National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification
Administrative History
The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) is dedicated to licensing well-prepared, safe and wholesome educators for America's schools. NASDTEC represents professional standards boards, commissions and state departments of education in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Educational Activity, the U.S. Territories, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario, which are responsible for the preparation, licensure and discipline of educational personnel. Associate members include Canadian provinces and representatives of other constituent groups with an interest in the preparation and certification of educational personnel.
NASCTEC promotes high standards for educators, teacher mobility across state lines, comprehensive personnel screening, clearinghouse on teacher discipline. It is organized into four regions: northeatern, southern, central, and western. NASDTEC functions through a committee structure, with regional representation on each committee: The Executive Board, which governs the Association, is composed of representatives from each of the regions plus the elected officers and standing committee chairs. The Interstate Committee facilitates the mobility of educators across the country by administering the Interstate Contract, by reviewing ways to eliminate the barriers to reciprocity, by adopting common language in reference to teacher certification, and by standardizing the reporting of information on teacher education program graduates. The Professional Practices Committee is responsible for issues surrounding the discipline of professional educators. It oversees the operation of the NASDTEC Clearinghouse, which maintains a central database of individual state reports on disciplinary actions taken against educational personnel. The committee has also focused on promoting comprehensive background screening systems, including fingerprinting, for certification and employment. The Professional Preparation and Continuing Development Committee believes that performance-based educator preparation promotes the ultimate goal of improving PK-12 student learning, and that performance-based standards should be the common foundation upon which to build rigorous, high-quality educator preparation programs. It encourages states to adopt, adapt, or develop performance-based standards as a part of educator preparation program approval. The Technology Committee has the primary responsibility of overseeing the NASDTEC KnowledgeBase and advising NASDTEC on other technology-related issues. Ad Hoc Committees are formed from time to time to work on specific assignments.
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National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, website viewed Apr. 20. 2011 (The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC); represents professional standards boards, commissions and state departments of education in the United States and Canada; responsibile for preparation, licensure and discipline of educational personnel; promotes high standards for educators, teacher mobility across state lines, comprehensive personnel screening, clearinghouse on teacher discipline; organized into four regions: northeatern, southern, central, and western; committee structure, with regional representation on each committee: The Executive Board, The Interstate Committee, The Professional Practices Committee, The Professional Preparation and Continuing Development Committee, The Technology Committee, Ad Hoc Committees)Found in 1 Collection or Record:
National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification records, 1981-1987
Contains records ational Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification by Brigham Young University. Submissions concern the standards for state approval of teacher education, audiology, counseling and guidance, the emotionally and behaviorally handicapped, basic and advanced programs, faculty exhibits, school counselors, and other materials related to the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification. Materials dated 1981 to 1987.