The Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM) would bring together mathematics and teacher education faculty from teacher education programs across Appalachia to identify course and program needs. The Center would then sponsor and organize the development of undergraduate courses that would be available through on-line or telelink networks to pre-service teachers in the programs. ACCLAIM also would establish a professional organization that brings together post-secondary faculty and classroom teachers interested in mathematics teacher education (Appalachian Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators). Through this organization, faculty and teachers would come together through regional conferences and focus groups to discuss and identify needs, concerns, weaknesses, and strengths of the mathematics teacher education programs. Finally, ACCLAIM would support and offer short courses and other professional development activities to assist faculty across the region.