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At NAU, we develop educational leaders who create tomorrow’s opportunities

Whether you want to be a teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or school leader, one thing is certain: you are passionate about inspiring others. At Northern Arizona University, we’ll prepare you to be a leader in education—so you can make a difference for the rest of your life.

Northern Arizona University has long been recognized as a leader in education, in Arizona and beyond. We offer undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs that blend the best of past successes and modern innovations in teaching, and allow you to work closely with our accomplished education faculty.

If you want nothing less than excellence in your educator-preparation schooling, we welcome and invite you to learn more about the College of Education and what it can offer you.

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COE graduate Maya Motomura settles in at Puente de Hozho Elementary

Posted by College of Education on January 22, 2021

Two years ago, Northern Arizona University student Maya Motomura did what she could to get her foot in the door of a local elementary school.  Now, just weeks away from completing her student teaching there, she doesn’t want to leave. Read more here from the AZ Daily Sun  

NAU program helps kids with special needs navigate online learning

Posted by College of Education on January 21, 2021

Michelle Novelli and other faculty/staff and seniors in the PRAXIS program in COE that helped to kick-start a new program to help seniors get credit for helping students with disabilities with virtual learning. The program was featured on Channel 3/CBS 5 and in the Arizona Republic. Click the following links below to read more: NAU program helping kids with special needs navigate online learning Students with disabilities are struggling to learn online. 

After overcoming abuse, Navajo Educational Psychology student finds her way back to earn her Ph.D.

Posted by College of Education on January 21, 2021

When she was in fourth grade, Esther Cadman’s teacher asked her a question that changed her life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a simple question every elementary school student has been asked, but for Cadman, this question opened the door to future possibilities, which was an idea she never had before: that she could be whatever she wanted. For that 10-year-old in Albuquerque, New Mexico, living in a home with alcoholism and domestic violence, that meant…
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