TEAC News Archive
TEAC accredits 4 new programs
June 25th, 2010At the June 14, 2010, meeting of the TEAC Accreditation Committee in Scottsdale, Arizona, the following programs at the following institutions were accredited:
Lourdes College (Teacher Education Initial Licensure Program), Manhattan College (Teacher Education Program), Montana State University (Northern Plains Transition to Teaching Program), and University of Virginia’s College at Wise (Teacher Education Program).
Murray examines relationship between TEAC and National Board standards
June 25th, 2010Frank Murray, president of TEAC, proposes “A Role for NBPTS Standards in Teacher Education Accreditation” in his chapter contribution to a new book, Accomplished Teachers, Institutional Perspectives (NBPTS 2010), that considers ways to expand links between the NBPTS standards and assessment process and teacher preparation, program accreditation, and state licensure.
Murray points out that TEAC accreditation is focused on a program’s quality control system and the quality of the evidence the system yields that graduates have acquired the knowledge, disposition, and skill their academic degrees indicate and that the state license requires for a beginning teacher. He proposes ways the TEAC audit approach to accreditation could enhance the National Board’s examination of evidence of a teacher’s effect on student learning.
Other contributors to the book include C. Kent McGuire, dean, College of Education, Temple University; James Cibulka, president, NCATE; Marty Hopkins, professor of education, University of Central Florida; and Richard Navarro, professor of education, California State Polytechnic University. For more information and to view excerpts of the book, visit http://www.nbpts.org/products_and_services/books/accomplished_teachers
DEADLINE Extended: on Call for proposals on the use of qualitative research to determine program quality
June 4th, 2010The July 15, 2010, deadline for submitting proposals to the AERA SIG has been extended to July 22, 2010. Please submit proposals to www.aera.net.
The AERA Academic Audit Research Special Interest Group announces a call for papers around the theme of “Using Qualitative Methods for Program Assessment.” Of particular interest is research relating to the use of qualitative methods to determine how well a program is meeting its goals.
Collecting and reporting qualitative evidence can be cumbersome or inconsistent, and the evidence itself may be difficult to interpret. Papers that explore attempts to address these and other challenges, or that evaluate the usefulness of qualitative methods for program assessment, are encouraged.
Submit a proposal to the SIG through the AERA website (www.aera.net) by JULY 15, 2010 at 11:59 pm Pacific time.
If you have not already joined the SIG, simply log in at www.aera.net, choose “SIG Memberships,” then “Purchase additional SIG memberships,” and join SIG 174 Academic Audit Research in Teacher Education.