The John H. Lounsbury College of Education was accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) on May 1, 2022. CAEP Accreditation is the result of a peer review process of assessing College of Education data against nationally vetted standards for teacher and leader preparation. Accreditation ensures that the college has a systematic quality assurance system. The next CAEP review for the College of Education is Fall 2028. The following programs were reviewed during the accreditation process.
Initial Programs:
Early Childhood Education B.S. (renamed Elementary Education in 2023)
Middle Grades Education B.S., M.A.T.
Special Education B.S., M.A.T.
Secondary Education M.A.T.
Music Education M.A.T.
Health/PE M.A.T.
Educational Leadership M.Ed.
Advanced Programs:
Early Childhood Education M.Ed. (renamed Elementary Education in 2023)
Middle Grades Education M.Ed.
Special Education M.Ed., Ed.S.
Curriculum and Instruction M.Ed., Ed.D.
Instructional Technology M.Ed.
Library Media M.Ed.
Library Media M.Ed. with Instructional Technology Certificate
CAEP Accountability Measures are intended to share impact and outcomes measures with the public. These measures demonstrate that our program completers are prepared to serve as effective teachers and leaders in P-12 schools. The following CAEP Accountability Measures, and the accompanying data, provide evidence for each measure.
Measure 1: Completer Impact and Effectiveness
Impact on P-12 Student Learning Growth/Completer Impact. No Student Growth Percentile Ratings Provided by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission for 2023 due to "insufficient data available" (low N).
The College of Education at Georgia College & State University is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). This accreditation covers initial teacher preparation programs and advanced educator preparation programs at Milledgeville Georgia and online. However, the accreditation does not include individual education courses that the institution offers to PK-12 educators for professional development, re-licensure or other purposes. We have maintained accreditation with NCATE and CAEP since 1955, the year after NCATE was founded. Like other former NCATE institutions, the COE programs have transitioned to CAEP accreditation (http://caepnet.org/).
The College is also accredited by the Georgia Professional Standards Association (PSC; Approved Programs). The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
The passing rate for GCSU teacher candidates who took the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators (GACE) is 96.7% for 2018-2019, 96.1% for 2017-2018, 99.6% for 2016-2017, 98.4% for 2015-2016, 100% for 2014-2015 and 100% for 2013-2014 for initial certification. To learn more about the GACE, access the http://gace.ets.org page.
The average 2018-2019 GPA of program completers in our Bachelor of Science programs is 3.68, with said students having had an entry GPA of 3.50 .
The average 2016-2017 GPA of program completers in our Master of Arts in Teaching programs is 3.79 with said students having an entry GPA of 3.21 .
The Georgia College & State University Student Loan Default Rate is 3.2% which was released in September 2017 and is the cohort rate for FY2014. Our 2015 draft rate is 3%.
Compensation information for B.S., MAT, M.Ed., or Ed.S graduates is available through the State of Georgia Salary Schedule. Please note that individual charter and strategic waiver districts can set their own pay scales so check with the individual counties.
The graduates from 2010-2019 went to work in 104 out of the 181 school districts in Georgia (95 of the 159 counties in Georgia). See where these graduates are working to educate the children in Georgia.
2023-2024 Members: Roddran Grimes, Kim Muschaweck, Cynthia Alby, Alexandra Berglund, Jim Berger, Bekir Mugayitoglu, Shanda Brand, Suzanna Roman-Oliver, Andrea Christoff
CAEP Steering Committee Members: Diane Gregg (Co-Chair), Shanquita Lewis (Co-Chair), Rob Sumowski, Joe Peters, Diedra Monroe, Bessie Story, Nicole DeClouette, Mike Newton
Professional Standards Commission's CAEP Professional Learning Community
