Austin Peay's Education programs will give you the tools you need to be a world-class educator.

Our departments of Teaching and Learning and Educational Specialties offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs that will give you the training you need to be successful in our classroom and in yours. Our various Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) programs provide multiple avenues for career changers and college graduates in other disciplines to prepare themselves to become teachers. The Doctorate of Educational Leadership will prepare you for a variety of positions from state and district leadership roles to educational research careers.

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Educational Specialties

The Department of Educational Specialties offers advanced degree programs in both licensure and non-licensure areas. The mission of the department of Educational Specialties is to prepare and support educational professionals in their development as effective practitioners.

Teaching and Learning

The Department of Teaching and Learning offers degrees in initial licensure programs. As you pursue your potential career as a professional educator, please explore what the Department of Teaching and Learning has to offer in support of your career goal. 

René Villarreal

Music Performance and Education

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Any concerts I have played, both ensemble and solo, will always be experiences I will remember as I continue towards the end of my degree program at Austin Peay.

Adolph Dagan

('14) Education

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I want to encourage others to excel, that come from other countries and believe that learning and the curriculum at Austin Peay is difficult. They can do it and it can be done.

Emmanuel Méjeun

('17) Music Performance and Education

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Everything about my story is tied to music: it’s my passion, it’s my love, it’s going to be my job — It’s everything to me.

Susannah White

Music Performance, Minor in Music Education

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Without Austin Peay's programs, I wouldn't have found my passion for teaching children, or seen the joy a child experiences when they learn how to sing or play an instrument.

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APSU's Eriksson College of Education offers new support to junior faculty

APSU's Untenured Faculty Organization, which began meeting in August, now provides additional support to the College of Education's 15 junior faculty members.

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More autism spectrum students finding success through Austin Peay's FSL program

During the last academic year, six FSL students earned their degrees, and this fall, the program registered 33 students - a record number for the program.

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APSU's Thompson explores Tulsa Massacre reparations through national fellowship

As an Urban Leaders Fellow this summer, Dr. James Thompson helped develop a proposed policy that provided reparations to the survivors of the Tulsa Massacre and their descendants.

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Furniture Connection establishes new endowment for APSU education students

To be eligible, students must be enrolled full-time at APSU and pursuing a teacher education licensure. Applicants must also have junior or senior status, demonstrate financial need and have a GPA of at least 3.5.

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APSU's Center for Rural Education helps rural teachers prepare for new school year

In late July, the center conducted three GoTags - Getting Off To A Good Start - workshops for 90 regional, K-12 rural teachers at sites in their home counties.

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