NCTE/NCATE Connection

English Education Programs Meet NCATE and NCTE Teacher Preparation Guidelines

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) has adopted the NCTE Program Standards for Initial Preparation of Teachers of Secondary English Language Arts -- Grades 7-12. These program standards were derived from NCTE's Guidelines for the Preparation of Teachers of English Language Arts.  Institutions seeking NCATE accreditation are required to submit program review documents showing how their programs meet the NCTE Program Standards.

The Council's program review process is carried out by over 30 reviewers.  All are members of NCTE and CEE (Conference on English Education) who have attended program review training workshops.  The NCTE review program is directed by Leni Cook, CSU Dominguez Hills (retired) with Patricia Lambert Stock at NCTE headquarters.

Since our last listing, the twenty-nine institutions below have submitted program review documents which show their English education programs to be nationally recognized by NCTE/NCATE Program Standards.

For more information on NCTE's participation in the program review process contact Leni Cook, Chair, NCTE/NCATE Program Reviews, E-mail (preferred): ; Tel: 310-377-3701; Fax: 310-377-2031; or Patricia Lambert Stock, National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096; E-mail: ; Tel: 217-278-3632; Fax: 217-328-0977.

Colorado: Metropolitan State College of Denver; District of Columbia: George Washington University, Trinity College; Illinois: McKendree College-Lebanon, Saint Xavier University-Chicago (Baccalaureate), Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Wheaton College (Baccalaureate); Maryland: Salisbury University (Baccalaureate/Master’s); Massachusetts: Bridgewater State College (Baccalaureate), Fitchburg State College, Salem State College (MAT/Baccalaureate); Michigan: Concordia University-Ann Arbor; New Jersey: Monmouth University-West Long Branch (Baccalaureate/Master’s), Rider College-Lawrenceville; New York: Brooklyn College (Baccalaureate/Master’s), Nyack College; Ohio: Capital University-Columbus, Walsh University-North Canton (Baccalaureate/Postbaccalaureate); Oklahoma: Oklahoma State University-Stillwater; Pennsylvania: California State University of Pennsylvania (Baccalaureate/Postbaccalaureate/Master’s), East Stroudsburg University, Mansfield University, Marywood University-Scranton (Baccalaureate/Postbaccalaureate); South Carolina: Coastal Carolina University-Conway, Furman University-Columbia, Presbyterian College-Columbia; Texas: Lamar University-Beaumont; Virginia: Marymount University-Arlington (Baccalaureate); West Virginia: Concord University-Athens.