Frequently Asked Questions

1. In the Checkout, select “Confirmation w/Billing Details” for each registrant who should receive a detailed invoice.
2. Continue by clicking “Register and Pay.”
3. Choose the “Pay by Check” option and you will see a pop-up screen with specific instructions on where and how to send your check payment.
4. An invoice will be e-mailed to your e-mail address .
5. Please include a copy of the invoice with all check payments, to ensure proper handling.

AACTE no longer accepts purchase orders as payment for its meetings and events. We understand that many institutions require purchase orders before generating check payments. In those cases, we advise you to register yourself and/or your group online and choose the “Pay by Check” option on the Payment Verification screen.

This will generate a confirmation that includes the amount due to AACTE, our remittance address, a list of individuals registered, and the meeting/event they will be attending. Please submit this confirmation along with your purchase order to your institution.

If you also need an invoice, complete the registration process described above (or log in to the account used to register), select “My Event Orders,” and then “Unpaid Orders” on the tool bar.  You can then view, print or resend the invoice.

For questions or concerns, please contact Christine Tambini at (202) 478-4591 or ctambini@aacte.org.

AACTE offers a discounted group rate for some meetings. Pricing information should be posted on the web page for the meeting which you wish to register for. Group discounts will be automatically calculated by the registration system, as long as all registrants are either listed in the registration system or added with an e-mail consistent with other e-mails from that university.

For questions or concerns, please contact Christine Tambini at (202)478-4591 or ctambini@aacte.org.

1. Login using your account username and password (Your username is your institutional e-mail. To retrieve your password, follow the prompts for “forgot password” or the prompts to “create a new account”).
2. Select the event that you would like to attend.
3. All individuals at your institution who have accounts in our membership database will be listed. Click the “Register” button next to the name of every individual you would like to register. (Click “Add User” to create a profile for any individuals not listed.)
4. Click “Add to Cart” once you have reviewed your information.
5. Once you are in My Event Cart click “Register another person” and repeat steps 3 and 4 for each person who needs to be registered.
6. If you would like to register another individual for a different event, click “Select Event” on the top tool bar and repeat steps 3 and 4 for that individual.
7. Once you have all individuals you want to register in your cart, click “Checkout.”

The registration system displays the registration rate that corresponds to your institution’s membership status. If you are seeing the non-member rate then your institution’s membership has lapsed and you will need to contact our Membership department at (202)478-4516 or membership@aacte.org to reinstate the membership.

• You can change your title, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address by accessing “Profile Manager”. Click My Profile button on the top of the screen or following this link http://myprofile.aacte.org. You can also use this link to request a name update.
• Change your address by clicking the Edit My Address button on the top of the screen.
• To change information in either screen, make the desired updates and then click Update.

Once you have completed the registration process for all of the individuals you wish to register, proceed to the checkout page.

1. On the checkout page, choose the credit card payment option and enter a payment amount that complies with your daily limit.
2. Click submit to apply the payment to as many of the registrants as it will cover.
3. You will see a full list of the individuals registered and their outstanding balances in the “My Event Orders” section.
4. You can make additional payments, at a later date or in another transaction, on the “unpaid orders” page.

In order for your institution/company to be shown as an option in the drop down, it must have a profile in our database. If it does not appear in the drop down, please contact our Membership Department at 202-478-4516 or membership@aacte.org to create a profile for your institution/company.

**Please follow these steps prior to registering and paying for registrations because refunds cannot be processed until after the conclusion of the meeting**

• The Chief Representative (CR) from your institution must identify Emerging Leaders before they can receive the discount.
• The CR must log into the registration system http://events.aacte.org
• Select Annual Meeting from the available events.
• Select “Identify Emerging Leaders” from the top blue tool bar.
• Here you will find a list of those from institution who have current profiles in our system. If they are not listed, you can use the “add user” button at the top right of the list.
• Those who are eligible will have a green “Identify as Emerging Leader” button next to their name, select that to designate them as an Emerging Leader.
• If they are not eligible for the discount, drag your mouse over the “Not Eligible” field to show the reasons for their ineligibility.
• Once someone has been designated as an emerging leader they will automatically receive the emerging leader rate when they, or someone else, registers them for this event.

