{"id":34,"date":"2021-04-02T17:37:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:25:50","slug":"eota","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/eota\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Oregon Teacher Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:400px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-725\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-EOTA-Photo.jpg\" style=\"object-position:51% 40%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"51% 40%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-EOTA-Photo.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-EOTA-Photo-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-EOTA-Photo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-EOTA-Photo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-EOTA-Photo-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Eastern Oregon Teacher Academy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-eastern-navy-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:eota@eou.edu\">Request Info<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-eastern-gold-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"\/teach-rural-oregon\/\">Teach Rural Oregon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 23%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Eastern Oregon Teacher Academy <\/strong>at Eastern Oregon University (EOU), sponsored by The College of Education, aims to graduate the brightest high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.&nbsp; Opportunities also exist for current paraprofessionals in the field to participate.&nbsp; All participants will have the chance to earn EOU credit.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/EOTA-Logo-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/EOTA-Logo-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/EOTA-Logo-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/EOTA-Logo-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/EOTA-Logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/EOTA-Logo-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/EOTA-Logo.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/eac\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-07-at-9.13.11-AM-1.png\" alt=\"Educator Advancement Council\" class=\"wp-image-128\" style=\"width:453px;height:194px\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA_Students_2022-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"EOTA 2022 Students in class\" class=\"wp-image-468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA_Students_2022-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA_Students_2022-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA_Students_2022-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA_Students_2022-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA_Students_2022.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA-2022-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"EOTA 2022 Cohort\" class=\"wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA-2022-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA-2022-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA-2022-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA-2022-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2023\/01\/EOTA-2022.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-white-color has-eastern-navy-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Is an Education Degree in Your Future?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During this intense four-day program, the participants share in a variety of activities that will help them to better understand what teachers do and to determine whether or not they have the potential for meeting this professional challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Eastern Oregon Teacher Academy &#8211; June 24-27, 2025.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-eastern-gold-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.eou.edu\/register\/?id=245cad47-ec90-4a2b-990c-7f649f5bca46\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Applications are currently closed for the year.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-eastern-navy-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1kCPfzef_dafDvylXPRvTAiwDt3bqkyIK\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\">\n<figure class=\"size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/2015-COBE-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button btn-block\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-eastern-navy-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"\/teach-rural-oregon\/about-eota\/\">About EOTA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Eastern Oregon Teacher Academy (EOTA) serves to bring the best and brightest together to learn about the teaching profession.&nbsp; EOTA is specifically geared towards high school students considering a degree in teaching and current paraprofessionals that wish to earn a teaching degree.&nbsp;<br>Activities include participating in seminars on leadership and self-improvement and having the opportunity to listen to and interact with faculty, current College of Education students, and highly accomplished educators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\">\n<figure class=\"size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_8241-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button btn-block\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-eastern-navy-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vqLEmk8ERUw-YOw_6hbmtUFPDb22LozXDd4LiruZpC8\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EOTA Schedule<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This year&#8217;s Academy schedule is currently being developed.  You can currently view a schedule from an earlier Academy to get a sense of the schedule. Once the schedule is finalized it will be continually updated to reflect any changes.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\">\n<figure class=\"size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_1870-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_1870-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_1870-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_1870-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_1870-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_1870-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_1870.jpg 1796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons b is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button btn-block\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-eastern-navy-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/teach-rural-oregon\/eota\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Be sure to check out some of the Resources from previous years at the Academy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eastern Oregon Teacher Academy 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jft4q-QeXmE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eastern Oregon Teacher Academy 2022 - Nicole Butler-Hooton\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Y8clmYEZRs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Oregon Teacher Academy at Eastern Oregon University (EOU), sponsored by The College of Education, aims to graduate the brightest high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.&nbsp; Opportunities also exist for current paraprofessionals in the field to participate.&nbsp; All participants will have the chance to earn EOU credit. 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