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| New Publication on Assessment |
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 It’s All about Student Learning, edited by Arthur E. Wise and associates, is available now! This new 220 page book contains assessments from 3 consortia and 13 institutions. As well as being a 'handbook' for institutions, the publication shows how schools of education are able to provide evidence that their candidates positively impact P-12 student learning.
See Education Week and  Education Daily stories on NCATE's emphasis on assessment
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| NCATE’s Williams Featured on Tony Brown’s Journal |
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 Boyce Williams, NCATE VP for Institutional Relations, was featured on Tony Brown's Journal on PBS from April 4-10; she 'told the NCATE story.'
Click here to see the video.
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| NCATE Standards Book Available Now |
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 The revised NCATE Unit Standards book, Professional Standards for the Accreditation of Teacher Preparation Institutions, is now available from NCATE.
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| NCATE Issues Call for Action; Defines Professional Dispositions as used in Teacher Education |
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 NCATE’s Executive Board has clarified its definition of ‘professional dispositions’ as used within the NCATE accreditation system, and has issued a call to action to ensure that all children are taught by well prepared teachers.
Read more....
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| RFTEN Results: Williams is Editor of Preparing Effective Teachers of Reading |
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 Preparing Effective Teachers of Reading
Putting Research Findings to Work for Student Learning
Based on the work of the Reading First Teacher Education Network (RFTEN), Preparing Effective Teachers of Reading will show educators and administrators (K-12 and higher education) how a higher education initiative used collaboration and partnerships to respond to one of the greatest needs facingthe nation-improving the reading achievement of poor and minority children.
The book will also provide readers with a forum for understanding scientifically-based reading research (SBRR) and instruction, and the five essential components of reading. In addition, the book will showcase, through evaluation findings and a case study, how diverse geographic, ethnic, and racial institutions are creating national models for bridging the achievement gap in reading, teaching reading, preparing new teachers, and engaging key stakeholders by transforming curricula and syllabi, establishing reading centers, and providing directed teaching and tutoring experiences for candidates.
Available on Amazon.com
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| From Roxbury to NCATE: Art Wise’s Journey |
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 Hear Art Wise tell his personal story, from growing up in the Roxbury section of Boston to become NCATE President. Art was honored at the 2007 NCATE General Assembly, where NCATE's policy boards convene.
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| National Search for NCATE President |
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A national search is underway for the position of NCATE President. Read more about the needed qualifications and contact information for applications. The application deadline is February 8; start date is July 1, 2008.
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| Revised NCATE Unit Standards in Effect in Fall 2008 |
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 NCATE follows a regular cycle of standards revision to ensure that the unit standards incorporate the latest thinking in the field. The latest round of standards revision has concluded. NCATE 's Executive Board ratified the unit standards on May 11, and they will go into effect for all NCATE institutions in Fall 2008.
Visit the standards and an explanation of what changed here.
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| NCATE Search Committee Announced |
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 Sharon Robinson, CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Preparation, announced the composition of the search committee for NCATE's next president.
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| NCATE Seeks Your Feedback on Proposals for Streamlining Accreditation Process |
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We heard you! The following links contain proposals for streamlining the unit and program review processes. We would like your feedback on these major elements of the NCATE review.
Read more...
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| NCATE Defines Dispositions as used in Teacher Education; Issues Call to Action |
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NCATE’s Executive Board has clarified its definition of ‘professional dispositions’ as used within the NCATE accreditation system, and has issued a call to action to ensure that all children are taught by well prepared teachers.
Read more....
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| NCATE Studies Promising Approach to Solving Qualified Teacher Shortage in Urban Schools |
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With funding from the MetLife Foundation, NCATE has initiated an Urban Teacher Residency Project to study teacher residency programs, which are targeted at preparing and retaining qualified teachers in high needs schools. These fledgling programs are succeeding in helping districts to educate and retain well prepared teachers in urban areas.
Read the release.
