Teacher Education University is dedicated to providing innovative graduate online education programs that assist students in fulfilling their potential as educators and leaders. To this end the university has adopted the following mission:
To provide innovative, quality, professor-led online graduate programs for professional educators by promoting the use of reasoned judgement to meet the needs of kindergarten through post-secondary students, applying current research in educational theory and developing skills to be change agents and educational leaders.
The following key objectives serve to embrace the purpose and the mission of Teacher Education University:
Teacher Education University is a division of the Teacher Education Institute. TEI, the parent company, is a Florida corporation and has been designing and delivering graduate courses for experienced classroom teachers for more than 25 years. TEI courses have been translated into 10 languages and taught to over 100,000 teachers worldwide.

Teacher Education University is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency and is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.