College of Education receives continuing NCATE accreditation

The ASU College of Education has received continuing accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). All programs in the college will continue to be fully accredited by the organization, which is recognized as the standard of excellence in teacher preparation.

“This means that our programs have met the most rigorous national standards and that our graduates have the knowledge, skills, and the disposition to succeed in the classroom,” says Dr. Thomas E. Deering, dean of the College of Education.

All of the college’s programs received 100 percent accreditation with no conditions. NCATE officials visited ASU in the spring and commended faculty on a job well done. Of particular interest to NCATE visitors was the process by which students demonstrated their skill levels with presentations of their portfolios.

“That was evidence of their work, which demonstrated that they have mastered the skills,” Dr. Deering says.

But the work isn’t over. According to Dr. Deering, accreditation is a continuous assessment of standards.

“It’s an ongoing process,” he says. “We’re already preparing for the next visit. We’re continuously looking at the realignment of courses, updating, surveying our graduates, and making changes. We live NCATE.”

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