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Art Wise to Retire from NCATE Presidency |
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| Revised NCATE Unit Standards in Effect in Fall 2008 |
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NCATE follows a regular cycle of standards revision to ensure that the unit standards incorporate the latest thinking in the field. The latest round of standards revision has concluded. NCATE 's Executive Board ratified the unit standards on May 11, and they will go into effect for all NCATE institutions in Fall 2008.
Visit the standards and an explanation of what changed here.
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| Education Policy Community on NCATE: A Force for Reform |
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NCATE is bringing 'a new form of accountability' (Arnold Hyndman, NJ) and has been an 'impetus for reform and improvement' (Susan Zelman, OH), to educator preparation. It serves as 'a tremendous benefit' (Rick Melmer, SD), and 'an important resource' (Susan Gendron, ME).
See the full text on what education policymakers have to say about NCATE.
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| NICHD/NCATE Report Identifies Gaps in Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Development |
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NICHD and NCATE recently collaborated on a child and adolescent development project involving roundtables of knowledgeable researchers and teacher educators. Dr. James Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, chaired the roundtables. The report found that researchers in child/adolescent development lack mechanisms for disseminating new research findings and information to sources readily available to teachers, administrators, and other school personnel. Consequently, application of the research and knowledge base about child and adolescent development is a missing element in many teacher preparation programs.
Dr. Valerie Maholmes of NICHD and Dr. Boyce Williams, VP for Institutional Relations at NCATE, co-directed the project.
View the release and report.
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| Freedom Writers Teacher Says Preparation is Key |
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 Freedom Writers Teacher Says Preparation is Key
Teacher Erin Gruwell, played by Hilary Swank in the movie Freedom Writers, provides a testimonial about her experience at an NCATE accredited institution.
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| Sample Program Reports Available Now |
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These documents are examples of reports from programs that were granted full national recognition by the appropriate SPA. Each program has given NCATE permission to post its report on the NCATE web site. Numerous examples are provided in order to show the multiple ways that programs can be successful. None of these reports are perfect; but each has strengths and each was able to demonstrate to the SPA that the program had developed assessments that could adequately demonstrate that their completers have mastered the SPA standards.
Click here for more...
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| MetLife Foundation Awards NCATE Grant to Study Residency Programs |
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| NCATE Co-Sponsors Conference on Best Practices in Teacher Recruitment, Preparation and Retention |
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| Registration for Growing the Future: Meeting the National Challenge to Recruit,
Develop and Retain New Teachers will close on March 2, 2007. Don’t miss your
chance to Register!
Please join NCATE, as we partner with other educational organizations supporting
this conference, along with 500 educators and educational leaders, including
Superintendents, School Committee Members, School District Administrators,
Principals, Higher Education Administrators and Faculty, Personnel Directors,
K-12 Teachers and many more, to share best practices around the crucial issues
associated with new teacher recruitment, preparation and retention.
Keynote speakers include Jonathan Kozol, Daniel Goleman and Theresa Perry!
Guest lunch speakers include Tom Carroll and Anne L. Bryant.
Please visit www.simmons.edu/conferences/btc for all pre-conference, conference
and registration information.
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| NCATE and The Center for Teaching Quality Call on Researchers to Acknowledge Role of Teacher Preparation |
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| Sample Program Reports Available Now |
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 Institutions seeking examples of successful program reports can now access them on NCATE‘s site. The reports provide numerous examples of how to effectively align assessments and scoring guides to the standards of the relevant discipline..
Margie Crutchfield, Associate Vice President, Program Reviews
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| Williams Receives W.E.B. DuBois Award |
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Honors Excellence and Service in Higher Education
Dr. Boyce C. Williams, NCATE‘s Vice President for Institutional Relations, has received the prestigious W.E.B. DuBois Higher Education Award from the National Alliance of Black School Educators. The award is bestowed annually upon individuals or organizations that are actively promoting or advocating higher education for African Americans through research, instruction, funding/scholarships, or guidance and counseling.
