Buffalo State NCATE Accreditation Continued
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) has continued the accreditation of Buffalo State College at the initial teacher preparation and advanced preparation levels. The accreditation is in effect until spring 2008.
NCATE's continuation of Buffalo State's accreditation is the culmination of an extraordinary cooperative effort among our faculty, staff and administration. We take pride in having demonstrated the high quality necessary to be granted national accreditation for our professional education programs, said Muriel A. Howard, president of Buffalo State College.
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education's dual mission is accountability and improvement in teacher preparation. The NCATE accreditation process establishes rigorous standards for teacher education programs and holds accredited institutions accountable for meeting those standards through the use of a performance-based accreditation system.
Currently, 562 institutions are accredited nationwide, with more than 100 others candidates and pre-candidates for accreditation. The number of candidates for accreditation has almost tripled in the past five years due to the growing demand for accountability in education from states and the public, and the number of accredited institutions has grown steadily.
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1954. More than 30 national associations representing the education profession at large make up the council. The associations that comprise NCATE appoint representatives to NCATE's policy boards, which develop NCATE standards, policies and procedures. Membership on policy boards includes representatives from organizations of teacher educators, teachers, state and local policymakers and other professional specialists in P-12 schools.
The U.S. Department of Education recognizes NCATE as a professional accrediting body for colleges and universities that prepare teachers and other professional personnel for work in elementary and secondary schools.
Buffalo State College was the first SUNY institution to earn NCATE accreditation and is Erie County's only NCATE-accredited institution.
NCATE's continuation of Buffalo State's accreditation is the culmination of an extraordinary cooperative effort among our faculty, staff and administration. We take pride in having demonstrated the high quality necessary to be granted national accreditation for our professional education programs, said Muriel A. Howard, president of Buffalo State College.
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education's dual mission is accountability and improvement in teacher preparation. The NCATE accreditation process establishes rigorous standards for teacher education programs and holds accredited institutions accountable for meeting those standards through the use of a performance-based accreditation system.
Currently, 562 institutions are accredited nationwide, with more than 100 others candidates and pre-candidates for accreditation. The number of candidates for accreditation has almost tripled in the past five years due to the growing demand for accountability in education from states and the public, and the number of accredited institutions has grown steadily.
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1954. More than 30 national associations representing the education profession at large make up the council. The associations that comprise NCATE appoint representatives to NCATE's policy boards, which develop NCATE standards, policies and procedures. Membership on policy boards includes representatives from organizations of teacher educators, teachers, state and local policymakers and other professional specialists in P-12 schools.
The U.S. Department of Education recognizes NCATE as a professional accrediting body for colleges and universities that prepare teachers and other professional personnel for work in elementary and secondary schools.
Buffalo State College was the first SUNY institution to earn NCATE accreditation and is Erie County's only NCATE-accredited institution.
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