UTeach Alabama
In 2022, the UTeach Alabama initiative launched as part of a larger initiative to improve STEM teaching in the state. The Alabama Legislature committed $14 million over five years to fully accredited, state-supported Alabama higher education institutions to recruit and prepare secondary STEM teachers.
Six universities were selected to implement UTeach, a secondary STEM teaching preparation program offered across a national network of 50+ colleges and universities working together to improve STEM teaching and learning.
UABTeach, a well-established program launched in 2014 at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, also received state funds to bolster their student recruitment efforts and provide coaching and guidance to the newly implementing Alabama programs.
The Alabama STEM Council directed the legislative appropriation, with the Alabama Commission on Higher Education serving as the fiscal agent. The UTeach Institute at The University of Texas at Austin partners with both organizations to provide program evaluation and implementation support to the selected partner universities.
- Alabama A&M University
- Auburn University
- Auburn University at Montgomery
- Athens State University
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham (established 2014)
- University of South Alabama
- The University of West Alabama
“I was never sure I would be able to complete a degree with the cost of school, but with the UTeach program I am halfway there and could not be more excited. We are able to be in the classrooms frequently and that has shown me that this is what I’m meant to do.”
— Athens State TEACH student at Athens State University
