NCATE Accreditation

The College of Education at The Florida State University is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). This accreditation covers Art Education, Early Childhood Education/ESOL (PreK-Primary/ESOL), Elementary Education/ESOL, English Education/ESOL, Middle Grades Mathematics Education, Music Education, Physical Education, Social Science Education, Science Education (Biology, Chemistry, Earth/Space, Middle Grades, Physics), Secondary Mathematics Education, Visual Disabilities, Communication Sciences & Disorders (Speech/Language Impaired), Library & Information Studies (Educational Media Specialist), Educational Leadership/Administration, School Psychology, at the Colleges of: Arts and Sciences, Education, Communication and Information, Music, Visual Arts, Theater, and Dance. However, the accreditation does not include individual education courses that the institution offers to P-12 educators for professional development, relicensure, or other purposes.