School of Education Reevaluates Program UN CATE" was the word most frequently used in the School of Education during 1980-81. This was the year for the IO-year cyclic reevaluation of the teacher education program at Harding by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. NCATE accreditation was received for the first time in May, 1963, retroactive to the 1961 fall semester. Following reevaluation during 1966-67, full accreditation was received in May, 1967. Following reevaluation during 1970-71, Harding was placed on the regular lO-year cycle. An extensive self-study report and an on-site visit by a team of several educators were involved in each accreditation process. Plans for the current reevaluation began in the fall of 1979. In the spring of 1980, Dr. Bobby L. Coker, Dean of the School of Education, appointed committees for each standard in the NCATE guidelines. Because of the important role that multi-cultural educational experiences have in the standards, Dean Coker brought Dr. Edell M. Hearn, Dean of the College of Education at Tennessee Tech University, to the campus for a workshop with committee members. Early in the fall semester, committees submitted their reports to Dean Coker who edited the individual reports into the composite report that was completed in December and sent to the national office in Washington, DC, Commenting on the self-study report submitted, Dr. Joseph E. Pryor. Vice President for Academic Affairs, editor of the previous reports prior to university status, commented, •'Dean Coker has done an outstanding job in developing the self-study report. The committees wefe well organized and they functioned very effectively. Dean Coker has been a member of several NCATE visitation teams to other instituJerome Barnes, EdD • Prof., Educational Media Wade Bedwen, PhD· Assoc. Prof., Special Education Lois Brown, MA - Assoc. Prof., Special Education James Carr, Jr., EdD - Prof., Administration Bobby Coker, EdD • Dean, Prof., History & Philosophy tions. He knew the standards, knew what should be included in the report, and knew the phraseology of the profession. The report very succinctly described the teacher education program ·at Harding in terms of the NCATE standards, pointing out many strengths of a very excellent teacher education program. NCATE accreditation is extremely important to Harding and her students because it is vital to teacher certi.fication and reciprociSharen Crockett, MS • Assoc. Prof., Kindergarten Richard Duke, MAT· Ass!. Prof., Supervised Teaching Mary Ann Harris, EdD • Assoc. Prof., Reading & Special Ed, Wyatt Jones, EdD • Prof., Educational Psychology 76 James Nichols, MEd • Ass!. Prof., Middle School Edward Sewell, PhD· Prof., Tests & Measurements Betty Watson, MA • Assoc. Prof., Elementary Education Murrey Wilson, MA, Assoc, Prof., Child Development School of Education ty with many states. " Among the academic disciplines, the School of Education ranked second to the School of Business in the number of declared majors with the Bible Department and the School of Nursing tied for third. The School of Education had 331 declared majors, generated 2,335 semester hours of credit in the fall, and awarded 72 degrees during 1979-80. The 49 graduates in elementary education tied with - Don Hollund
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