Program in Teacher Preparation

Teacher Preparation

Teacher Prep prepares Princeton undergraduate and graduate students, as well as returning alumni for careers in teaching and other education related fields!
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Call for Third-Party Comment

Submission Deadline: February 18, 2025. On March 18-20, the Program in Teacher Preparation at Princeton University will host an accreditation visit by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP).  AAQEP solicits public comment as part of the accreditation process and invites faculty, students, alumni, P-12 partners, and other stakeholders to provide comments regarding the quality of preparation provided by the program. All comments must be submitted by February 18, 2025, through the AAQEP website: AAQEP Third-Party Comment 

Learn more about AAQEP by visiting their website. Thank you for your support during this accreditation process!

News

Zyan Wynn makes “Connect 4 moments” for Other Children

"It was one of the first times in my life that a teacher, educator, had really took interest in what I cared about. And it was that Connect 4 moment, that moment of truly seeing a student," said Wynn. Zyan Wynn ‘23 completed the Teacher Preparation Certificate and went on to graduate school to pursue a Masters in Teaching, and back to Ron Clark…

TPP Publication News for Dr. Ashley Taylor Jaffee, Assistant Director of Social Studies

TPP is excited to announce the release of Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Social Studies for Emergent Bilingual and Multilingual Youth, edited by Dr. Ashley Taylor Jaffee, TPP Assistant Director of Social Studies, Princeton University and Cinthia Salinas, Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor in Education,…

QUEST highlighted on NJ Spotlight News!

The Program in Teacher Preparation was featured in the news this summer for some of their science education outreach in collaboration with Princeton researchers and teaching staff. Public and private school teachers delve deep into scientific topics like climate change as part of a summer program to help the teachers better understand and then…

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