According to the website “The National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education (NCATE) is the profession’s mechanism to help establish
high quality teacher preparation. Through
the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges, and departments
of education, NCATE works to make a difference in the quality of teaching and
teacher preparation today, tomorrow, and for the next century” (The National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), 2014). Establishing high quality teacher preparation
programs through a “performance-based system” is the mission of the NCATE
because they want to make sure that all teachers are qualified to provide students
with an education.
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
is another organization whose mission is to help high quality teachers. The strategic goals of the CAEP is “to raise
the bar in educator preparation; promote continuous improvement; advance
research and innovation; increase accreditation’s value; be a model accrediting
body; and to be a model learning organization” (Council for the Accreditation
of Educator Preparation, 2015). The CAEP
mission is similar to the NCATE, however their goals are structured more around
research-based evidence to prepare highly qualified teachers.
The Teacher Education Accreditation Council “is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to improving academic degree programs for professional
educators, those who will teach and lead in schools, pre-K through grade 12”
(Teacher Education Accreditation Council, 2014). The TEAC goal is to prepare individuals to
become “competent, caring and qualified professional educators” (Teacher
Education Accreditation Council, 2014) and they are now a division of the
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.
The education of children is one of the most important jobs that
an individual can obtain which is why the NCATE, CAEP and the TEAC design and
implement preparation programs that prepare individuals to become highly
qualified professional educators. These
preparation programs are structured in a way that not only prepare individuals
but they also continue to support those individuals throughout their career as
an educator with programs that enhance their skills and abilities to increase
their effectiveness as an educational professional.
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