Pofessional Education Program - Outreach Pofessional Education Program - Outreach The State University of New York at Stony Brook takes a University-wide approach to teacher education and the University’s Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education (CEIE) was established in 1988 as the common link between the University’s undergraduate, graduate, and research programs and the region’s public and private primary and secondary schools.
From its establishment in 1988, the mission of the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education (CEIE) was to play a major role in the Long Island region by coordinating, supporting, strengthening, and developing: (1) undergraduate (pre-service) and graduate (in-service) teacher certification and teacher education programs; (2) educational research and development programs; and (3) school-university pertnership programs.
In the summer of 1999, a new independent administrative unit, the Professional Education Program (PEP), was established to coordinate teacher certification and to take responsibility for the accreditation of the University’s various teacher certification programs. Accordingly, the teacher certification component of the Center for Excellence and Innovation (CEIE) was transferred to PEP and CEIE’s mission was modified as follows:
The mission of the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education (CEIE) is to play a major role in the Long Island region by supporting, strengthening, and developing: (1) teacher education and development programs; (2) educational research and development programs; and (3) school-community-university partnership programs.
The Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education has, in the short period since its establishment in September of 1988, had a significant positive impact upon the Long Island region, and is widely recognized as a symbol the State University of New York at Stony Brook's commitment to teacher education, educational research and development, and partnership programs with schools in the Long Island region.
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This page last revised January 22, 2003 by Glenn A. Richard (Glenn.Richard@sunysb.edu)