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Elementary Education

Shape the Future, One Classroom at a Time

Great teachers change lives. Our Elementary Education program prepares you to inspire and support every child you teach, with hands-on practicum and student teaching at local school sites so you're connecting theory to real classrooms from day one.

Choose from five program options, available in person, online, and hybrid, all leading to an Arizona K-8 Teaching Certificate with an ESL endorsement and a K-5 Literacy endorsement built in. Add a Bilingual endorsement to open even more doors.

Want to learn more? Email Program Director Judy Cooper Wagoner

 

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Hybrid Distance: Near You Network, B.A.E.

Become a Teacher. From Anywhere.

Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Education and become certified to teach grades K-8 in Arizona, with an ESL and K-5 Literacy Endorsement built right in. Whether you learn best in person or need the flexibility to study from anywhere, UA's Elementary Education program meets you where you are.

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Main Campus: Bilingual Option, B.A.E.

Elementary Education — Tucson Main Campus, Bilingual 
Teach the way today's classrooms need you to. This in-person program at our Tucson Main Campus prepares you to lead K-8 classrooms, whether in English or as a dual language teacher working fluidly between Spanish and English.
Real classrooms, from day one. Every semester, all four of them, you're placed in schools working directly with emergent bilingual students, building the skills and confidence to teach effectively long before you graduate.
Elementary School Classroom

Main Campus: Elementary Education, B.A.E.

Elementary Education — Tucson Main Campus
Get ready to teach every student in your classroom. This in-person program at our Tucson Main Campus prepares you to lead K-8 classrooms in English while building real skill in supporting multilingual learners.
Real classrooms, from day one. Every semester, all four of them, you're placed in schools working directly with students from diverse linguistic backgrounds, building the skills and confidence to teach effectively long before you graduate.
Blue lockers in a hallway

Pathways Distance: Near You Network, B.A.E.

Pathways to Teaching

Become a teacher without leaving home. The Pathways to Teaching program lets aspiring educators across Arizona train in the schools and communities they already call home, no relocating required.

Main Campus: Elementary Education, B.A.E.

Elementary Education — Tucson Main Campus
Get ready to teach every student in your classroom. This in-person program at our Tucson Main Campus prepares you to lead K-8 classrooms in English while building real skill in supporting multilingual learners.
Real classrooms, from day one. Every semester, all four of them, you're placed in schools working directly with students from diverse linguistic backgrounds, building the skills and confidence to teach effectively long before you graduate.

Main Campus: Bilingual Option, B.A.E.

Elementary Education — Tucson Main Campus, Bilingual 
Teach the way today's classrooms need you to. This in-person program at our Tucson Main Campus prepares you to lead K-8 classrooms, whether in English or as a dual language teacher working fluidly between Spanish and English.
Real classrooms, from day one. Every semester, all four of them, you're placed in schools working directly with emergent bilingual students, building the skills and confidence to teach effectively long before you graduate.

Elementary Education, B.A.E.

Elementary educators teach in K-8 classrooms, helping assist a diverse group of students on their educational paths. Our Elementary Education degree prepares students to improve the education and lives of all children. Courses, required practicum, and student teaching are held at local school sites, where students gain firsthand experience connecting theory and practice through fieldwork. There are four cohorts within the Elementary Education degree - learn about these below!
 

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Children in classroom

Hybrid Distance: Near You Network, B.A.E.

Become a Teacher. From Anywhere.

Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Education and become certified to teach grades K-8 in Arizona, with an ESL and K-5 Literacy Endorsement built right in. Whether you learn best in person or need the flexibility to study from anywhere, UA's Elementary Education program meets you where you are.

Flags in classroom

Main Campus: Bilingual Option, B.A.E.

Elementary Education — Tucson Main Campus, Bilingual 
Teach the way today's classrooms need you to. This in-person program at our Tucson Main Campus prepares you to lead K-8 classrooms, whether in English or as a dual language teacher working fluidly between Spanish and English.
Real classrooms, from day one. Every semester, all four of them, you're placed in schools working directly with emergent bilingual students, building the skills and confidence to teach effectively long before you graduate.
Elementary School Classroom

Main Campus: Elementary Education, B.A.E.

Elementary Education — Tucson Main Campus
Get ready to teach every student in your classroom. This in-person program at our Tucson Main Campus prepares you to lead K-8 classrooms in English while building real skill in supporting multilingual learners.
Real classrooms, from day one. Every semester, all four of them, you're placed in schools working directly with students from diverse linguistic backgrounds, building the skills and confidence to teach effectively long before you graduate.
Blue lockers in a hallway

Pathways Distance: Near You Network, B.A.E.

Pathways to Teaching

Become a teacher without leaving home. The Pathways to Teaching program lets aspiring educators across Arizona train in the schools and communities they already call home, no relocating required.