OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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Accreditation of the Professional Teacher and Counselor Education (PTCE) unit at Oregon State University (OSU) includes all initial and advanced licensure programs offered by the Cascades and Corvallis campuses (but does not pertain to individual education courses that the institution offers to P-12 educators for professional development, re-licensure, or other purposes). The unit was most recently accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Legacy in 2015.
As the State of Oregon adopted the standards of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) to replace the now disbanded NCATE standards after our 2015 NCATE-Legacy site visit, our next accreditation site visit will be conducted by CAEP in the spring of 2021, one year earlier than our next NCATE site visit would have been.
(For more information, see Accreditation Decision and the 2015 approval letter to President Emeritus Ray)
In 2009, one hundred years after the beginnings of teacher education at Oregon State University, both the “home base” for OSU education programs (the College of Education) and the engagement of the larger university have been strengthened, resulting in increasing impact on teaching and learning in and out of schools.
OSU teacher education programs now serve about 1,800 students, about 1,500 undergraduates (Education Double Degree students), and about 300 graduate students. Much of the university is involved in teacher education through the growth of the Education Double Degree whereby all students are completing two degrees concurrently, one in an OSU degree area and a second in education. Collaborations with the 4-H Youth Development Education program, SMILE, and the Western Center are increasing impact and coherence of in and out-of-school learning. Substantive partnerships with schools, including the Immersion Program, Mid-Valley Partnership, and recent Beaverton-OSU Grow-Your-Own Project, are creating more sustainable impact. After a hundred years of teacher education, Oregon State University is well positioned for even greater impact in the century to come.
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Kristen Nielsen
Assistant Dean of Education Licensure and Accreditation
[email protected]
The PhD with a Major in Counseling program at Oregon State University is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The accreditation runs through 3/31/2024.
The MCoun with a Major in Counseling: School Counseling program at Oregon State University is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The accreditation runs through 3/31/2024.
The MCoun with a Major in Counseling: Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Oregon State University is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The accreditation runs through 03/31/2024. The CACREP 2016 standards combine the Community Counseling and Mental Health Counseling standards into standards for Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs. The counseling program intends to seek accreditation for this program as a Clinical Mental Health Counseling program when it comes up for reaccreditation, per CACREP guidelines.
(For more information, see the 2016 approval letter to President Emeritus Ray)
Ag Ed MS
Cacades Elementary MAT
Cascades Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Mathematics (options) MAT
DD Elementary
DD Secondary
Music Ed MAT
Professional Teacher Education - Science or Mathematics (Education MS)
PE MS
School Counseling
*Education EdM (for licensed teachers)
*Science Education MS (for licensed teachers)
*Mathematics Education MS (for licensed teachers)
*Reading (endorsement through Read Oregon)
ESOL, ESOL/Bilingual (Note: this program has been modified to an add-on endorsement/certificate only)
