UChicago UTEP hosts over 50 educators from 16 universities nationwide for the sixth annual conference of the Urban Teacher Education Consortium Learn more about UTEC 2013
UChicago UTEP and Urban Teacher Education Consortium Continue National Dialogue on Teacher Preparation
UChicago UTEP invites experts, future educators, and local media to take part in an open house and panel tackling the toughest issues facing urban education today. Learn more and watch the panel video
UChicago UTEP Celebrates Commitment to Inquiry with Tenth Anniversary
Teachers and students engage in hands-on inquiry at the Urban Education Institute's fifth annual Science and Math Camp (SAMC). Find out more about SAMC 2012
UTEP Teachers and CPS Students Engage in Summer Accelerated Math and Science Camp
Marv Hoffman, Associate Director of UChicago UTEP, was the trailblazing founder of the first UChicago Charter School campus. Read more about Marv Hoffman's journey
How Marv Hoffman Built a School
Angela Lou awarded fellowship designed to keep high-caliber new teachers in the profession. More about Lou's Knowles Fellowship
UChicago UTEP Teacher Candidate Receives Prestigious Career-Development Award of $175,000
The University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program, UChicago UTEP, prepares teachers of the highest caliber for Chicago Public Schools while empirically testing a model for urban teacher preparation. Our graduates engage in teaching as a highly intellectual career and are classroom-based instructional leaders and agents for educational equity in their schools and community.
UChicago UTEP is a two-year graduate program accredited by the Illinois State Board of Education that awards a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree. Alumni then receive up to three years of post-graduation supports, at no additional cost, making UChicago UTEP a unique five-year experience. The program offers three certification pathways:
- Elementary, certifies teachers for grades K-9, with middle-grade (5-8) endorsements available in general science, language arts, mathematics, and social sciences (Illinois Initial Elementary Type 03)
- Secondary Biology, certifies teachers in general science for grades 6-8 and biology and related sciences for grades 9-12 (Illinois Secondary Type 09)
- Secondary Mathematics, certifies teachers in all areas of mathematics through calculus for grades 6-12 (Illinois Initial Secondary Type 09)
Ninety-six percent of UChicago UTEP graduates are still teaching in Chicago Public Schools or urban school districts after five years. This retention rate far exceeds the national average for urban public school teachers, which is approximately fifty percent.
UChicago UTEP is a unit of the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute.