TEAC - Faculty DImension & Standard (5.2)

Teacher Education Accreditation Council

4.2 Capacity Dimensions for Program Quality:
FACULTY

TEAC requires evidence of oversight and coordination of the curriculum of the professional teacher education program. The entity responsible for the program may be an administrative department, school, program, center, institute, or faculty group. It may be as large as the entire college or university or as small as a committee of faculty and staff who have direct authority and responsibility for those aspects of the program that pertain to TEAC's quality principles. Because of the variety of structures among institutions, TEAC uses the term faculty to represent this entity.

TEAC’s standard for the quality of the program faculty is the presence of the following attributes in the faculty

4.2.1 The program faculty members must approve the Inquiry Brief or Inquiry Brief Proposal and accept the preparation of competent, caring, and qualified educators as the goal for their program.

4.2.2 The Inquiry Brief or Inquiry Brief Proposal must demonstrate the faculty’s accurate and balanced understanding of the disciplines that are connected to the program.

4.2.3 The program faculty members must be qualified to teach the courses in the program to which they are assigned, as evidenced by advanced degrees held, scholarship, contributions to the field, and professional experience. TEAC requires that a majority of the faculty members hold a graduate or doctoral level degree in subjects appropriate to teach the education program of study and curricula. The program may, however, demonstrate that faculty not holding such degrees are qualified for their roles based on the other factors stated above.

4.2.4 The program faculty’s qualifications must be equal to or better than those of the faculty across the institution as a whole: e.g., proportion of terminal degree holders, alignment of degree specialization and program responsibilities, proportions and balance of the academic ranks, and diversity (see also 4.4.4).

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