Welcome to the Teacher Education Accreditation Council

TEAC has 173 accredited programs in 134 institutions of higher education. There are 69 candidate members, 6 affiliate institutional members, and 8 affiliate organizational members.

At its May 3, 2013, meeting in Washington, DC, the TEAC Accreditation Committee awarded accreditation for 7 years to the following programs: American College of Education, professional education program; Daemen College, teacher education program; Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Guayama Campus, teacher education program; Ramapo College of New Jersey, teacher education program; Siena Heights University, teacher education program; and Utah Valley University, teacher education program.

The Accreditation Committee awarded initial accreditation for 5 years to Calvin College, graduate teacher education program; Calvin College, undergraduate teacher education program; and Siena Heights University, educational leadership program.

With the addition of these accreditation decisions, TEAC now has accredited 173 programs in 134 institutions of higher education in 25 states and Puerto Rico.

At its April 24-25, 2013, meeting in St. Louis, MO, the CAEP Accreditation Council granted seven-year accreditation terms to Utah Valley University whose self-study report was prepared in the Inquiry Brief pathway. The other three cases accredited by CAEP are The Citadel, (self-study report in the Continuous Improvement pathway); Queens College, (self-study report in the Continuous Improvement pathway); and University of Cincinnati, (self-study report in the Transformation Initiative pathway). An announcement appears on the CAEP website, http://caepnet.org.

At its March 22-23, 2013, meeting in Washington DC, the TEAC Accreditation Committee granted seven-year accreditation term (3/2013-3/2020) to 5 programs at 3 institutions: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Educational Leadership Program, accreditation; Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teacher Education Program, accreditation; Le Moyne College, Educational Leadership Program, accreditation; Le Moyne College, Teacher Education Program, accreditation; Olivet College, Teacher Education Program, accreditation.

The Committee granted a five-year initial accreditation term (3/2013-3/2018) to 6 programs at 4 institution: Abilene Christian University Educational Leadership Program, initial accreditation; Aquinas College, Teacher Education Program, initial accreditation; Marygrove College, Teacher Education Program, initial accreditation; University of Scranton, Advanced Teaching Program, initial accreditation; University of Scranton, Educational Leadership Program, initial accreditation; University of Scranton, Teacher Education Program, initial accreditation.

At its October 25-26, 2012, meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, the TEAC Accreditation Committee awarded accreditation for 7 years to the following programs: Adrian College, teacher education program; Alma College, teacher education program; Centenary College, educational leadership program; Hope College, teacher education program; Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Barranquitas Campus, teacher education program; Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus, teacher education program; and Saint Francis College, teacher education program.

The Accreditation Committee awarded initial accreditation for 5 years to University of Detroit Mercy, teacher education program; Wayne State University, teacher education program; and Wheeling Jesuit University, educational leadership program.

With the addition of these accreditation decisions, TEAC now has accredited 159 programs in 125 institutions of higher education.