Welcome to the Teacher Education Accreditation Council

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council is dedicated to helping educator preparation programs improve and be accountable for their quality. Our membership represents a broad range of higher education institutions, from small liberal arts colleges to large research universities. We invite you to explore this site for an overview of TEAC's accreditation process and information on TEAC's accreditation activities and events.

Latest News

TEAC Accredits Three (3) New Programs

January 3rd, 2012

At its December 9, 2011, conference call meeting, TEAC’s Accreditation Committee took the following three accreditation actions: Initial Accreditation (5 years) for Central Michigan University (MI) Master’s in Education Program; Initial Accreditation (5 years) for Central Michigan University (MI) Educational Leadership Program; and Accreditation (10 years) for Colorado State University – Pueblo (CO) Teacher Education Program. Congratulations to these programs!

To date, TEAC has accredited 134 programs in 104 institutions of higher education in 25 states.

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING IN CHICAGO

November 30th, 2011

Please join us for the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) on Thursday, February 16, 2012, from 1 p.m.—5 p.m., in the Crystal Ballroom C in the Hyatt Regency on the Riverwalk, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. The meeting will include an introduction to the CAEP information management system and the opportunity for you to influence its development and will feature the presentation of the first annual Frank B. Murray Award for Innovation and Excellence in Program Self-Study.

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Please note that a separate meeting of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) will be held on Thursday, February 16, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crystal Ballroom C. This requires a separate registration. Please go to www.AACTE.org to register.

ANNOUNCING THE FRANK B. MURRAY AWARD FOR INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN PROGRAM SELF-STUDY
At the October 2012 meeting of the TEAC Accreditation Committee, members voted to create an annual Frank B. Murray Award for Innovation and Excellence in Program Self-Study to be awarded to an educator preparation program selected from the set of cases granted accreditation during that year.

This distinctive award will be based upon the excellence of the quality control system and the quality of evidence it yields, particularly with regard to evidence of reliability and validity; the program’s innovation in performance assessment; and the program’s “principled vision.”

At each meeting, the Accreditation Committee will nominate any appropriate programs; the Committee will determine annually which, if any, program will receive the award at the annual meeting.

TEAC IB Workshop at Second CAEP Conference

November 30th, 2011

The Spring Inquiry Brief Workshop will be held at the second CAEP Conference, jointly hosted by NCATE and TEAC, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 15 and 16th, 2012.

We encourage you to attend the workshop and the conference. The workshop is organized so that you can return to your campus with a good start on a draft Brief and a solid understanding of the TEAC accreditation process and the role of the Brief in the process. In the workshop, we concentrate on the key concepts and tasks central to framing and producing the Inquiry Brief and Inquiry Brief Proposal.

We will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 15, and conclude at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 16. A Resource Room with sample Inquiry Briefs and audit reports will be open both days for your review. A full program of sessions will be available on the TEAC and NCATE websites after the first of the year.

The CAEP conference flyer is attached. The conference and workshop will be held at the Mirage Hotel and Casino with a conference room rate of $165. (The webpage URL for the flyer is: http://www.ncate.org/InstitutionalOrientation/Spring2012/tabid/768/Default.aspx). Conference registration is $425, and a group rate (savings of $25.00 per person) will be applied for three or more people registering together and billed on a single credit card.

I hope to see you in Las Vegas!

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TEAC Public Performance Disclosure Policy XI Update

November 29th, 2011

TEAC has revised its policy on public performance disclosure (Policy XI) in response to a newly instituted standard of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation demanding that accreditors require the programs and institutions they accredit to report program performance data. TEAC requests that institutions post a link to the Summary of the Case (now on the TEAC website at www.teac.org/membership/teac-members/) on their website along with links to such other performance assessment summaries as they determine appropriate (including websites reporting Title II data). For full information of the revised policy, see TEAC Public Performance Disclosure Policy XI Update. (Click here to view full document.)

TEAC BOARD AMENDS ACCREDITATION TERMS

November 29th, 2011

The TEAC Board of Directors revised TEAC’s policies relating to the length of accreditation terms so that, beginning with accreditation decisions made in 2012, programs that submit an Inquiry Brief and satisfy TEAC’s Quality Principles will be awarded accreditation for seven years (instead of the former accreditation terms of five years and ten years). Five-year terms of initial accreditation will continue to be awarded to programs that satisfy Quality Principles II and III in an Inquiry Brief Proposal. For full information of the revised policy, see TEAC Policy Update: Seven-Year Terms of Accreditation. Click here to view full document.

For Answers to Your Questions

Next Annual Meeting

  • February 16, 2012
    Chicago, Illinois

  • Registration information to come.

Next Accreditation Panel Meeting

  • February 9-10, 2012

Next Inquiry Brief Workshop

  • March 14-16, 2012
    Las Vegas, NV

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About TEAC

  • The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC), founded in 1997, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving academic degree programs for professional educators, those who will teach and lead in schools, pre-K through grade 12. TEAC's goal is to support the preparation of competent, caring, and qualified professional educators.

    TEAC is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. To avoid encountering dubious providers of educational offerings ("degree mills") or dubious providers of quality assurance ("accreditation mills"), TEAC recommends that students and the public check that institutions and programs are accredited (CHEA) and that accrediting agencies are recognized (USDE).