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5. Formal accreditation means that an external agency endorses a professional preparation course as adequate for the purposes of a particular profession. That is, the program is able to produce graduates who meet the profession’s standards for entry and are competent to begin practice.
For information on teaching standards and accreditation in the United States, see the websites of the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)—www.ncate.org; the National Board for Professional Teacher Standards (NBPTS)—http://www.nbpts.org; and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)—www.teac.org. For similar bodies in other countries, see the Victorian Institute of Teaching in Australia—http://www.vit.vic.edu .au/Pages/default.aspx; the Ontario College of Teachers in Canada—http://www .oct.ca/home.aspx; and the Teachers’ Council (KHURUSAPHA) of Thailand— http://www.ksp.org.th/Khurusapha/en (all URLs accessed May 2012).
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