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About Our Teacher Preparation Programs

Duke's Program in Education is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Our small class size creates a highly personalized learning environment for our students. We offer several options for teacher certification:

For Undergraduates: We offer a Minor in Education, and two teacher preparation programs (Elementary and Secondary Education) that lead to licensure in North Carolina and beyond. Service learning and field experiences are a foundation of all our programs.
For Graduate Students: We offer a year-long Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree that explores the most exciting and challenging questions in education research and practice.
For In-Service Teachers: We offer a non-degree Academically/Intellectually Gifted add-on licensure program.
For our Teacher Preparation Programs 2015-2016 Graduate Profile, click here.

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Undergraduate Programs

Minor in Education

The Minor in Education is designed to provide students who are majoring in a Trinity College of Arts and Sciences discipline with opportunities to combine coursework in their majors with academic and field-based experiences focused on complex social, psychological, economic, historical, political, and cultural issues that impact schools and school children. This program prepares students to seek teaching licensure.

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Elementary Teacher License (K-6)

The Elementary Teacher Preparation Program earns undergraduates a teaching license for kindergarten through sixth grade, and a Minor in Education from Duke. Our program prepares you for the critical thinking and decision-making that will be required of as a caring and reflective educator in K-6 classrooms. Our curriculum includes work in technology-rich environments with diverse student populations.

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Secondary Teacher License (9-12)

The Secondary Teacher Preparation Program earns undergraduates a North Carolina teaching license for grades 9 through 12, and a Minor in Education from Duke. Duke students may seek licensure in one of four areas: English, Math, Social Studies or Science, depending on their major.

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Graduate Student & In-Service Teacher Programs

Master of Arts in Teaching

Duke's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is designed for talented liberal arts graduates who wish to teach their discipline in secondary schools. The program is open to students with strong undergraduate preparation in English, mathematics, the sciences, or social studies.

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Academically/Intellectual Gifted Add-On Licensing

Duke's Program in Education offers non-degree, graduate level coursework in gifted education to in-service teachers. Teachers can obtain AIG (K-12) add-on licensure to their North Carolina teaching license by completing four courses (12 semester credit hours) and a one-week summer practicum. Our program is offered face-to-face or through a hybrid model of classroom and online instruction, and can be completed in one year.

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Our Research

Faculty in the Program in Education are engaged in a broad range of scholarly research with many of the projects funded through grants. Major interests of the faculty include service-learning pedagogy, educational leadership, teacher retention and renewal, and education policy. Central concepts that guide much of the research in the Program in Education are issues of equity, access, and social change. Explore our Research

Initiatives

Duke Service-Learning

Duke Service-Learning, a signature initiative of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and administered by the Program in Education, supports more than... Read more about this initiative »

Duke Academy for Educational Leadership

In partnership with Duke's Social Science Research Institute, the Program in Education is launching the Duke Academy for Educational Leadership in May 2015.... Read more about this initiative »

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