• Special Accreditations

The College of Education unit and its programs are accredited by the National Council on Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GPSC). The accreditation review process for the College is on a 7-year cycle with the next review to take place in 2013.

The NCATE accreditation process has two primary components: the unit review and the program review. The unit is the school, college or department of education, plus any other entities on campus that prepare personnel to work in school—the organization with the responsibility for managing or coordinating all programs offered for the initial and continuing preparation of teachers and other school personnel, regardless of where these programs are administratively housed. The unit is reviewed by an NCATE Board of Examiners team that completes a site visit and evaluates the unit against the six NCATE unit standards.

The Educator Preparation Section of the Georgia PSC uses the mechanism of state approval to fulfill its responsibilities for teacher preparation in Georgia. State approval recognizes universities, colleges and other entities that prepare education personnel to recommend for certification candidates who successfully complete state approved preparation programs. PSC state approval assures the education unit(s), its candidates, and the public that candidates who complete approved programs are qualified as education personnel for P-12 schools.

The University of Georgia is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award baccalaureate, masters, specialist and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern  Lane, Decatur,Georgia 30033-4097 or call (404)679-4500 only for questions about the accreditation of the University of Georgia. Direct all other queries about programs, services, or admissions directly to the University of Georgia, (706)542-3000.