Organizations

The Center for Teacher Leadership has worked with the following organizations in its efforts to promote teacher leadership that enhances teaching and the teaching profession.

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium

Consortium of more than 30 states that has developed model standards for what beginning teachers should know and be able to do.

Jean Miller, Director of INTASC
Council of Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 700
Washington , DC 20001-1431
(202) 336-7048
(202) 789-1792 (fax)
http://www.ccsso.org/projects/
Interstate_New_Teacher_Assessment_and_Support_Consortium/
 

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Provides a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet standards of what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do.

Joe Aguerrebere, President
1525 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 500
Arlington , VA 22209
1-800-22-TEACH
http://www.nbpts.org
 

New Teacher Center @ University of California-Santa Cruz

National resource dedicated to teacher development and support programs for new teachers.

Ellen Moir, Executive Director
725 Front Street, Suite 400
Santa Cruz , California 95060
831-459-4323
831-459-3822 (FAX)
www.newteachercenter.org

Center for Teaching Quality

Works with states in the Southeast to conduct research, inform policy, and engage leadership around teacher quality issues. Supports the Teacher Leaders Network.

Barnett Berry , Executive Director
The University of North Carolina
General Administration
PO Box 2688
Chapel Hill , NC 27515-2688
919-843-9519
919-843-7616
contactus@teaschingquality.org 
www.teachingquality.org 
 

Teachers Network Policy Institute (TNPI)

Works to connect education policy with classroom practice through supporting action research that can inform policy.

Ellen Dempsey, President and CEO
285 West Broadway
New York , NY 10013
212-966-5582
212-941-1781
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/tnpi/index.htm
 

Virginia Department of Education
Division of Teacher Education and Licensure

Thomas A. Elliott, Assistant Superintendent
PO Box 2120
Richmond , VA 23218-2120
804-371-2522
804-786-6759
www.pen.k12.va.us
 

Virginia Education Association

Betty Lambin, Director of Instruction and Professional Development
116 South 3rd Street
Richmond , VA 23219
804-648-5801
804-775-8379
www.veaweteach.org 


Other Organizations 

Organizations listed below have different philosophies and approaches to addressing America ’s teacher quality challenges. The Center for Teacher Leadership does not necessarily endorse the organizations listed below, but these organizations are major voices and sources of information in the national debate on how best to ensure a caring, competent, and qualified teacher in every classroom.

National Commission on Teaching and America ’s Future

Non-governmental commission that launched the current focus on teacher quality with its 1996 report Focusing on What Matters Most: Teaching and America ’s Future.

Thomas Carroll, Executive Director
2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 210
Washington , DC 20036-1012
202-416-6181
www.nctaf.org
 

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

A coalition of 33 specialty professional associations, teachers, teacher educators, content specialists, and local and state policy makers that has created national standards for teacher preparation programs. Accredits programs that meet these standards.

Arthur Wise, President
2010 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 500
Washington , DC 20036-1023
(202) 466-7496
(202) 296-6620 (fax)
www.ncate.org

National Council on Teacher Quality

Emphasizes alternative route programs and non-traditional approaches to addressing America ’s teacher quality challenges.

Kate Walsh, Executive Director
1225 19th Street NW
Suite 400
Washington , DC 20036
202-261-2621
www.nctq.org
 

National Staff Development Council

Professional association that has established standards for high-quality staff development.

Dennis Sparks, Executive Director
PO Box 240 , Oxford , OH 45056
513-523-6029
nsdcoffice@aol.com 
www.nsdc.org 
 

Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)

Accredits teacher education programs through an audit system that seeks evidence of student achievement.

Frank Murray, President
One Dupont Circle, Suite 320
Washington , DC 20036
202- 466-7236
202-466-7238 (fax)
www.teac.org
 

National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality

National resource funded by the U.S. Department of Education to assist regional comprehensive assistance centers, states, and other education stakeholders in strengthening the quality of teaching—especially in high-poverty, low-performing, and hard-to-staff schools.

Sabrina Laine, Director
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality
Washington, D.C., Office:
Learning Point Associates
1100 17th Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036

Naperville, Illinois Office:
1120 East Diehl Road
Suite 200
Naperville, IL 60563

877-322-8700
ncctq@learningpt.org
www.ncctq.com

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