The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) gave the Secondary Mathematics Education Program at the University of Delaware the status of National Recognized as part of the NCATE 2009-2010 accreditation process for the University of Delaware’s teacher education programs. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) serves as the specialized professional association for this process. National Recognition implies that standards for the preparation of secondary mathematics teachers developed by NCTM have been met to a very high degree by our secondary mathematics education program. The program is recognized through the year of the University’s next NCATE accreditation decision seven years from now.

Having NCATE accreditation for our teacher education programs allows our students not only to meet the requirements to teach in Delaware, but also to easily meet the requirements to teach in almost any other state in the country. A copy of the report can be dowloaded at http://www.math.udel.edu/~alfinio/recognition.pdf