Conference
Cracking the Code: Making Sense of NCATE Standards 1 and 2
Held March 3 - 5, 2006 | Washington, D.C.
If you were a Conference participant, please access the Conference Presentations.

Project Description

The Partnerships for Excellence in Teacher Education (PETE) project is an on-going initiative of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) to enhance the quality of teacher education by increasing the number of institutions that are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Eighty-five PETE institutions have been accredited to date. The Ford Foundation currently supports the initiative.

Project Activities

• Linking institutional, state, and national standards goals
• Providing teacher education accreditation and assessment consultants to institutions
• Assisting faculties in preparation for NCATE accreditation review
• Developing leadership opportunities
• Offering general resources to the professional education unit

• Program Assessments in the Unit Assessment System (PDF)
  by Donna Gollnick and Margie Crutchfield
• Observations Regarding Emerging NCATE Unit Assessment Systems (PDF)
  by Gary M. Ingersoll
• Keys to Successful Accredittion - A View from the Top (PDF)
  by Christy Faison
• Research University Deans' Views of the NCATE Accreditation Process (PDF)
  by Gene Hall
• NCATE Assessment Guidelines for PETE Consultants (PDF)
  by David S. Martin
• Preparing for the BOE Visit (PDF)
  by Martha K. Ross
• Keys to Meeting Standard 2 (PDF)
  by Antoinette Mitchell

• Write an Effective NCATE Rejoinder Now available: "How to Write an Effective NCATE Rejoinder". After twelve years of serving as an NCATE policy board member, AACTE representative, Dennis Cartwright, shares some helpful suggestions to institutions about creating this document.

• PETE Newsletter Archives

• The IARM instrument provides a way to assess the unit's progress over time. There are a number of factors that, if changed, can improve the accreditation readiness of the institution. The IARM can identify and monitor these changes. Both the IARM training manual and the web-based instrument can be downloaded from http://cortland.edu/education/deansoffice/iarm

For more information, please contact aacte@aacte.org.

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