• Welcome to AACTE!
  AACTE is pleased to welcome the following institutions as new members:
  Albertson College of Idaho
  Alvernia College (PA)
  Bridgewater College (VA)
  Chapman University (CA)
  Chestnut Hill College (PA)
  Chowan University (NC)
  Five Towns College (NY)
  Gannon University (PA)
  J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (VA)*
  Metro High School (Columbus, OH)*
  Mount Mercy College (IA)
  Nevada State College (NV)
  New Mexico Highlands University
  Ohio Department of Education (OH)*
  Roger Williams University (RI)
  Sacred Heart University (CT)
  State University of New York at Fredonia
  Thomas More College (KY)
  University of Maryland University College
  West Virginia State University
  Williamette University (OR)
  * Affliate Members

• HEA: Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant program funding (PDF) - as of March 2008.
  Senator Reed (D-RI) and Senator Kennedy (D-MA) are co-sponsoring a ?Dear Colleague? letter asking for increased funds for the Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant program, authorized in Title II of the Higher Education Act. Click Here to download a copy of the letters. AACTE members are encouraged to contact their Senator?s immediately as the deadline is approaching fast ? April 3rd, 2008! Thanks!

• Education Reports—Current and Future (PDF) - as of June 2008.

• What People in Washington are Reading on Education Policy (PDF) - June 2008

• Members with elementary education programs, please take note of the report released on June 26, 2008 by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) here in Washington. The Executive Summary and full report are downloadable at: www.nctq.org. Please share with your faculty this document prepared by AACTE which includes information and Talking Points, that may be useful in the event of calls from the media or your university president.

• Alternative Certification Isn't Alternative
  AACTE brings to your attention this report co-authored by Kate Walsh and Sandi Jacobs of the National Council on Teacher Quality, and released on September 18, 2007 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. The report directly targets teacher preparation programs as well as state licensing agencies. AACTE challenges the objectivity of the findings and the report?s premises about teacher preparation. The ?Dear Deans? letter provides a summary of the document, a link to the full document, links to news stories about the report, and talking points prepared by AACTE for possible use in responding to calls from the press.

• Members with elementary education programs, please take note of the report released on June 26, 2008 by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) here in Washington. The Executive Summary and full report are downloadable at: www.nctq.org. Please share with your faculty this document prepared by AACTE which includes information and Talking Points, that may be useful in the event of calls from the media or your university president.

• "To Teach or Not to Teach?
  Teaching Experience and Preparation Among 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients 10 Years After College"
  The National Center for Education statistics released on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 a report of interest to teacher educators. The 50-page report (minus appendices) can be downloaded at: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007163.pdf. Talking Points developed by AACTE staff may be helpful to you should you receive calls from the press.

• AACTE would like to bring to your attention a publication released June 27, 2007 by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), entitled, State Teacher Policy Yearbook 2007: What States Can Do to Improve Teacher Quality.

  The report is actually 52 reports, comprised of a National Summary and 51 state/DC reports which are downloadable at http://www.nctq.org/stpy/index.html.

  Please review these talking points (PDF) as you may receive inquiries from your local news agencies regarding this report. Responses to reporters? questions should appropriately address how particular policies in your state affect the quality of teacher preparation at your institution.

  By clicking on your state at http://www.nctq.org/stpy/pressReleases.jsp, you can browse the findings NCTQ has reported to your local press regarding your respective state. You can also view the Associated Press story which was circulated to a number of newspapers across the country at The Boston Globe

• Educating Researchers by Arthur Levine
  AACTE would like to bring to your attention the third report in the series by Arthur Levine, entitled Educating School Researchers. We expect that some of our member institutional representatives will receive calls from their local media affiliates about this report and we would like to provide you with talking points to the report. Also, AACTE staff have prepared a six-page summary of this report.

  You may certainly incorporate into your own response and feel free to use AACTE's talking points as needed in your comments to the media. Please reach out to AACTE should you have any questions regarding this report or need additional help in formulating your media response. You may contact Alyssa Mangino at amangino@aacte.org or by phone at 202.478.4596

• AACTE Membership's Congressional Representatives
  AACTE has created a comprehensive list of all member's Congressional Representatives for the 110th Congress.

• AACTE Directory of Members 2006-2007

  Click here to view the current membership directory as a PDF.

  Important note: Institutional addresses, representatives, and contact information included in this directory were compiled by AACTE staff from annual reports submitted by AACTE member institutions in 2005-2006. Selected subsequent updates have been made, but AACTE cannot assure accuracy of the data. Please contact the Association's membership department to correct any misinformation.

• Journal of Teacher Education
  Available online to AACTE members only. Includes archived issues as well.
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  To access the Club Quarters website, AACTE members must enter the password "AACTE" (no quotes) one time. The next time the member goes to the Club Quarters website, no password will be needed.

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