Teaching+Standards

NCATE Initially adopted by the Unit Accreditation Board on April 19, 2007, the latest revision of the NCATE Unit Standards was ratified by the Executive Board on October 20, 2007. //Professional Standards for the Accreditation of Teacher Preparation Institutions// contains an updated list of program standards and updated language in the chapter on ‘Accreditation Decisions’ to reflect policy board actions through fall 2007.

Unit Standards in Effect 2008 A conceptual framework[[|1]] establishes the shared vision for a unit’s efforts in preparing educators to work in P–12 schools. It provides direction for programs, courses, teaching, candidate performance, scholarship, service, and unit accountability. The conceptual framework is knowledge-based, articulated, shared, coherent, consistent with the unit and/or institutional mission, and continuously evaluated. The conceptual framework provides the bases that describe the unit’s intellectual philosophy and institutional standards, which distinguish graduates of one institution from those of another.

Nancy Zimpher Video State Alliance 2011 Presentation by Nancy Zimpher
 * State Alliance for Clinically-based Teacher Preparation Presentationby Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor, State University of New York**