WASHINGTON – The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) announced today that 52 providers from 27 states and Puerto Rico have received accreditation for their educator preparation programs. The fall 2018 review by the CAEP Accreditation Council resulted in 52 newly-accredited EPPs, bringing the total to 196 providers approved under the CAEP Teacher Preparation Standards – rigorous, nationally recognized standards that were developed to ensure excellence in educator preparation programs.
“These providers meet high standards so that their students receive an education that prepares them to succeed in a diverse range of classrooms after they graduate,” said CAEP President Dr. Christopher A. Koch. “Seeking CAEP Accreditation is a significant commitment on the part of an educator preparation provider.”
CAEP is the sole nationally recognized accrediting body for educator preparation. Accreditation is a nongovernmental activity based on peer review that serves the dual functions of assuring quality and promoting improvement. CAEP was created by the consolidation of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council. It is a unified accreditation system intent on raising the performance of all providers focused on educator preparation. Currently, more than 800 educator preparation providers participate in the CAEP Accreditation system, including many previously accredited through former standards.
Educator preparation providers seeking accreditation must pass peer review on five standards, which are based on two principles:
1. Solid evidence that the provider’s graduates are competent and caring educators, and
2. Solid evidence that the provider’s educator staff have the capacity to create a culture of evidence and use it to maintain and enhance the quality of the professional programs they offer.
If a program fails to meet one of the five standards, it is placed on probation for two years. Probation may be lifted in two years if a program provides evidence that it meets the standard.
“These providers should be very proud of the work they are doing. We’ve set a very high bar with our standards and receiving accreditation validates the hard work educator preparation providers are doing,” said Dr. Kim Walters-Parker, Chair of CAEP’s Accreditation Council. “Candidates in programs receiving CAEP Accreditation are investing in an education program that is designated as nationally accredited for educator preparation.”
The addition of 52 EPPs to those previously accredited brings the total number of CAEP-accredited providers to 196. These schools span across 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
The class of fall 2018 is listed below:
Appalachian Bible College – West Virginia
Baldwin Wallace University – Ohio
Ball State University – Indiana
Bethune-Cookman University – Florida
Black Hills State University – South Dakota
Boston College – Massachusetts
Capella University – Minnesota
Concordia College – New York
Creighton University – Nebraska
Dave & Elkins College – West Virginia
Eastern Illinois University
Hampton University – Virginia
Hastings College – Nebraska
Henderson State University – Arkansas
John Brown University – Arkansas
Lindsey Wilson College – Kentucky
Louisiana State University at Alexandria
Louisiana Tech University
Manhattanville College – New York
MidAmerica Nazarene University – Kansas
Midwestern State University – Texas
Missouri Baptist University
Mount Saint Mary College – New York
Northern Kentucky University
North Greenville University – South Carolina
Notre Dame College – Ohio
Ohio Valley University – West Virginia
Oklahoma Baptist University
Plymouth State University – New Hampshire
Roosevelt University – Illinois
Sacred Heart University – Connecticut
Southern Arkansas University
Southern Nazarene University – Oklahoma
Southwestern College – Kansas
Spring Arbor University – Michigan
SUNY Cortland – New York
Tennessee Technological University
Trine University – Indiana
Universidad de Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Bridgeport – Connecticut
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Nebraska Lincoln
University of Nebraska at Kearney
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Saint Joseph – Connecticut
University of South Carolina Upstate
University of Utah
Washburn University – Kansas
Western Governors University – Utah
Western Kentucky University
Wilmington College – Ohio
###
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (www.CAEPnet.org) advances excellence in educator preparation through evidence-based accreditation that assures quality and supports continuous improvement to strengthen P-12 student learning.