Teachers college

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A historic marker commemorating Florence State Teachers College in the United States, now the University of North Alabama, the oldest state-supported teachers college south of the Ohio River.
A historic marker commemorating Florence State Teachers College in the United States, now the University of North Alabama, the oldest state-supported teachers college south of the Ohio River.
For the graduate school of the same name, see Teachers College, Columbia University. For other teachers colleges, see Teacher training colleges.

A teachers college (or teachers' college, teacher's college) is an institution dedicated to the training and professional development of teachers. Formerly known as normal schools, many teachers colleges have been amalgamated into universities and colleges to form Faculties of Education.