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NCATE Accreditation

Fall 2003 

Winona State University's teacher education programs are fully accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Minnesota Board of Teaching (BOT).

The Counselor Education program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).

The Maxwell Children's Center is currently seeking accreditation from the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs, an affiliate of NAEYC.

Teacher Education Organizations

• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)

• Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)

Teacher Organizations

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

• National Education Association (NEA)

State and Local Policymaker Organizations

• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

• National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)

• National School Boards Association (NSBA)

Subject Specific-Organizations

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

• (AAHPERD)*

• International Reading Association (IRA)*

• International Technology Education Association (ITEA)*

• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)*

• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)*

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)*

• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)*

• North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)

• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)*

Child-Centered Organizations

• Association for Childhood Education International

• (ACEI)*

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)*

• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)*

• National Middle School Association (NMSA)*

Technology Organizations

• Association for Education Communications and Technology (AECT)*

• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)*

Specialist Organizations

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)

• American Library Association (ALA)*

• Council for Social Foundations of Education (CSFE)

• National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)*

Administrator Organizations

• American Association of School Administrators (AASA)**

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)**

• National Association of Black School Educators (NABSE)

• National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)**

• National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)**

Other

• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)

• Public Representatives

• Student Representatives

*These organizations have submitted program standards that have been approved by NCATE for use in program review.

**The Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) provides program standards to NCATE. The ELCC is composed of four NCATE constituent member associations: AASA , ASCD , NAESP , and NASSP .