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Education department meets NCATE approval
LINCOLN—In
March 2005, Union’s education department received full accreditation from
the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
Previously, Union was accredited under probationary status.
“NCATE is important to Union College
because it helps us focus on standards that give evidence of current ‘best
practice,’” said Joe Allison, Division of Human Development chair. “NCATE
is also important to our education students as more and more states are
requiring certification for Christian school teachers. The NCATE stamp on
graduates’ transcripts makes the process very streamlined.”
NCATE, a nonprofit, non-governmental
alliance of 33 organizations, currently accredits 602 institutions
nationally. In NCATE’s performance-based accreditation system,
institutions must provide evidence of competent teacher candidate
performance. Accreditation is a mark of distinction providing recognition
that the program has met national professional standards. Union College is
one of four Seventh-day Adventist colleges in the United States with NCATE
accreditation. |
