Accreditation and Assessment
Accreditations
Preparation programs at UTC are accredited by the following national organizations:
- Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
- Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Education Programs (CACREP)
- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
The UTC Children's Center has been accredited by the National Association for the education of Young Children since 1987.
UTC Preparation Program's Quality Assurance System
UTC Preparation Program Performance Data and Its Alignment with CAEP's Four Annual Measures
Programs Leading to Licensure Accredited by CAEP
As a component of CAEP accreditation, UTC must report and prominently display data on its website relating to the four Annual Reporting measures established by CAEP. UTC reports its data below:
Impact Measures
- 1. Indicators of Teaching Effectiveness
- Teaching Effectiveness as Reported by the 2022 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Teaching Effectiveness as Reported by the 2021 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Teaching Effectiveness as Reported by the 2020 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Teaching Effectiveness as Reported by the 2019 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Teaching Effectiveness as Reported by the 2018 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Teaching Effectiveness as Reported by the 2017 Educator Preparation Report Card
- 2. Employer Satisfaction and Stakeholder Involvement
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2022 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2021 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2020 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2019 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2018 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2017 Educator Preparation Report Card
Outcome Measures
- 3. Candidate Competency at the Time of Program Completion
Praxis Pass Rates as Reported by Title II:
- All program completers, 2019-20: 99% (n=104)
- All program completers, 2018-19: 100% (n=103)
- All program completers, 2017-18: 100% (n=143)
Percentage of Cohort with Qualifying Admission Assessment Scores per the Educator Preparation Program
- 2020 Educator Preparation Report Card
- 2019 Educator Preparation Report Card
- 2018 Educator Preparation Report Card
- 2017 Educator Preparation Report Card
Pedagogical Assessment Pass Rate
- Percentage of 2020 Report Card Cohort who passed edTPA assessment: 97.6
- Percentage of 2020 Report Card Cohort who passed PLT assessment: 98.6%
- 4. Ability of Completers to be Hired in Education Positions for Which They Have Prepared
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2022 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2021 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2020 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2019 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2018 Educator Preparation Report Card
- Employment Milestones as Reported by the 2017 Educator Preparation Report Card