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| NCATE A Co-Sponsor of Conference on Teacher Induction |
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The Beginning Teacher Center of Teachers 21 and Simmons College, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, and NCATE are partners on a conference focusing on teacher induction: Growing the Future: Meeting the National Challenge to Recruit, Develop, and Retain New Teachers. The conference will be held in Boston on March 25-27, 2007. Registration has opened; visit www.simmons.edu/conferences/btc to view session descriptions and to register for preconference and conference sessions. Telephone: 781-416-0980. General session speakers include Jonathan Kozol, Daniel Goleman and Theresa Perry, as well as Tom Carroll and Anne Bryant. Marsha Levine, NCATE’s Senior Consultant for Professional Development Schools, will present a session on PDSs and beginning teachers.
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| Western Governors University Receives NCATE Accreditation |
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 First Non-Traditional Provider to be Accredited
Western Governors University was accredited at NCATE’s fall 2006 meeting. It is the first non-traditional provider accredited by NCATE, and helps prepare non-traditional candidates in high need fields. Western Governors University is a non-profit, created by the governors of 19 states to expand student access to higher education and ensure its affordability.
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| Statement of Arthur E. Wise on the Release of ‘Educating School Teachers’ report |
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| Jennings Named Chair of NCATE Executive Board for 2006-07 Year |
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 Clara Jennings, Dean of the School of Education at DePaul University, has been named chair of NCATE's Executive Board. Read release...
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 Institutions Laud NCATE as Instrument of Reform |
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| New DVD Resource on NCATE Standards |
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Two new DVDs focusing on NCATE Standards are now available. See and hear Donna Gollnick and Antoinette Mitchell at the NCATE/AACTE Orientation as they provide guidance to institutions. The DVDs afford the opportunity for both education and liberal arts faculty to learn about the NCATE standards and process. |
 Donna Gollnick,
NCATE Senior Vice President |
 Antoinette Mitchell,
NCATE Vice President, Unit Accreditation
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| A Statement from NCATE on Professional Dispositions |
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| In the past few months, there has been some misunderstanding of a term in the glossary of definitions appended to NCATE"s Standards. The term "social justice" appears in the glossary in the definition of'dispositions," as one of several illustrative examples of professional dispositions. Critics incorrectly alleged that NCATE has a "social justice" requirement. It does not. NCATE "requirements" are spelled out in the Standards themselves where the phrase "social justice" does not appear. To critics the phrase "social justice" is negative and connotes a dangerous if unspecfied social and political ideological agenda of indoctination. NCATE"s expectations with respect to professional dispositions are clearly described in the Standards. More.... |
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| Call for Comment on NCATE Unit Standards |
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David W. Kinman, Chair, NCATE Unit Accreditation Board and
Ana Maria Schuhmann, Chair, NCATE Standards Committee |
NCATE invites public comment on proposed revisions to the NCATE Unit Standards. NCATE cordially invites the education community at large and the public to read and comment on these professional accreditation standards for educator preparation. All NCATE standards are revised on a regular basis to ensure that they incorporate current and established research and best practice.
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| It's Not Your Mother’s Teacher Education |
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 Since the inception of performance-based accreditation standards, announced in 2000 and instituted in 2001, professionally accredited NCATE institutions have developed comprehensive assessment systems and are now reporting data on candidate performance from those systems. A new report, Spotlight on Schools of Education, summarizes how institutions have developed assessment systems that track candidate attainment of professional knowledge and teaching skills. Antoinette Mitchell, Vice President, Unit Accreditation at NCATE, conducted the investigation with the help of two colleagues, Sheila Allen and Pamela Ehrenberg. |
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| Wise to Hess, Will, and Leo: |
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Rick Hess recently criticized schools of education for educating candidates about teaching tolerance. But Wise says teachers shape our nation's future, and students from every racial/ethnic background are now in our nation's schools. See Wise's commentary.... |
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| NCATE’s Williams Receives ATE President’s Award |
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| Boyce C. Williams, NCATE Vice President, Institutional Relations, was the recipient of the Association of Teacher Educator’s President's Award for her leadership, energy, and vision.... |
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| Louisiana Universities Surmount Hurricane Damage |
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 Southern University New Orleans and Xavier University are rising again after the floodwaters devastated their campuses, among many others. Two stories of perseverance and hope, captured by B. Denise Hawkins, RFTEN Assistant Project Director and Communications Consultant. |
