Accreditation and Assessment

The South Carolina Department of Education approves all programs in the Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences. The following programs are also accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Education Preparation (CAEP).

The initial licensure programs:

Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
English/Language Arts Education
General Science Education
Middle-Level Education
Music Education
Physical Education
Secondary Mathematics Education
Social Studies Education
Special Education

The advanced licensure programs:

M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
Ed.S. in Educational Leadership

Accreditation and Assessment are important processes within the Spadoni College of Education, allowing opportunities for growth and reflection as it relates to program practices and preparing teacher education candidates to enter the classroom. The Spadoni College of Education uses assessment practices to analyze both candidate performance and evaluate how to improve our own teaching methodologies.

Specialized Professional Associations (SPAs) and State Review

The Spadoni College of Education’s programs has earned recognition from their SPAs or South Carolina State program review. Such recognition identifies that the candidates are taught and expected to apply content, assessment, and pedagogical knowledge appropriate to their grade level or subject matter specialization. The program SPAs or state review are as follows:

Program name	Certification Level*	Degree	Recognition by
Building - Principals	A	Master	National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA
Early Childhood Education	I	Baccalaureate	National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Educational Leadership	A	Master	National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA)
Elementary Education	I	Baccalaureate	State of South Carolina
English/Language Arts Education	I	Master	National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
General Science Education	I	Master	National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Middle-Level Education	I	Baccalaureate	Association for Middle-Level Education (AMLE)
Music Education	I	Master	National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
Physical Education	I	Baccalaureate	SHAPE America-Physical Education
Secondary Mathematics Education	I	Master	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Social Studies Education	I	Master	National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Special Education	I	Baccalaureate	Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

* I - Initial
* A - Advanced Program