Fun and accreditation don’t usually appear in the same sentence together. But they should.

When it’s fun, you know it’s working.

In this episode, I speak with Mark LaCelle-Peterson, Founding Team Member and President at Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), about how his programs bring fun back to accreditation — and shape the conversation about pedagogy.

Join us as we discuss:

• Strategies that energize colleges about their successes
• 4 performance standards for professional educators
• Building a community of cohorts around participation
• Revisioning accreditation as cyclical learning and improvement
• A philosophy of pedagogy focused on student paths to success

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• Marilyn Cochran-Smith and her book Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher Education
• Improvement in Action: Advancing Quality in America’s Schools (Continuous Improvement in Education Series) by Anthony S. Bryk
• AAQEP Standards & Guide
• Ep. 2 w/ Linda Suskie

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