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At UWG’s College of Education, we realize there are many ways to positively shape thousands of lives over the course of a career. Educating others takes on many forms and isn’t limited to a classroom.
Innovation in Teaching, Leadership, and Wellness
Welcome to one of the Southeast’s largest and most respected Colleges of Education. Whether you are seeking an undergraduate program that will prepare you for your first assignment, a certification/endorsement program that will expand and broaden your career, or an advanced degree to help you reach the apex of your field, you will find no better place to pursue this study than UWG. Locally connected and globally relevant, we prepare students for meaningful, professional careers in diverse settings within teacher education, leadership, sport management, and wellness.
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The College of Education continues to be highly ranked among peer institutions. COE was placed sixth in the nation for online doctoral education according to the most recent ranking of online programs by GradSource.com, a top destination for prospective and doctoral students. The College of Education boasts many accreditations, including ASHA, and CACREP. It’s with these accreditations and the strength of our programs that we proudly invite you to Go West.
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Innovation in Teaching, Leadership, and Wellness
Comprehensive Community Clinic
The College of Education’s Comprehensive Community Clinic offers services for the community in special education, counseling, communication sciences and disorders, mathematics, and language and literacy. We are an educational training facility for undergraduate and graduate students to apply the skills and knowledge they gain during their academic studies in a highly supervised clinical environment.
Learn moreEd.D. program in School Improvement
Our Ed.D. program in School Improvement offers a unique opportunity for educators looking for an interdisciplinary, inquiry-based doctoral program that prepares graduates to become change agents in the schools they serve. Our program has served students for 12 years as a face-to-face program. Beginning with summer of 2011, we now offer 100% of our coursework online.
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UWGLive is a new and innovative way of helping teacher or counselor candidates prepare for challenges they may face in future classrooms, and helping active teachers adjust to the ever changing world of education. The UWGLive™ Lab uses state of the art technology creating a virtual classroom with five very different students.
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UTeach West Georgia is an innovative and highly successful teacher preparation program for students majoring in science and mathematics. The University of West Georgia is one of three institutions in the state selected to replicate the UTeach model.
UTeach was specifically created to attract the widest range of bright science and mathematics majors into secondary teaching careers, to prepare them with an advanced field-intensive curriculum, and to promote field retention through induction support and ongoing professional development.
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