Acda Voices United

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, also called as AACTE, is a national voluntary association of higher education institutions and other organizations. The association promotes the learning of all PK-12 students by ensuring the highest quality preparation and continuing education for teachers and school leaders. The almost 800 institutions holding AACTE membership include private, state, and municipal colleges and universities located in every state. Additionally, AACTE has a growing number of affiliate members, including state departments of education, community colleges, educational laboratories and centers, and foreign institutions and organizations. Collectively, the AACTE membership prepares more than two-thirds of the new teachers entering schools each year in the United States. The association offers a wide range of products and services to members and others interested in teacher education. Some products include publications, tapes and CDs of AACTE events. AACTE has headquarters in Washington, D.C.

NCTAF works through partnerships with national organizations, policymakers, state agencies, school districts, business leaders, and the higher education community to raise awareness, mobilize stakeholders, and strengthen policies to improve teaching quality. NCTAF supports quality teaching through analysis, advocacy, action, and alliances:

The American Federation of Teachers is a nonprofit organization that represents the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers. Five divisions within the organization represent the broad spectrum of AFT's membership: teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; local, state and federal employees; higher education faculty and staff; and nurses and other health care professionals. In addition, the union includes more than 170,000 retiree members. Member benefit programs include financial services, travel, insurance and various discounts on services. The AFT advocates sound, commonsense public education policies, which include high academic and conduct standards for students and greater professionalism for teachers and school staff; excellence in public service through cooperative problem solving and workplace innovations; and high-quality health care provided by qualified professionals. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 and is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO. The organization has more than 3,000 local affiliates nationwide, nearly 45 state affiliates, and approximately 1.3 million members.