NCATE
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) is the profession’s mechanism to help establish high quality teacher preparation. Through the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of education, NCATE works to make a difference in the quality of teaching and teacher preparation today, tomorrow, and for the next century. NCATE’s performance-based system of accreditation fosters competent classroom teachers and other educators who work to improve the education of all P-12 students. NCATE believes every student deserves a caring, competent, and highly qualified teacher.
The U. S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation recognize NCATE as a professional accrediting body for teacher preparation. The UHM Elementary and Early Childhood teacher education program has been accredited by NCATE since 2001. Teacher candidates can learn more about NCATE at www.ncate.org.
NCATE Unit Standards
Standard 1: Candidate Knowledge, Skills, and Professional Dispositions
Candidates preparing to work in schools as teachers or other professionals know and demonstrate the content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and skills, pedagogical and professional knowledge and skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Assessments indicate that candidates meet professional, state, and institutional standards.
1a. Content knowledge for teacher candidates
1b. Pedagogical content knowledge and skills for teacher candidates
1c. Professional and pedagogical knowledge and skills for teacher candidates
1d. Student learning for teacher candidates
1e. Knowledge and skills for other school professionals
1f. Student learning for other school professionals
1g. Professional dispositions for all candidates
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 performance of candidates, the unit, and its programs.
2a. Assessment system
2b. Data collection, analysis, and evaluation
2c. Use of data for program improvement
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 professionals develop and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn.
3a. Collaboration between unit and school partners
3b. Design, implementation, and evaluation of field experiences and clinical practice
3c. Candidates’ development and demonstration of knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions to help all students learn
Standard 4: Diversity
The unit designs, implements, and evaluates curriculum and provides experiences for candidates to acquire and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Assessments indicate that candidates can demonstrate and apply proficiencies related to diversity. Experiences provided for candidates include working with diverse populations, including higher education and P- 12 school faculty, candidates, and students in P-12 schools.
4a. Design, implementation, and evaluation of curriculum and experiences
4b. Experiences working with diverse faculty
4c. Experiences working with diverse candidates
4d. Experiences working with 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.
5a. Qualified faculty
5b. Modeling best professional practices in teaching
5c. Modeling best professional practices in scholarship
5d. Modeling best professional practices in service
5e. Unit evaluation of professional education faculty performance
5f. Unit facilitation of professional development
Standard 6: Unit Governance and Resources
The unit has the leadership, authority, budget, personnel, facilities, and resources including information technology resources, for the preparation of candidates to meet professional, state, and institutional standards.
6a. Unit leadership and authority
6b. Unit budget
6c. Personnel
6d. Unit facilities
6e. Unit resources including technology
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) is the profession’s mechanism to help establish high quality teacher preparation. Through the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of education, NCATE works to make a difference in the quality of teaching and teacher preparation today, tomorrow, and for the next century. NCATE’s performance-based system of accreditation fosters competent classroom teachers and other educators who work to improve the education of all P-12 students. NCATE believes every student deserves a caring, competent, and highly qualified teacher.
The U. S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation recognize NCATE as a professional accrediting body for teacher preparation. The UHM Elementary and Early Childhood teacher education program has been accredited by NCATE since 2001. Teacher candidates can learn more about NCATE at www.ncate.org.
NCATE Unit Standards
Standard 1: Candidate Knowledge, Skills, and Professional Dispositions
Candidates preparing to work in schools as teachers or other professionals know and demonstrate the content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and skills, pedagogical and professional knowledge and skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Assessments indicate that candidates meet professional, state, and institutional standards.
1a. Content knowledge for teacher candidates
1b. Pedagogical content knowledge and skills for teacher candidates
1c. Professional and pedagogical knowledge and skills for teacher candidates
1d. Student learning for teacher candidates
1e. Knowledge and skills for other school professionals
1f. Student learning for other school professionals
1g. Professional dispositions for all candidates
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 performance of candidates, the unit, and its programs.
2a. Assessment system
2b. Data collection, analysis, and evaluation
2c. Use of data for program improvement
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 professionals develop and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn.
3a. Collaboration between unit and school partners
3b. Design, implementation, and evaluation of field experiences and clinical practice
3c. Candidates’ development and demonstration of knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions to help all students learn
Standard 4: Diversity
The unit designs, implements, and evaluates curriculum and provides experiences for candidates to acquire and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Assessments indicate that candidates can demonstrate and apply proficiencies related to diversity. Experiences provided for candidates include working with diverse populations, including higher education and P- 12 school faculty, candidates, and students in P-12 schools.
4a. Design, implementation, and evaluation of curriculum and experiences
4b. Experiences working with diverse faculty
4c. Experiences working with diverse candidates
4d. Experiences working with 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.
5a. Qualified faculty
5b. Modeling best professional practices in teaching
5c. Modeling best professional practices in scholarship
5d. Modeling best professional practices in service
5e. Unit evaluation of professional education faculty performance
5f. Unit facilitation of professional development
Standard 6: Unit Governance and Resources
The unit has the leadership, authority, budget, personnel, facilities, and resources including information technology resources, for the preparation of candidates to meet professional, state, and institutional standards.
6a. Unit leadership and authority
6b. Unit budget
6c. Personnel
6d. Unit facilities
6e. Unit resources including technology