Education Program Earns CAEP AccreditationWEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Dec. 4, 2019 — The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) recently announced that West Liberty University has received accreditation for its educator preparation programs.
Read MoreCAEP Accredited
Initial Programs:
Art K-Adult
Biology 9-Adult
Elementary Education K-6
Early Intervention PreK-K
Early Childhood PreK-K (minor)
English 5-Adult
English 5-9 (minor)
General Science 5-Adult
General Science 5-9 (minor)
Health and Physical Education K-Adult
Mathematics 5-Adult
Mathematics 5-9 (minor)
Middle Childhood Education (contains 2 5-9 minors)
Music K-Adult
Social Studies 5-Adult
Social Studies 5-9 (minor)
Special Education K-6 or 5-Adult (minors)
CAEP Accredited Advanced Programs:
Reading Specialist
Special Education
Completer impact is included through presentation of action-research projects conducted by program completers in their respective K-12 school sites.
Completer effectiveness is included through dispositions assessments conducted dispositions assessments conducted by cooperating teachers in K-12 schools. These data related to undergraduate completers.
Data for Satisfaction of Employers is currently unavailable. The WVDE conducted state-wide surveys of both completers and employers but response rates were very low. Data from the state surveys will be made available when released. No specific date for the release of that data is known. The EPP plans to implement a university-developed survey in the Spring, 2023 semester and data for the measure are expected to become available to the public by August, 2023.
Evidence of Stakeholder Involvement:
Spring 2022 EPPAC – Agenda & Minutes
Data demonstrating candidate competency at completion is presented through the Praxis II licensure area testing required by the West Virginia Department of Education. These data include all test takers during the 2020-2021 academic year but do not necessarily include testing of completers who have passed their Praxis II testing during the Summer, 2022.
2021-2022 Undergraduate WV TPA Data
2021-2022 Graduate WV TPA Data
Data for completers’ actual hiring is currently unavailable. The WVDE was scheduled to conduct state-wide surveys of both completers and employers but data have not yet been shared with the EPP. Data from the state surveys will be made available when released. No specific date for the release of that data is known. The EPP will implement a university-developed survey regarding number of completers who are hired and their employers during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters and data for the measure are expected to become available to the public by January and August, 2023 respectively for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years.
West Liberty’s Exercise Physiology program is nationally accredited through the American Society of Exercise Physiologists. The American Society of Exercise Physiologists, the professional organization representing and promoting the profession of exercise physiology, is committed to the professional development of exercise physiology, its advancement, and the credibility of exercise physiologists.Exercise Physiology is the identification of physiological mechanisms underlying physical activity, the comprehensive delivery of treatment services concerned with the analysis, improvement, and maintenance of health and fitness, rehabilitation of heart disease and other chronic diseases and/or disabilities, and the professional guidance and counsel of athletes and others interested in athletics, sports training, and human adaptability to acute and chronic exercise.
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
The Athletic Training program at West Liberty University received full accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) on March 11st, 2016. The Athletic Training program met all 109 standards required by CAATE and was awarded 5-year accreditation.
“To become a certified athletic trainer, a student must graduate with bachelors or master’s degree from an accredited professional athletic training education program and pass a comprehensive test administered by the Board of Certification (BOC). Once certified, he or she must meet ongoing continuing education requirements in order to remain certified.
Eligibility for the BOC exam is contingent upon completion of a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) that must instruct the Competencies within the curriculum” (taken from the National Athletic Trainers Association website).
The Director of Athletic Training program, Dr. David Hanna noted, “The Athletic Training program will begin moving toward a Master’s degree format in the near future. The CAATE requires every program to be a Master’s program by the year 2026.”
