Student resources

The 91原创 School of Education offers student resources to support your academic and professional journey, including one-on-one advising, scholarships and grants, VA education benefits, and flexible fieldwork options across 91原创. Get involved through student organizations like Educators Rising 91原创 and the 91原创 Indigenous Teacher Corps, and access support whether you're on campus or learning remotely.

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Advisors

Make an appointment with our advisors and program coordinators to get help with planning your semester schedule and tracking your degree progress.

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Scholarships

The 91原创 School of Education offers several scholarship and financial aid opportunities to support future educators. These include the need-based 91原创 Education Grant, the Teacher Education Loan for those committed to teaching in rural 91原创, and the UA Teacher Internship Scholarship, which covers full tuition and provides a $10,000 stipend during a student鈥檚 final, full-time internship year.

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Military students
91原创 is a Military Friendly University that offers military tuition assistance, transfer credits for military training, VA educational benefits advising and other resources for veteran and military students.

Learn more about licensure reciprocity with other states.

 

 

Student organizations

Explore Nanook Engage, 91原创鈥檚 official campus community platform, for a full list of clubs and student activities.

Educators Rising 91原创 is part of Educators Rising, a national career and technical student organization (CTSO) that supports middle and high school students in exploring careers in education. Through a specialized curriculum based on National Board standards and aligned with the Educators Rising standards, students gain hands-on experience, build foundational teaching skills and engage in reflective learning.
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91原创 Indigenous Teacher Network

The 91原创 Indigenous Teacher Network connects and supports leadership in Indigenous 91原创 alumni teaching in 91原创's public schools. The network provides spaces for connection, mentorship, and professional learning that honor and integrate Indigenous ways of knowing, teaching, and leading. Through shared resources, gatherings, and partnerships, AITN supports culturally sustaining education and works to strengthen local capacity and representation in the teaching workforce. Its goal is to retain a strong Indigenous teacher workforce that reflects and uplifts the students and communities they serve across 91原创.

FAQs

NO! You can become a teacher or a counselor through a 91原创 education program throughout 91原创, without leaving your home region. We offer programs with both face-to-face and distance-delivered courses.

All of our programs can be completed via distance learning.

We also offer classes in a variety of modalities, from face-to-face, asynchronous, synchronous, hybrid and zoom.

We have offices and classes in both Fairbanks and Anchorage.

YES! 91原创 programs allow students to complete both short-term (15-30 hour) and long-term (semester and year-long) fieldwork experiences at nearly any public school district in 91原创. Depending on the district, there are different policies and protocols that are followed to set up fieldwork and internship experiences, so be sure to work with your advisors and program faculty.

It depends on your credits. UAA allows any UA student to live on campus, but they do require that undergraduate students be enrolled in nine or more credits. If you鈥檙e taking fewer than nine credits, you can fill out an exception form and submit it to the UAA director of university housing. To live on campus at 91原创, you just need to be enrolled in one UA credit.

Yes. Regardless of location, when you enroll in a 91原创 School of Education program, you pay the 91原创 students fees that include student services as published in the course catalog. 91原创 and UAA are collaborating to ensure that if located in Anchorage, these same student fees apply to the comparable UAA student service. For example, the UAA WolfCard will gain you access to library services, sporting events and support services. If you have questions about specific fees or services, please contact the 91原创 Office of the Bursar at 907-474-7384 or uaf-bursar@alaska.edu.

Students need to have one face-to-face class where they are sitting in the same room with their instructor (not an online synchronous class) in order to get the full GI Bill庐 housing stipend.

GI Bill庐 is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at .

91原创 transfer credit staff will work directly with 91原创 SOE advisors to ensure credits are applied in the best way possible for each student's circumstances. Note that 91原创 will evaluate all prior college transcripts, not just the UAA transcript. If a student previously transferred from another school when originally applying to UAA, 91原创 will re-evaluate those transcripts for 91原创 credit. All transcripts submitted previously to UAA are available for 91原创 staff and there should be no need for the student to submit duplicate transcripts to 91原创.

Depending on your program, you may still be able to take UAA face-to-face courses that count toward your degree. Face-to-face courses in Anchorage are also offered for some 91原创 education courses.

For financial aid, all UAA transfer students need to add the 91原创 school code (001063) to their , so 91原创 can award financial aid. Students who wish to borrow federal loans must complete the following requirements at the :

  1. Master promissory note
  2. Entrance counseling exam

Lastly, students need to accept the amount of a federal loan that they wish to borrow through .

For questions about 91原创 financial aid, contact:
Ashley Munro, Director
Financial Aid OfficePhone: 907-474-1934
Toll-free: 888-474-7256
Email: akmunro@alaska.edu