In order for your institution/company to be shown as an option in the drop down, it must have a profile in our database. If it does not appear in the drop down, please contact our Membership Department at 202-478-4516 or membership@aacte.org to create a profile for your institution/company.

• You can change your title, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address by accessing “Profile Manager”. Click My Profile button on the top of the screen or following this link http://myprofile.aacte.org. You can also use this link to request a name update.
• Change your address by clicking the Edit My Address button on the top of the screen.
• To change information in either screen, make the desired updates and then click Update.

• Click Add Faculty Member to the left-hand side of the screen
• Fill out the requested contact information. NOTE: Some fields will be pre-populated based on your institution’s record in our database. These fields can be altered if you wish.
• Click Add User

NOTE: You must be a Chief Representative or an Administrator for your institution’s AACTE membership to make these updates

This individual has a faulty record in our database, and may be prevented from receiving benefits and information in a timely manner. Hover over the symbol to find out what information needs to be changed.

Only Chief Representatives are authorized to make changes to the representative faculty. Please contact your Chief Representative, who may then either log in or contact the membership department at membership@aacte.org to make changes.

Please e-mail membership@aacte.org with the name of the former Chief Representative, as well as the name and full contact information (title, mailing address, phone, fax, and e-mail) of the new Chief Representative.

1. On your profile page, click the Resign from being a Chief Representative link under the top Menu.
2. Check the box next to your name and click Resign.
3. Click on the link that appears below to assign a new Chief Representative. You will need to provide a name, title, and contact information for this individual.
4. The request will be submitted to the Membership department, who will update your information or request clarification within 24 hours.

• Chief Representative: This is you, the person we have listed as the decision-maker for your institution. Your information is on the left-hand side of the page.
• Active Voting Representatives: These additional institutional representatives are assigned by you. Depending on your institution’s productivity, you are allotted between 4 to 14 voting representatives (including the Chief Representative). You can view the representatives you currently have assigned, along with their contact information, by clicking on the green Acting Voting Representatives tab in the center. To view and edit their full contact information or change their representative status, click the edit profile link to the right of the desired name.
• Active Faculty and Staff: These individuals are not assigned voting rights as representatives, but they are listed as current institutional faculty or staff. They are eligible to access the Members Only and PEDS areas of the web site, and may receive special discounts and offers from AACTE. To view this group, click on the green Active Faculty Staff tab in the center.. To view and edit their full contact information or to add them as a voting representative, click the edit profile link to the right of the desired name.
• Former Voting Representatives: If an individual was once a voting representative but is no longer affiliated with your institution, they are assigned a Former status. You can view a list of former representatives not yet assigned in the database to another institution by clicking on the green Former Voting Representatives tab in the center. To view and edit a former representative’s contact information, click on the edit profile link to the right of the desired name.
• Former Faculty and Staff: If you have indicated that a faculty or staff member is no longer affiliated with your institution but they have yet to be assigned to another institution in the database, they will appear under the Former Faculty Staff tab.
• If you want to view all faculty and staff, both Active and Former, click on the View All tab.

Login to http://myprofile.aacte.org

This will direct you to a page where you can view and update institutional and faculty contact information.

NOTE: You must be a Chief Representative or an Administrator for your institution’s AACTE membership to make these updates

If the individual is already on your roster as active faculty:

• Click edit profile next to the desired individual
• Under AACTE Status, find the Category option
• Using the drop-down menu, select Institutional Representative
• Click Update

If the individual is not on your roster:

• Add the faculty member by following the instructions under How do I add a new faculty member to my roster?
• Once the faculty member has been added, click edit profile next to the desired individual
• Under AACTE Status, find the Category option
• Using the drop-down menu, select Institutional Representative
• Click Update

NOTE: You must be a Chief Representative or an Administrator for your institution’s AACTE membership to make these updates

If the individual will remain affiliated with the institution as faculty/staff:

• Click edit profile next to the desired individual
• Under AACTE Status, find the Category option
• Using the drop-down menu, select Faculty Staff
• Click Update

If the individual is no longer affiliated with the institution (i.e. he or she has retired or moved to a different institution):

• Click edit profile next to the desired individual
• Under AACTE Status, find the Status option
• Using the drop-down menu, select Former
• Click Update

NOTE: You must be a Chief Representative or an Administrator for your institution’s AACTE membership to make these updates

1. Find the individual you wish to replace and remove him or her from active voting representative status by following the instructions under How do I remove an individual from active voting representative status?
2. Add a new voting representative by following the instructions under How do I add a new voting representative?

