TEAC News

El Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) invita a usted y sus colegas a asistir al taller estructurado para los programas de preparación de educadores que aspiren a ser acreditados por el TEAC en los próximos tres años. Para su conveniencia, el taller ha sido planificado para el sábado, 3 de diciembre del 2011, a la Universidad del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico.

Click here to access the full Invitation and Registration Form.

Fecha y sitio:
Universidad del Este
8:30 a.m.—4 p.m.
3 de diciembre del 2011

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) invites you and your colleagues to attend a workshop designed for educator preparation programs seeking TEAC accreditation in the next three years. The workshop is conveniently planned for Saturday, December 3, 2011, at the University del Este in Carolina, Puerto Rico.

Click here to access the full Invitation and Registration Form.

Date and Location:
Location: Universidad del Este
Time: 8:30 a.m.—4 p.m.
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011

At its September 29‐October 1, 2011, meeting in Alexandria, Virginia, TEAC’s Accreditation Committee took the following ten accreditation actions: Albion College (MI) Teacher Education Program; Bard College (NY) Master of Arts in Teaching Program; College of Mount Saint Vincent (NY) Teacher Education Program; Houghton College (NY) Teacher Education Program; Lakeland College (WI) Teacher Education Program; Manhattan College (NY) School Building Leadership Program; Spring Arbor University (MI) Teacher Education Program; St. John’s University (NY) Teacher Education Program; Texas Lutheran University (TX) Teacher Education Program; and University of Utah (UT) Teacher Education Program. Congratulations to these programs!

To date, TEAC has accredited 132 programs in 104 institutions of higher education in 25 states. TEAC has 222 members, 93 candidate IHEs, 10 affiliate IHEs, and 15 affiliate groups.

We know that institutions have many questions on the transition to the new accrediting body, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). While we do not have all of the answers yet, here is [a link to] information to help clarify where we are now and our plans for the near future. We hope that this is a help to you as you engage in your own strategic planning.

TEAC has revised the Guide to Accreditation (www.teac.org/literature/) to include more specific information on scheduling the audit (pages 18-19) and clearer information on describing the program’s rationale for its assessments (pages 47-49). The revised Guide also includes a full list of TEAC staff and the questions each staff member is a resource for answering (www.teac.org/about/staff/).

In addition, the Fall 2011 Exercise Workbook (which will be used at the Inquiry Brief Workshop held as part of the CAEP Conference, September 8-10, 2011, has also been posted on the Literature page (www.teac.org/literature/).