Office of Certification and Accreditation

National Recognition

The educator preparation programs at the University of Delaware are nationally recognized by the national specialty program associations listed in the table below. Receiving national recognition demonstrates that the programs have met the standards for professional education by the associations.

In addition, the University of Delaware educator preparation programs are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).

Program	National Association
Blended Early Childhood Education and Early Childhood Special Education	National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Educational Leadership	Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC)
Elementary Teacher Education (ETE)	Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Foreign Language Education (at the undergraduate and graduate levels)	American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Middle School Mathematics (with ETE)	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Middle School English (with ETE)	National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Middle School Science (with ETE)	National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Middle School Social Studies (with ETE)	National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
School Psychology	National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
Secondary English	National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Secondary Mathematics	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Secondary Science	National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Secondary Social Studies (at the undergraduate and graduate levels)	National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Special Education (at the undergraduate/ETE and graduate levels)	Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Teaching English as a Second Language	Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)