The Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum at App State offers baccalaureate and graduate programs that are recognized at the state, national and international levels for being innovative and rigorous and for producing the highest quality education graduates.
Mission
In the Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum, we are dedicated to developing and implementing transformational educational experiences that include the following elements:
- Research-based practices for teaching and learning
- Consistent experiences with authentic contexts and assignments
- Diversity of perspectives, values, and communities
- Continual opportunities for reflection towards the development of empathy for all people and empowerment to work on behalf of all students
We are a faculty that seeks to help our students critically question and deconstruct the complex intersections of environmental, cultural, historical, and political factors that influence and affect teaching and learning. We are a faculty who participate in engaged scholarship that develops knowledge with and for education practitioners, both formal and informal (or communities of practice). We are a faculty that strives to model reflection, advocacy, and care for the community in order to work toward an equitable, democratic, and sustainable society.
Degree Programs
Elementary Education (BS)
Our undergraduate Elementary Education program is a recognized leader in the preparation of North Carolina elementary school teachers.
Middle Grades Education (BS)
North Carolina’s original program for the preparation of middle grades teachers, our Middle Grades Education program is recognized at all levels.
Engaging Future Educators
James Center for Student Success and Advising
Preparing quality educators is a cornerstone of Appalachian’s past, present and future. When it comes to education, the state and region look FIRST to Appalachian for innovative instruction, faculty excellence and student success.
Tk20 Teacher Education Portfolio
Tk20 by Watermark is the edTPA portfolio system used by App State for students admitted to Teacher Education. Approved students and faculty have access to the system via your App State credentials.
Invest in the Future of Education
Support Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum at App State
Preparing quality educators is a cornerstone of Appalachian’s past, present and future. When it comes to education, the state and region look FIRST to Appalachian for innovative instruction, faculty excellence and student success.