National Accreditation and High Standards

The University of Delaware received initial accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education in 1998 and was reaccredited in Spring 2004, when they were judged to have met all accreditation standards. This is a level of excellence only rarely achieved by programs undergoing review. The individual professional education programs have also all received the State of Delaware "approved program status." In addition, the professional education programs have been recognized for meeting standards established by such national education specialty organizations as the Association for Childhood Education International, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Educational Leadership Constituents Council, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the International Reading Association, the National Science Teachers Association, the National Council for the Social Studies, the National Council of Teachers of English, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Association of Schools of Music, and the National Association of School Psychologists.

The University's goals for professional education candidates are consistent with Delaware state standards, with the standards of the various national specialty organizations, and with the performance standards identified by the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium as essential for all beginning teachers.

Send comments to Barbara VanDornick at bvandorn@udel.edu.