Montana Launches State Chapter with EPP Summit Focused on P-20

By Adrea Lawrence and Jayne Downey

As a new state chapter of AACTE, the Montana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MTACTE) focused on the development of a basic infrastructure during the 2017-18 academic year. Our primary goals in establishing MTACTE were threefold:

1. To create an effective voice within Montana for educator preparation programs (EPP) to address pressing policy matters, such as a rural teacher shortage
2. To link national and state policy information systems
3. To foster collaboration among EPPs to strengthen educator preparation across the state.