OUR MISSION
OUR VALUE
EVENTS & TRAINING
RESOURCES
NETWORK
COMMUNICATION
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS
AACTE’s Quality Support Initiative provides Online Professional Seminars (OPSs) to educators interested in assessment and/or accreditation.
Courses are open to all educators, PK-16, and the first two are introductory and free. In-depth seminars cost $50 per course for each participant from AACTE member institutions and $125 for nonmembers; group discounts are available.
Each seminar takes 3-4 weeks to complete, but the format is asynchronous. New sessions start every few weeks.
Introductory Seminars (free)
OPS #1: Building Quality Assessments
OPS #2: Using Data for Improvement
In-Depth Seminars (fee-based)
OPS #3: Creating a Quality Assurance System
OPS #4: Making the Case for Accreditation Standards
and Evidence
OPS #5: Preparing for Accreditation
OPS #6: Leveraging Accreditation for Quality Improvement
OUR PURPOSE
QUALITY
PARTNERSHIPS
ADVOCACY
3) development of industry-wide ‘benchmarking’ measures on program ‘process’ variables, employer satisfaction, and completer experiences;
THE INNOVATION EXCHANGE
- Clinical Practice Commission
- Educator Workforce Advisory Task Force
- Innovations Inventory
- Networked Improvement Community on Changing the Demographic Makeup of the Teaching Workforce
- Research Fellowships in Educator Preparation
- Research-to-Practice Spotlight Series
OUR MISSION
2) enhanced reporting and research capacity at local level by developing a customizable data reporting system
Leads the field in advocating for and building capacity for high-quality educator preparation programs in a dynamic landscape.
YES, NO MORE PEDS!
AACTE
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
- 1) Aggregate data from multiple existing data sets for research and for institutional use in accreditation and quality assurance purposes