NOTE: Do not request a name change to replace a voting representative. This will result in faulty records for your institution.

NOTE: You must be a Chief Representative or an Administrator for your institution’s AACTE membership to make these updates

On the left-hand side of the screen, under your profile, you can see how many representatives you have assigned and how many you are allotted.

NOTE: Only a Chief Representative or an Administrator for your institution’s AACTE membership can view this information.

Receipt of many representative benefits – such as the Journal of Teacher Education, access to Members Only online content, and notification of AACTE participation opportunities – are dependent upon us having valid, up-to-date institutional e-mail addresses for your institution’s representatives and faculty. Please be sure to provide a valid e-mail address for all Active faculty. The e-mail should be affiliated with your institution (meaning it should end in “.edu”).

• Click the edit profile link next to the name of the desired individual.
• On this screen, you may make changes to the individual’s phone and fax number, e-mail address, category, and status. Make any desired changes and click Update.
• From this screen, you may also click on the appropriate links to request name change or edit address.

Request Name Change:

• • Use this option if the representative has changed his or her name (i.e. through marriage)
  • Click the link, found below the individual’s Personal Information
  • Change the fields to reflect the name change, and click Send Request. You may also include a reason for the name change.
  • The request will be processed by the Membership department, and online changes will be visible, within 24 hours.

NOTE: This option should not be used to substitute a new representative. For instructions on changing representatives, please view How do I replace an active voting representative?

Edit Address:

• Click the link, found below the individual’s Institutional Information.
• Change the fields to reflect the address change, and click Update.

NOTE: You must be a Chief Representative or an Administrator for your institution’s AACTE membership to make these updates

If you are an Institutional Representative or a Faculty Member, you can use this tool to perform the following functions:

• Viewing your institution’s information
• Viewing and updating your personal contact information, change your password, manage your subscriptions

If you are a Chief Representative or an Administrator, you can perform all update functions for your institution and its representatives, including:

• Viewing and updating your personal contact information
• Viewing and updating your institution’s contact information
• Viewing and updating the contact information of other Institutional Representatives and non-representative faculty
• Viewing and updating the representative status of your institution’s faculty
• Indicating that a faculty member has left your institution
• Adding a new faculty member to your institution
• Requesting a change in Chief Representative
• Assign PEDS Coordinators, Administrators, Billing Coordinators
• Pay your institutional dues online

Only an individual logged in as the Chief Representative (CR) or Billing Coordinator for your institution’s membership has the authority to pay dues online. If you are not the CR or Billing Coordinator and wish to pay dues, contact the CR to obtain Billing Coordinator access. To identify the CR at your institution, please login to the profile manager or contact the Membership Department at membership@aacte.org.

1. Login to “Profile Manager” by following this link http://myprofile.aacte.org or clicking “My Profile” on top of the AACTE web site www.aacte.org.
2. Once you have logged in, you will have access to your institutional and personal information. Any outstanding dues balance for your institution will display at the top of the CR’s profile page.
3. Click “Pay now”.
4. Complete the online payment procedures using your VISA or MasterCard.
5. Click “Submit Payment”.
6. Please allow 2-3 business days for your payment to be posted on your account.
7. Questions? Please contact the Membership Department at (202) 478-4516 or membership@aacte.org.

JTE is produced and published by SAGE Publications in association with AACTE.

In January 2021, AACTE named Texas A&M University’s College of Education and Human Development as the editorial host of the Journal of Teacher Education. The journal is led by two coeditors – Cheryl Craig and Valerie Hill-Jackson. Punya Mishra (Arizona State University) serves as the current Editor in Residence, preceded by Lin A Goodwin (2023), Marilyn Cochran-Smith (2022) and Gloria Ladson-Billings (2021)

JTE is issued five times per year: January/February, March/April, May/June, September/October, and November/December.

The average time from manuscript submission to first decision is 37 days. Overall, the review process can take 3 to 5 months.

Manuscripts that do not get accepted are often not centrally about teacher education, do not thoroughly explain their conceptual framework, are not grounded in the literature, or do not adequately present their methods of data collection or analysis.

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