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| Real Schools of Ed vs. George Will’s Out-Dated Beliefs |
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| Arthur E. Wise issues an invitation to George Will to visit today’s schools of education to see how well they are preparing today’s generation of teachers. Visit Newsweek’s letters for January 30 and scroll down to ’The Truth About Teaching’ to read Wise’s letter. Another letter invites Will to walk in and teach five classes a day in an urban school without ed school preparation. |
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| NCATE Moves Forward on Developing Professional Benchmarks on Licensing Exams |
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| For the first time in the history of teaching, professional benchmarks on state licensing examinations will be developed, according to new policy of NCATE, developed at its fall board meeting in late October. The policy commits NCATE to work with testing companies to develop the benchmarks. |
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 NCATE Benefits Teacher Candidates, Institutions, and States
Download this informative fact sheet with key NCATE statistics pertaining to candidates, institutions, and states. Check out other information in the About NCATE section of the site. |
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 Genevieve Knight was presented with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Award for outstanding Contributions to NCATE. |
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| Research Supporting the Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation |
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| There is evidence that well prepared teachers outperform those who are not prepared. This summary provides references for key research on the efficacy of teacher preparation and evidence supporting the impact of NCATE accreditation. |
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| Arkansas NCATE Institution Offers Relief for Candidates Displaced by Katrina |
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| Arkansas NCATE Institution Offers Relief for Candidates Displaced by Katrina |
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| NCATE Clinic Examines Emerging Trends |
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 Participants from NCATE partnership states and from NCATE member specialized professional associations met this summer with NCATE staff at the annual NCATE clinic. Task forces at the clinic discussed possible approaches to non-university providers, and how to maintain the same degree of rigor in NCATE’s standards and policies for emerging programs such as distance learning. |
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| Art Wise Celebrates International Recognition of United Arab Emirates University |
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 Art Wise, NCATE President, visited the UAE in May to celebrate the International Recognition of United Arab Emirates University by the Center for Quality assurance in International Education in cooperation with NCATE. This is the first international recognition of a university using NCATE standards.
Above, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Arthur E. Wise. |
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| Susan Zelman New NCATE Executive Board Chair |
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 Susan Tave Zelman has been named as the Chair of the Executive Board of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) for the 2005-2006 year.
Zelman has been Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Ohio since 1999. Her term as chair of the NCATE Executive Board begins July 1, 2005. |
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| Raising Literacy on Second Largest Reservation is Focus of Two Week RFTEN Institute |
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 Read the Reading First Teacher Education Network Press Release |
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| Ed Week Reports NCATE Accreditation Standards Have Spurred Change in Teacher Preparation |
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 Education Week’s May 11 issue headlined with teacher preparation institutions’s successful use of accreditation standards to effect change.
Deans report the focus is now on candidate performance and assessments of it. |
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| NCATE Institutions Offer Programs for Adults in Transition |
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Almost all of NCATE’s 652 accredited institutions offer post-baccalaureate teacher preparation programs geared to adults who already have a bachelor's degree. In addition, over 130 of those institutions offer many post-baccalaureate programs that ease financial barriers, by having the candidate work in the classroom either as the teacher of record, substitute, intern, or aide, while still enrolled in the program.
Click here for a link to all of NCATE’s accredited institutions and also for full descriptions of the post-baccalaureate programs that ease financial barriers.
NCATE’s Jenn-Claire Kinchen compiled this online publication. |
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 Wise Receives David G. Imig Award
for Distinguished Contributions to
Teacher Education at AACTE Annual Meeting.
Click here to see more. |
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| Teaching Teams: Back to the Future (in a New Way) |
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| Art Wise says it’s time to break the mold of the egg-carton organization of our schools so that all students have access to highly qualified teachers. He would organize schools--especially elementary schools--into teaching teams which would incorporate students, interns, novices, and highly experienced teachers. Check out the idea, published in Education Week.
