UTeach Alabama

The UTeach Alabama initiative, currently in its third year, is on track to fully establish permanent UTeach secondary STEM teacher preparation programs and significantly increase the number of fully certified, highly effective middle and high school science and mathematics teachers produced by Alabama universities.

Seven universities across the state are receiving funding to bolster their preparation of STEM teachers through implementation of UTeach, a proven secondary STEM teacher preparation approach.

• 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

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Once fully established, Alabama UTeach programs are expected to triple the number of new middle and high school STEM teachers they prepare to approximately 100 annually, boosting the current statewide annual production of STEM teachers by at least 20%.

The initiative launched in 2022 as part of a larger effort to improve STEM education across 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.

The Alabama STEM Council directs 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 provides program evaluation and implementation support to the partner universities.

“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