alabama, but especially in the Black Belt. The institute offers supplemental curricula focused on providing students with real-world learning experiences in the context of developing STEM career opportunities while reinforcing academic standards and skills learned in the classroom.
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Educator Preparation and Certification Office
Information for those applying for education certification.
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Counseling Programs
Information regarding online, graduate level counseling programs offered by the College of Education.
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