Ten of Framingham State University's initial licensure areas within the Education Department have successfully gone through the process of achieving full national recognition from the specialized professional associations connected to each program.

Achieving national recognition involves going beyond what is required in order to demonstrate to prospective students that your program meets the very highest standards.

"As the nation's oldest public college founded for the education of teachers, training the state's best educators is a part of our historical mission," says President F. Javier Cevallos. "Our education programs are second to none and achieving national recognition is further evidence of that. I congratulate all of our staff, faculty members, and program coordinators who worked so hard on this process."

Dr. Kelly Kolodny, professor in the College of Education & Social and Behavioral Sciences, is currently coordinating the overall accreditation process overseen by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).

"The accreditation process requires a tremendous amount of work so that you can demonstrate the high quality of your programs," says Kolodny. "Every initial licensure program that had the option to go through the process received national recognition."

Below is a list of all the programs that achieved national recognition, as well as the organizations that grant the designation:

Early Childhood Education
Baccalaureate and PBTL (Post Baccalaureate Teaching Licensure) programs
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - Full National Recognition

Elementary Education
Baccalaureate and PBTL programs
Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) - Full National Recognition

English
Baccalaureate, PBTL, and Master of Education programs
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) - Full National Recognition

History
Baccalaureate, PBTL, and Master of Education programs
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) - Full National Recognition

Mathematics (Middle Level)
Baccalaureate, PBTL and Master of Education programs
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) - Full National Recognition

Mathematics (High School Level)
Baccalaureate, PBTL and Master of Education programs
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) - Full National Recognition

Reading Specialist
Master of Education program
International Literacy Association (ILA) - Full National Recognition

Special Education
Master of Education program
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Full National Recognition

Teaching English as a Second Language
Master of Education program
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) - Full National Recognition

World Languages
Baccalaureate and PBTL programs
American Council on the Teaching of a Foreign Language (ACTFL) - Full National Recognition

To learn more about any of these programs, visit Framingham State University's Education site at: https://www.framingham.edu/academics/colleges/social-and-behavioral-sciences/education/