Our Teacher Education program prepares you for a meaningful career in the field of education and provides you with the first two years of a four-year degree leading to teacher certification at the EC–6 and 4–8 grade levels, as well as EC–12 Special Education.

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Program Overview

Follow your calling to teach the next generation of students.

The Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) is a specialized academic associate degree program designed to transfer in its entirety to a baccalaureate program that leads to initial Texas teacher certification.

We are here to help you develop the tools you will need to become effective and caring educators in our society.

Marketable skills for this award include: critical thinking, flexibility/adaptability, interpersonal skills, multi-tasking, problem solving, time management, verbal communication skills and written communication skills.


 

Contact Us

Erica Powell Department Chair/Professor, Education

903-510-2139 epow@tjc.edu

Potter Hall W

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