UW Tacoma exists to enhance your career and enrich your life through challenging, rewarding educational programs. We offer Teacher Education with Master of Education, Master of Education for practicing educators, and an Educational Administrator Program.

UW Tacoma is the perfect choice for those seeking K-8 teacher certification, secondary science education, or for educators seeking to expand their educational background. Join us.

Important Information: All enrolled students are required to provide proof of measles (rubeola) immunity. Students will not be allowed to register for any classes until the UW Tacoma Registrar's Office confirms that they have satisfied this requirement. Students born before 01/01/57 are considered to be immune to measles and therefore do NOT need to submit proof of immunity.

Click here to view the Summer 08 Education Program course schedule.

Hear the stories of recent UW Tacoma Master of Education graduates by clicking on one of the linked reasons

Mission

Student learning is our primary goal; we prepare educators to meet the needs of all learners in our diverse communities.

Vision

Regarding teaching:

• Teaching means creating environments where all students can learn.
• The character of the educator is a critical factor in student success.
• Becoming an excellent teacher requires a lifelong commitment to learning through increasing knowledge of content, skillful instruction and appropriate use of technology.
• Choices in educational behavior must be informed by research evidence of best practice.

Regarding education:

• An educated citizenry is critical to the maintenance of our democracy and the building of strong communities.
• Humane, effective, public school instruction is a right of all citizens.

Regarding our role as professors of education, we:

• value intellectual freedom.
• teach, and conduct research that generates knowledge and tests knowledge.
• engage in service to our communities.
• are role models, showing integrity and consistency in our professed and actual educational practice.
• collaborate with schools in order that our teaching may be reality based and their educational systems may be informed by best practice.
• are knowledgeable of educational and community systems, empowering educators to make a contribution in classrooms, schools, districts, as well as at state, national and international levels.

Learning Outcomes

• Educational professionals will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to improve student learning appropriate to the educator's discipline and level of responsibility.
• Educational professionals will establish safe and effective learning environments appropriate to their discipline and level of responsibility.
• Educational professionals will promote success for all students by collaborating with school colleagues, families, community members and agencies, to respond to diverse interests and needs.
• Educational professionals will be guided by the professions' ethical and professional practice standards.

Conceptual Framework

Click here to view our Education Program Conceptual Framework.

Professor Henry Honored for Race & Gender Equity Research

Read the article in campus news

McIlvaigh Middle School Math Ambassadors visit UWT

Check out this article in the Tacoma Weekly: Students give teachers-to-be insight into WASL success

Professional Certificate

The UWT Education Program now offers a Professional Certificate program (for certified teachers). Click here for details.

Application Materials Online

Application materials for all of our academic programs are now available online!

Endorsement News

Please click here to learn about our endorsement offerings.

TeachWashington.org is a website intended as the user-friendly gateway to information about teacher education in the state of Washington.  The website was developed by Education Program staff with funding from Washington State's Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement grant.