Accreditation

Our college embraces accreditation as a primary means of assuring the profession that we meet its highest standards.

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Kansas Department of Education (KSDE)

Kansas State University educator preparation programs are accredited by the Kansas Department of Education (KSDE)

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National Council Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE/CAEP)

Kansas State University Initial Teacher Preparation and Advanced programs are accredited by the National Council Accreditation of Teacher Education NCATE/CAEP

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Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)

Kansas State University school counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)

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Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)

We offer 25 initial licensure programs (including five different foreign language programs) and seven advanced programs. Undergraduate initial licensure programs are listed below. Individual KSDE program reports are available within the KSDE Portal system for full program descriptions. All are 6-12 unless noted.

Undergraduate initial licensure programs

Agriculture
Agriculture MAT
Art (PreK-12)
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Early Childhood Unified (B-K)
Earth and Space Science
Elementary Education (K-6)
Elementary Education (K-6) MAT
English Language Arts
English Language Arts MAT
Family and Consumer Science
Foreign Language (PreK-12) (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish)
Foreign Language (PreK-12) MAT (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish)
Health (PreK-12)
History, Government and Social Studies
History, Government and Social Studies MAT
Journalism
Mathematics
Mathematics MAT
Music (PreK-12)
Physical Education (PreK-12)
Physics
Restrictive MAT
Speech/Theatre

In addition, the we offer seven advanced licensure programs in the following areas:

Advanced Licensure Programs included in CAEP accreditation

CAEP Accountability Measures

Measure 1: Completer Impact and Effectiveness (Initial Certification)

The College of Education gathers data on completer impact using both empirical and artistic research designs. We launched an ambitious and ongoing case study design that sampled completers and was designed to gather data concerning completer teaching effectiveness over a three-year period and beyond. Additionally, the College of Education is producing a series of documentary films exploring the working lives of early career teachers who are completers of our programs. A full-length documentary, about first-year teachers called A Walk in My Shoes: The First Nine Months, was completed in 2017, and additional videos are currently in production. We believe this work provides an arts-based research component capable of offering a unique and valuable perspective, both in terms of capturing the impact our completers are having in their classrooms as well as assisting our efforts to improve our programs.

The case study assessment system described above has been designed provide rich data describing impact on P-12 student learning over a three-year period and beyond.

Measure 2: Satisfaction of Employer and Stakeholder Involvement (Initial and Advanced Licensure Programs)

Measure 3: Candidate Competency at Program Completion (Initial and Advanced Licensure Programs)

Initial and Advanced Programs

Annual Assessment Performance Reports

Measure 4: Ability of Completers to be Hired in Education Positions (Initial and Advanced Licensure Programs)

Licensure Program Graduation Rates

Accreditation Letters

Teacher Education Data Dissemination System

The teacher education program at Kansas State University recognizes the importance of sharing program data widely with key stakeholders, and we are committed to continuous improvement through co-construction of the content, structure, and techniques of our systems. The chart below summarizes our deliberate processes for sharing data and receiving feedback from our constituencies.

Teacher Education Data Dissemination System chart