APSU’s Dr. Lisa Barron talks teacher education on national podcast
May 14, 2020
Clarksville, TN – In 2013, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Eriksson College of Education became one of the first schools in the country to prepare its students for a new teacher assessment program known as edTPA.
Austin Peay State University’s Dr. Lisa Barron. (APSU)
APSU’s Eriksson College of Education hosts virtual student teacher banquet
May 8, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Every semester, the tables inside the Morgan University Center are covered with white table cloths and candles for a special banquet honoring the Austin Peay State University (APSU) student teachers.
The 2020 Austin Peay State University Virtual Student Teaching Celebration. (APSU)
APSU, CMCSS partner on innovative three-year residency and degree program
May 16, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) says that in 1975, 22 percent of all college students dreamed of becoming teachers. Forty-four years later, that number has plummeted to about 4 percent, prompting the CBS Evening News to recently label the national teacher shortage “an education crisis.”
Austin Peay State University and the Clarskville-Montgomery County School System partner to provide 20 recent high school graduates and 20 CMCSS teacher’s aides with an accelerated, free path to become full-time school system teachers in just three years.
