craig.shepherd on April 4th, 2008

NCATE AECT Specialty Program Approval (SPA) Training will be a Full-Day Workshop session at the 2008 AECT convention in Orlando this coming November (4th or 5th…specific date to be determined soon).
If you are about to prepare a program review report OR if you are interested in becoming a program reviewer for AECT, PLEASE plan to [...]

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clif.mims on October 24th, 2007

Public perception and state/federal policy continue to have remarkable impacts on public education causing continuous change in the teacher education profession. This ripples through integrated patterns of practice in classrooms and, ultimately, affects change in public perception. A panel of teacher education leaders will address current issues that have the potential to drastically impact how [...]

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By Jerry Galloway, Thursday Oct. 12 from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Abstract
This paper outlines a case of preparing an electronic document center for NCATE accreditation. This case study critically reviews the procedures, problems, successes and failures and discusses recommendations for helping others begin and prepare for a completely electronic review. This is one of the earliest [...]

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kay.persichitte on August 8th, 2006

At the recent AASL meeting in Reno, there were planned discussions regarding the writing of a new set of national standards for school media specialists (based on Information Power 2?). The AASL Affiliate Assembly listserv is discussing these concepts for library technology plans for administrators. Given AECT’s continuing efforts to collaborate in a positive way [...]

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clif.mims on June 27th, 2006

I am very interested in having a discussion with individual’s who have prepared a program report using the most recent version of the AECT/NCATE standards or are planning to prepare a report in the coming months.
Also, is there training planned for program report reviewers?
As my institution prepares its report, it would be helpful [...]

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mary.herring on March 19th, 2006

On March 9th, President Wes Miller sent AECT members a message about a new Voiceline questionaire (I have copied it at the end of this message). It deals with the AECT and NCATE continuing relationship. This relationship directly impacts many of the members in the Teacher Education Division. If you have not yet submitted your [...]

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kay.persichitte on August 17th, 2005

As you may or may not be aware, AECT is an NCATE affiliate specialty professional association (SPA). There is a standing AECT committee (Standards & Accreditation Committee) that is responsibile for our standards that govern SCHOOL MEDIA SPECIALIST AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST PROGRAMS. [Old name: ECIT Standards.] Like NCATE units, periodically SPAs must review and [...]

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