Dual Enrollment Teachers

Become a Dual Enrollment Teacher

Maricopa Community Colleges Dual Enrollment allows high school students to earn both high school and college credits from the same class—giving them a head start on their educational journey.

Dual Enrollment offers a fantastic opportunity for high school teachers, providing several key benefits:

Make a lasting impact by providing college-level learning to your students
Access course templates, technology support, and library resources to enhance your teaching
Explore opportunities to teach at Maricopa Community Colleges as an adjunct or full-time instructor

Arizona Teachers Academy Scholarship

Dual Enrollment teachers in the academic disciplines at Maricopa Community Colleges must have a master’s degree in their content area or a master’s degree in any area with 18 credit hours of graduate-level courses in the area they plan to teach. Graduate courses taken for Dual Enrollment eligibility can also be seamlessly applied to a future Master of Arts in Education if you decide to pursue that route.

The Arizona Teachers Academy tuition scholarship is a great way to pay for those credits while pursuing your qualification. The scholarship funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis through:

American College of Education

Whether you aspire to teach dual-credit and college level courses or simply seek advanced instructional knowledge in a subject area, this fully online certificate could provide the 18 graduate-level credit hours you may need in a specific content area. Our extended list of majors offer you the opportunity to earn your certificate in the content area of your choosing. Explore single classes and the student experience at ace.edu.

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Dual Enrollment Teacher Credential Incentive Program

For more information about the Dual Enrollment Teacher Credential Incentive Program, visit ElevateEdAZ.

Minimum Requirements

Here are the minimum requirements to become a Dual Enrollment teacher in academic and occupational courses at Maricopa Community Colleges:

Option A

Master’s degree in the discipline to be taught.

Option B

Master’s degree in any area with 18 graduate credits in the discipline to be taught.

Alternative Minimum Requirements for Teaching Occupational Courses

For occupational courses, one of the following or a combination of the following must be met:

Five years of occupational experience in the field to be taught
Three years of occupational experience in the field to be taught and a bachelor’s degree
A master’s degree with 24 upper division and/or graduate credits in the field to be taught
A master’s degree in the teaching field
A master’s degree in any field with 18 graduate credits in the teaching field
A master’s degree in any field with a combination of 24 upper division and/or graduate credits in the teaching field
A journeyman certification in the field to be taught

For specific subject qualifications, see our Faculty Credentials Qualifications page.

Submit Your Paperwork

If you are interested in qualifying to teach Dual Enrollment, please contact the college that is associated with your high school, email listed below, to submit an updated resume as well as all undergraduate and graduate transcripts.