{"id":1256,"date":"2017-10-09T18:42:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.wp.nau.edu\/site-in-a-box-department\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2020-11-12T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T17:28:11","slug":"accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Accreditation<\/h1>\n

Earn your degree in education with an accredited leader<\/h2>\n

In addition to the accreditation NAU receives from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC<\/a>), the Department of Teaching and Learning’s education degree programs are also\u00a0accredited by other accrediting bodies.<\/p>\n

Nationally accredited<\/h3>\n

Northern Arizona University offers teacher education programs that are nationally accredited through the Council for the\u00a0Accreditation\u00a0of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Students engage in demanding, hands-on coursework, performance assessments and innovative teaching methods.<\/p>\n

NAU offers nationally recognized professional education programs for teacher certification at the early childhood, elementary, and secondary levels, as well as in special education. NAU also offers advanced teacher education programs along with nationally recognized or accredited certification programs for principals, superintendents, school counselors, school psychologists, and school speech pathologists.<\/p>\n

Northern Arizona University partners with CAEP and Specialized Professional Associations to make a difference in the quality of teaching and teacher preparation today, tomorrow, and for the next century. CAEP\u2019s performance-based system of accreditation fosters competent classroom teachers and other educators who work to improve the education of all P-12 students. Our education faculty members believe every student deserves a caring, competent, and highly qualified teacher.<\/p>\n

For more information regarding CAEP, visit caepnet.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Higher Learning Commission<\/h3>\n

Northern Arizona University received numerous accolades and a strong recommendation for continued accreditation in a report from the Higher Learning Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo say the results were positive is an understatement,\u201d said former NAU President John Haeger. \u201cWe should certainly take this as confirmation that we are moving in the right direction.\u201d The final report, released in March 2014, was the result of the commission\u2019s October 2013 site visit to NAU as part of the university\u2019s accreditation renewal process, a standard practice that occurs every 10 years as a way of ensuring that degree-granting educational institutions are meeting the expectations outlined by the accrediting agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Accreditation Earn your degree in education with an accredited leader In addition to the accreditation NAU receives from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the Department of Teaching and Learning’s education degree programs are also\u00a0accredited by other accrediting bodies. Nationally accredited Northern Arizona University offers teacher education programs that are nationally accredited through the Council for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":756,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1256","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}