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Huntington Hall Suite 202 | 1200 W. Montgomery Rd. | Tuskegee, AL | Phone: 334-727-8784 | Fax: 334-724-3714 | Email: mparmer@tuskegee.edu

School of Education Vision

The School of Education will be a world leader in educational research and practice.

School of Education Mission

The primary mission of the School of Education is to “develop highly educated, well-rounded individuals who are knowledgeable in their fields of specialization, proficient in the application of professional skills and dispositions, and capable of identifying and adjusting to future professional requirements.”

Education Accreditation

The Tuskegee University School of Education offers accredited undergraduate programs, Classification B, leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree and professional teacher certification in Elementary Education, English Language Arts, General Science Education, Mathematics Education, and Physical Education through the Alabama State Department of Education (Teacher Preparation Programs - Alabama State Department of Education). The Selected Improvement Commission of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) at its October 2024 meeting awarded continuing accreditation to the School of Education at Tuskegee University.

Education Departments

Elementary and Secondary Education

Tuskegee Secondary Education This Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is responsible for the preparation of professional educators. The Department prepares men and women for professional teaching careers in schools and for careers as educators in other agencies. The department offers nationally accredited and State approved undergraduate programs in Elementary Education, English Language Arts Education, General Science Education, and Mathematics Education.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

School of Education
201-E Huntington Hall
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL 36088

Dr. Teri Prim
Interim Department Head
Phone: (334) 727-8571
Fax: (334) 724-3714
Email: TPrim@tuskegee.edu

Physical Education

Physical Education Division Overview

The Department of Physical Education offers a teacher education professional preparation program that leads to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education and, in addition, a physical education service program designed to meet the university's general education requirements.

Physical Education Service Courses

  • Aerobics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

Departmental Links

School of Education Curriculum*

Elementary and Secondary Education

Elementary Education Balance Sheet
English Language Arts Education Balance Sheet
General Science Education Balance Sheet
Mathematics Education Balance Sheet

Physical Education

Physical Education Balance Sheet

Resources

Alabama Department of Education, Teacher Preparation Programs

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Prep (CAEP)

* Information is subject to change based on departmental, state, or federal guidelines.

Accredited Programs

Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Faculty and Staff

EPP Conceptual Framework

The EPP Conceptual Framework, the Paradigm for Educator Preparation (PEP), is the result of collaborative efforts between the faculty, administration, partner schools and districts, the Teacher Education Council (TEC), and other professional advisory groups designed to reflect university, state, and federal EPP governance and standards, knowledge base, current research, and best practices.

EPP Strategic Plan

The School of Education completed the composition of its strategic plan in summer 2023. The plan is designed for the School of Education to take its place on the world stage as a leader in education and research. Click here to see the plan at a glance.

Helpful Links

Educator Preparation Program

The School of Education EPP is proud to share its 100% pass rate for the edTPA, the PRAXIS, and the Foundations of Reading Test. The EPP also has a 100% employment rate for its completers. See current measures below. All data is reported a year in arrears.

Click here to view measures from three years: 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023. (Note: All reported data is one year in arrears.)

Click here to view Educator Preparation Program state report cards from various years - Alabama Educator Data - Alabama State Department of Education.

2023-2024 (EPP) Measures of Success

Measure 1: Completer effectiveness

The EPP utilized the ALACTE survey of new first-year teachers to collect completers’ impact on P-12 student learning and teacher effectiveness data. The survey contains 26 items. In the recent report, the completers responded to all 26 items as 100% strongly agreed that the EPP prepared them for the different aspects of effective teaching. Tuskegee’s School of Education First Year completer’s scores indicated that the program prepares them for the following:

Table: Impact on P-12 student learning

Categories Strongly agree
Understanding of how learners grow and develop 100%
Understanding of learners' commonalities and individual differences 100%
Understand the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) taught 100%
Use, design, or adapt multiple methods of assessment to document, monitor, and support learner progress appropriate for learning goals and objectives 100%
Implement assessments in an ethical manner and minimize bias to enable learners to display the full extent of their learning 100%
Understand and use a variety of instructional strategies and make learning accessible to all learners 100%
Encourage learners to develop a deep understanding of content areas, make connections across content, and apply content knowledge in meaningful ways 100%
Use evidence to continually evaluate the effect of decisions on others and adapt professional practices to better meet learners’ needs 100%
Use assessment to engage learners in their own growth 100%
Select, create, and sequence learning experiences and performance tasks that support learners in reaching rigorous curriculum goals based on content standards and cross-disciplinary skills 100%

Table: Teacher effectiveness

Categories Strongly agree
Collaborate with others to build a positive learning climate  
Manage the learning environment to engage learners actively 100%
Connect concepts, perspectives from varied disciplines, and interdisciplinary themes to real-world problems and issues 100%
Use, design, or adapt multiple methods of assessment to document, monitor, and support learner progress appropriate for learning goals and objectives 100%
Understand the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) taught 100%
Implement assessments in an ethical manner and minimize bias to enable learners to display the full extent of their learning 100%
Plan instruction based on information from formative and summative assessments as well as other sources, and systematically adjust plans to meet each student's learning needs 100%
Engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication to address authentic local and global issues 100%
Use assessment to engage learners in their own growth 100%
Create learning experiences that make the discipline accessible and meaningful 100%
Engage in continuous professional learning to more effectively meet the needs of each learner 100%

Measure 2: Satisfaction of Employers

The EPP remains committed to assessing the effectiveness of our new teachers through the ALACTE employer survey. While direct data linking student learning outcomes to individual EPP completers is not currently available from the Alabama State Department of Education, we continue to seek meaningful ways to evaluate and showcase our graduates' impact.

 

For a more comprehensive view of our graduates’ performance, please see the attached report cards for the 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 cycles.

Measure 3: Candidate Competency at Completion

Our initial level programs use multiple measures to determine if our teacher candidates are ready for the profession. Our candidates must successfully complete:

  1. State-approved checklist for their respective programs
  2. Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher throughout the matriculation 
  3. Licensure exams: one or more standardized tests (Praxis II Content knowledge or Content subjects)
  4. edTPA is required for all interns to pass. It is also one of the graduation requirements. The passing score for Elementary education is 44; for all other subjects is 37.

 

Table: GPA score average 2023-2024 AY completers

 

Academic program

General studies GPA

Professional studies GPA

Teaching field GPA

Overall GPA

Elementary Education K-6

(n of completers = 2)

3.54

3.89

4.00

3.73

English Language Arts 6-12

(n of completers = 1)

3.05

3.37

2.93

3.11

 

 

Table: edTPA passing score average (Elementary major)

 

AY 2021-2022

(n of completers = 6)

AY 2022-2023

(n of completers = 7)

AY 2023-2024

(n of completers = 2)

edTPA mean score  55.6

edTPA mean score  51.4

edTPA mean score 54

 

 

Table: edTPA passing score average (English Language Arts major)

 

AY 2023-2024

(n of completers = 1)

edTPA mean score 46

Measure 4: Ability of Completers to be hired

The ability of completers to be hired in Education positions in Alabama is based on the following:

  1. Students must graduate from their programs
  2. Pass the edTPA requirements set by ALSDE

2023-2024 completers were able to be hired successfully upon graduation. Out of 3 completers, all met licensure requirements. Three (3) completers are currently working in the K-12 education area in Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana. The overall employment rate for the last year is 100%.