Montclair State University’s Teacher Education Program is one of the most highly-regarded teacher preparation programs in the country. It has been consistently recognized both nationally and regionally for its unique features, including its structure, partnerships, and curricular emphases. The program is considered a model for other colleges and universities and has continuously been accredited by
the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) since 1954, and has been recognized in a variety of ways:
In 2007, the George Lucas Educational Foundation named Montclair State University as one of the ten leading teacher education programs in the nation. In 2005 and again in 2009, the program was named the recipient of the Richard W. Clark Award for Exemplary Partner School Work. In 2009, the College was awarded a $6.3 million five-year grant, one of the largest in University history, from the U.S. Department of Education to establish the Newark-Montclair Urban Teacher Residency Program to prepare teachers in mathematics, science, or elementary special education. In 2010, the Teacher Education Program received the Wisniewski Award for Teacher Education from the Society for Professors of Education for making “singularly significant contributions to the theory and practice of teacher education.”
In 2010, Montclair State University’s graduate programs in secondary teacher education and elementary teacher education were ranked 14 and 17 respectively in the U.S. News and World Report rankings of America’s Best Graduate Schools.
