National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
NCATE
is part of a continuum of teacher preparation and development that
begins with pre-service preparation and continues with stages of teacher
licensure and advanced professional development, including National
Board certification.
NCATE
has seen a decade of substantial growth...The NCATE of the new
millennium is poised to implement a new performance-based system of accreditation
developed during the last three years. This system will enhance both
accountability and improvement in educator preparation, as it requires
compelling evidence of candidate performance for institutions to become
accredited.
Arthur
E. Wise, President of NCATE
NCATE
2000 Performance-based National Accreditation Standards
Standard
1: Candidate Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions Candidates preparing to work in schools as teachers or other
professional school personnel know and demonstrate the content,
pedagogical, and professional knowledge, skills, and
dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Assessments
indicate that candidates meet professional, state, and
institutional standards.
Standard
2: Assessment System and Unit Evaluation
The unit has an assessment system that collects and analyzes
data on applicant qualifications, candidate and graduate
performance, and unit operations to evaluate and improve the
unit and its programs.
Standard
3: Field Experiences and Clinical Practice
The unit and its school partners design, implement, and evaluate
field experiences and clinical practice so that teacher
candidates and other school personnel develop and demonstrate
the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to help all
students learn.
Standard
4: Diversity
The unit designs, implements, and evaluates curriculum and
experiences for candidates to acquire and apply the knowledge,
skills, and dispositions necessary to help all students learn.
These experiences include working with diverse higher education
and school faculty, diverse candidates, and diverse students in
P-12 schools.
Standard
5: Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and Development
Faculty are qualified and model best professional practices in
scholarship, service, and teaching, including the assessment of
their own effectiveness as related to candidate performance.
They also collaborate with colleagues in the disciplines and
schools. The unit systematically evaluates faculty performance
and facilitates professional development.
Standard
6: Unit Governance and Resources
The unit has the leadership, authority, budget, personnel, faculties,
and resources, including information technology resources, for
the preparation of candidates to meet professional, state, and
institutional standards.
Content
for this section has been prepared by Dr.
Jane McKee, COEHS Associate
Dean for Academic Programs and co-coordinator of the NCATE Coordinating
Team.
