From April 24 - 28, the Warner School will welcome a team of National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) examiners, including individuals from both higher education and teachers in the field. Over the five-day visit they will conduct faculty and student interviews and visit area schools. NCATE's accreditation system is performance-based, and as a result, their time will also be spent reviewing documents and materials (collected over the past two years) as evidence of our student's ability to meet professional, state, and NCATE standards for teachers, administrators, and school counselors.

NCATE is interested in all of the teacher preparation programs across the University. Music education, even though it is already accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, will be included in the NCATE evaluation. Doctoral programs and those in higher education, human development, and community counseling will not be included in the NCATE review.