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​Teacher Educators

Founded in 1920, ATE is the only national, individual membership organization devoted solely to the improvement of teacher education for both school and campus-based teacher educators.

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Annual Meeting

ATE's 2026 Annual Meeting will be held 
February 8–11, 2026
in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia

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Summer Conference

​ATE's 2025 Summer Conference
was held July 25–29, 2025
in St. Louis, Missouri

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Today ATE members represent nearly 1500 teacher educators in colleges, universities, school districts, and state education agencies within 41 regional and state affiliated units and US Territories.

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Teacher Educator Standards

ATE proudly announces the release of the Teacher Educator Standards (3rd Edition), a comprehensive, research-informed framework that defines excellence in teacher education and professional practice.

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Nominations for 2026 Elected Office

ATE is now accepting nominations for elected office to the Board of Directors. Deadline to apply is December 15, 2025

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ATE Faculty Fellowship

ATE is now accepting applications for the Spring 2026 Faculty Fellowship through November 15, 2025.  ​The Spring 2026 Fellow will focus on building stronger connections between ATE’s national organization and State/Regional Units

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From ATE's President

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Empowering a Global Community of Leaders to Leave a STAMP on Education:  Social Emotional Learning, Transformational Leadership, Advocacy, Multiculturalism and Professional Practices

Solomon Ortiz , a former US Congressman (TX), said, "Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact on the lives of their students." I often say that if students do not remember a history fact, mathematic equation, definition of vocabulary, or the pronunciation of a word from their teachers, they will always remember the impression the educator had on them. 

The 2025-2026 theme, Empowering a Global Community of Leaders to Leave a STAMP on Education:  Social Emotional Learning, Transformational Leadership, Advocacy, Multiculturalism, and Professional Practices, celebrates educators and ATErs who have left powerful impacts on students, other colleagues, educational policymaking, instructional leadership, and effective practices and who continue to leave impressions in the academic arena.

As we approach ATE’s 2025 Summer Conference, we are gearing up for an empowering experience in St. Louis and we embrace and vocalize the phrase, “Leave a STAMP on it!”  It brings me so much joy and inspiration as I have collaborated with Conference Chair, Freddie Bowles, Co-Chair, Marie Byrd, and the whole St. Louis Committee to implement ideas and bring them into fruition.  Thank you for leaving a stamp on me as an educator.

I encourage you to register for the Summer Conference in St Louis, the home to the historic Gateway Arch, St. Louis Cardinals, fabulous barbecue, and city of blues.  I hope that you will join us on Monday night as we watch the St. Louis Cardinal baseball team take on the Miami Marlins. 
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I am super-excited about the session presenters’ research and the expertise they bring in numerous educational disciplines.  It will be an exciting conference full of opportunities to empower and to be empowered.  With resounding enthusiasm, I invite you to ATE’s 2025 Summer Conference, where you will engage in four days of innovation, collaboration, inspiration, and motivation as educators “leave a stamp on it” as they share their expertise, research, and experience with their colleagues.   Registration is open, and we want you to be a part of this great day in the history of ATE.

The conference strands are reflective of the areas for empowerment of a global community of educators. When we leave a STAMP on education, the atmosphere shifts because those we educate move the world into the next phase of education, humanities, technology, medicine, communication, and creative arts.  STAMP is the focus because when educators promote, engage in, and/or exemplify…

• Social Emotional Learning, students attend school, feel a sense of belonging, develop a growth mindset, have higher test scores and better grades, and develop self-efficacy and self-confidence.
  
• Transformational Leadership, educators and students are intellectually stimulated and inspired to excel and expand; they have a sense of community and extend high levels of participation and engagement.
  
• Advocacy, legislators and policymakers listen and support legislation that benefits all students and the teaching profession, such as equitable resources, policies that support the physically, emotionally, and academically challenged, and teacher pay equity and instructional freedom.
• Multiculturalism, educators and students have self-awareness of the values, beliefs, norms, and cultural orientation that influences behavioral; educators promote self-approval and acceptance of students.
• Professional Practices, educators modify instructions, develop classroom management techniques, differentiate instructions, and improve practices through professional development.

Lastly, I am reminded of the words of Jess Lair, a philosopher and educator, “Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” When educators leave a positive, inspiring stamp on students, they help them to unfold.  When students unfold, they become empowered by the inspiration and believe that they can achieve and accomplish.

In St. Louis, at the ATE Summer Conference, we are inspiring and empowering.  I hope to see you there and hear you say, “Leave a stamp on it!”

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Jennifer K. Young Wallace, ATE President (2025–26)

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