WHEREAS, a review of teacher education programs was conducted on April 4-6 and July 11-14, 2008, by the State Department of Education in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Code, Rule No. 290-3-3-56(2)(a)2; and

WHEREAS, compliance with Alabama State Board of Education program specific rules has been verified; and

WHEREAS, Alabama is a partner with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); and

WHEREAS, NCATE reviewed the University of North Alabama programs in 2008 and granted continuing accreditation of all programs on October 16, 2008; and

WHEREAS, the State Superintendent of Education recommends approval of the programs:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Alabama State Board of Education hereby approves the following programs, with approval to expire on May 31, 2012:

PROGRAM (GRADE LEVEL)		CLASS B	CLASS A	ALT. A	CLASS AA
EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATION (P-3)
Early Childhood Education		X
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATION (K-6)
Collaborative Teacher			X
Elementary Teacher		X	X
PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 12 CERTIFICATION (P-12)
Art		X
English as a Second Language		X
Music, Choral		X	X	X
Music, Instrumental		X	X	X
Physical Education		X	X	X
SECONDARY CERTIFICATION (6-12)
Biology		X	X	X
Business & Marketing Education		X	X	X
Chemistry		X	X	X
Collaborative Teacher			X
English Language Arts		X	X	X
Family & Consumer Sciences Education		X
French		X
General Science		X	X	X
General Social Science		X	X	X
Geography		X	X
German		X
History		X	X	X
Mathematics		X	X	X
Physics		X	X
Spanish		X
INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL (P-12)
Educational Administration*			X		X
School Counseling			X		X

*The institution may continue to provide its current Class A Educational Administration program until September 1, 2009, and the current Class AA program until all institutions are required to discontinue those programs and document compliance with Instructional Leadership standards.

Done this 13th day of November 2008.