Reflections of Past ATE Presidents

ABSTRACT

The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) held its first annual meeting in February 1920 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the 100 years since its inception, ATE has led advocacy in issues related to teacher education. The leaders of today continue to be on the cutting edge of other major issues in research and practice in teaching and teacher education and have continued to advocate for the betterment of high quality teaching and teacher preparation not only in pre-K-12 teachers in schools but also teachers educators in institutions of higher education. In this entry, ATE presidents are interviewed about their experience leading the organization.

KEYWORDS:

• Advocacy
• policy
• association of teacher educators

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes

1. Some of this information was retrieved from ate1.org and the book, A brief history of the Association of Teacher Educators, 1920–1990 (Patterson, McGeoch, & Olsen, 1990).

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Jane McCarthy

Dr. Jane McCarthy, Ed.D., is a professor in the College of Education, UNLV, in the Department of Teaching and Learning. She is a former Interim Dean of the College. She is also a former President of the Association of Teacher Educators and currently serves as the state unit president. Her major area of research is in effective teaching for students in at-risk situations.