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| Reception for outgoing Secretary of Education Rod Paige |
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| The National Alliance of Black School Educators and NCATE hosted a reception for outgoing Secretary of Education Rod Paige at the Library of Congress in January. The Broad Foundation and the Library of Congress supported the effort. Leaders of many of the national education associations were present, and NASBE and NCATE presented Paige with certificates. |
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| NCATE Reading Project at HBCUs Cites Success; Launches New Website with Streaming Video |
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NCATE is engaged in a collaborative effort to train faculty at HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions, and Tribal Colleges in reading research and strategies to improve the teaching of reading and ultimately increase P-12 student achievement. The project, termed the Reading First Teacher Education Network, or RFTEN, is a result of a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Faculty from over 30 institutions are receiving the training over a period of two years. A third project year will focus on evaluation.
The new website devoted to the project, http://www.rften.org , contains streaming video from sessions with institution presidents and deans, and a section on Resources -- http://www.rften.org/resources.php -- contains contact information for Reading First programs in various states. |
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| NCATE at 50: Continuous Growth, Renewal, and Reform |
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| On the occasion of NCATE’s 50th anniversary, NCATE highlights its growth and reform efforts in the last 15 years. |
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| 50 State Partnerships in NCATE’s 50th Year: |
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| At the same time that NCATE turns 50, it has garnered the same number of State/NCATE Partnerships, signaling the level of trust and respect NCATE has developed with state policymakers. |
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| NCATE Garners Increased Media Attention |
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| Increased attention in the national media signals growing public recognition of the importance of NCATE accreditation as a quality assurance mechanism in teacher preparation. |
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| Bridgewater State College MA Celebrates 50th Year as NCATE Accredited:
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| David Imig, CEO of AACTE, spoke at the celebration of Bridgewater State College's 50th anniversary as an NCATE accredited institution. |
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| New NCATE Publication on PDSs:
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How Professional Development Schools Make a Difference: A Review of Research (Second Edition, Revised 2004).
This new publication contains a summary of research on outcomes for teacher candidates, teachers, and P-12 students in professional development schools. |
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| Celebrating 50 Years of NCATE Accreditation |
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| Longwood University hosted Virginia Secretary of Education Belle S. Wheelan and NCATE President Arthur E. Wise at its September celebration of 50 years of accreditation |
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| Call for Comments on the NCATE Standards |
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| NCATE invites comments on its standards as it prepares to review and revise them. Major changes are not anticipated. The revised standards are scheduled to be ratified in Spring 2007. |
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| NCATE Celebrates 50 Years:
Of the Profession, By the Profession, and For the Profession |
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This year is NCATE's 50th anniversary as the teaching profession’s accrediting body for teacher preparation. NCATE was founded in 1954 as a non-profit, non-governmental accrediting agency by five organizations...
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| Denver, Jacksonville, and Waco PDSs Develop a Plan to ‘Scale Up’ |
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In a move to produce more highly qualified teachers and increase P-12 student achievement in their hard-to-staff schools, Denver, CO, Jacksonville, FL, and Waco, TX professional development schools, or PDSs as they are commonly known, have developed models to ‘scale up’ or expand the number of sites to accommodate more teacher candidates at the participating universities and provide additional support to new teachers.
Read release. |
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| NCATE’s Williams is Commencement Speaker at West Virginia State University |
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| NCATE’s Vice President for Institutional Relations, Boyce C. Williams, addressed the first graduating class of West Virginia State upon its new status as a university, saying that the right to access learning will be to the 21st century what the right to vote was to the 20th century. |
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| Kurt Landgraf Just Says No to ‘Quick Fix’ Teacher Entry Programs |
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| Instead of seeking to fill teaching slots through temporary fixes, we should invest in attracting top tier candidates and nurture their professional development, says Kurt Landgraf President, Educational Testing Service. For study results click here... |
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| Twenty-One College Presidents Affirm Support for Reading First Teacher
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| Twenty-one college presidents of minority-serving institutions gathered
at the National Institutes of Health on February 2 to affirm their support
for the Reading First Teacher Education Network (RFTEN), a U.S. Department
of Education grant project designed to help teacher educators and future
teachers at those institutions teach reading using scientifically proven
instructional strategies. The group of presidents serves as an advisory
committee for the project.Read entire release |
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