UACCM Early Childhood Development Program Accreditation Renewed by NAEYC
The National
Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) Commission on the Accreditation
of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs has renewed accreditation for the
University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton’s Early Childhood
Development program.
UACCM is
one of only three NAEYC-accredited colleges in the state, which also includes Southeast
Arkansas College in Pine Bluff, and University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical
College in North Little Rock. After the commission’s decision this month, there
are now 205 NAEYC-accredited programs nationwide.
Early
childhood preparation programs serve a wide-range of students and prepare early
childhood educators for a variety of early learning settings. Accreditation
serves as a mechanism for ensuring a consistent and high level of program
quality and alignment to NAEYC’s Professional Preparation Standards while
respecting the unique mission and context of each degree program.
“On behalf
of the Commission, I’d like to congratulate the programs who earned and renewed
accreditation during the most recent review cycle. These programs have spent
significant time examining their programs of study, mapping their courses to
the standards, creating key assessments, and developing assessment plans, with
the goal of continuous program improvement,” Crystal Swank, commission chair,
said. “Kudos to the faculty for their dedication and hard work!”
To earn
and retain accreditation, professional preparation programs must demonstrate
that they:
- Align to NAEYC’s Professional Preparation Standards;
- Respond to the unique needs of their degree candidates and communities;
- Provide intentional learning experiences for their degree candidates to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to be effective early childhood educators; and
- Continuously assess and reflect on their degree candidates’ performance.
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