The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation has announced that East Stroudsburg University has received accreditation for its educator preparation programs.

The Fall 2022 review by the CAEP Accreditation Council resulted in 55 educator preparation providers receiving accreditation, bringing the total to 507 providers approved under the CAEP Accreditation Standards – rigorous, nationally recognized standards that were developed to ensure excellence in educator preparation programs.

ESU is one of only 12 institutions in Pennsylvania that is accredited by CAEP, and the only institution in northeast Pennsylvania.

Educator preparation providers seeking accreditation must pass peer review of the CAEP standards, which are based on two principles: solid evidence that the provider’s graduates are competent and caring educators, and solid evidence that the provider’s educator staff have the capacity to create a culture of evidence and use it to maintain and enhance the quality of the professional programs they offer.

“Our students and professors should be very proud of the work they are doing. We’ve set a very high bar for our teacher prep program and CAEP accreditation validates the work they are doing,” said Margaret Ball, D.M.A., interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. “Our students and their families are investing in an education program that is designed as nationally accredited for teacher preparation.”