Indiana University Southeast's School of Education is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Accreditation by CAEP ensures IU Southeast's School of Education meets high standards of quality, enhancing the credibility of its programs. It guarantees rigorous training for future educators, promotes continuous improvement, and increases graduates' employability and readiness for teaching careers.
Why it Matters
CAEP outlines the following key factors and issues on its website that demonstrate the importance of accreditation for IU Southeast School of Education, as well as other institutions:
Educator accreditation is a seal of approval that assures quality in educator preparation. Accreditation makes sure that educator programs prepare new teachers to know their subjects, their students, and have the clinical training that allows them to enter the classroom ready to teach effectively.
Accreditation provides a framework that has pushed educator preparation programs to continually self-assess and conduct evidence-based analysis of their programs and their efficacy. These evidence-based shifts, rooted in continuous improvement, are helping to ensure that teacher preparation programs are more likely to produce successful educators.
Accreditation matters to:
- P-12 Learners – outcomes-based evidence means all learners are at the center of determining the effectiveness of educators
- Teacher Educators – since the process is infused with research and development, the knowledge base of effective practice will grow.
- State education agencies – provides a strong partner for quality assurance, helps connect the national consensus on preparation to state-level policy and provide support for a state’s own authorization/accountability system
- Education Professionals – rigorous standards elevate the profession