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The Texas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
TACTE is an organization for deans of education in Texas. TACTE is sometimes referred to as the Council of Deans of Education. Its purpose is to stimulate improvement in the education of professional school personnel in Texas with a primary goal to provide, through professional organization and cooperation, for a continuous search for the promotion of ideas and practices which are most effective in the education of teachers and to promote effective teaching and quality education through efforts to improve teacher education, the teaching profession, and the schools. This is in harmony with the objectives of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the member teacher preparation institutions as they apply in and for the State of Texas.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MAY 2011-2012
PRESIDENT
Hood, Dr. Dana
Abilene Christian University
ACU Box 29008
Abilene, Texas 79699-8228
325-674-2960 Work
325-674-2123 Fax
hoodd@acu.edu
PRESIDENT ELECT
Hernandez, Dr. Arthur
Texas A&M Univ. - Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive Unit 5818
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412-5818
361-825-2661 Work
361-825-2732 Fax
art.hernandez@tamucc.edu
PAST PRESIDENT
Miazga, Dr. John
Angelo State University
ASU Station 10914
San Angelo, Texas 76909
325-942-2212 Work
325-942-2039 Fax
john.miazga@angelo.edu
SECRETARY
Johnson, Dr. Scherry F.
University of Texas-Dallas
Teacher Development Center
800 W. Campbell – FN35
Richardson, Texas 75080
972-883-2730 Work
972-883-4330 Fax
sjohnson@utdallas.edu
TREASURER
Zipperlen, Dr. Marlene
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
UMHB Station Box 8017
Belton, Texas 76513-2599
254-295-4572 Work
254-295-4480 Fax
mzipperlen@umhb.edu
ACSR REPRESENTATIVE
Engelhardt, Dr. Jon M.
School of Education
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97304
Waco, TX 76798-7304
254-710-3111 Work
254-710-3987 Fax
Jon_Engelhardt@baylor.edu
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Fender, Dr. Ginny
University of Texas at Tyler
3900 University Blvd.
Tyler, TX 75799
903-566-7053 Work
gfender@uttyler.edu
2011-2012 STANDING COMMITTEES:
Texas Education Boards/Agencies Committee
President- Dana Hood (Abilene Christian University)
President Elect- Arthur Hernandez (Texas A &M University - Corpus Christi)
Executive Director-Ginny Fender
Association SBEC-Grant Simpson (St. Edward's University)
Association TEA-Mike Rosato (Howard Payne University)
The Awards Committee
Denise Staudt, Chair (University of the Incarnate Word)
Brent Mangus (Texas A&M University – Commerce)
Glenda Ballard (Texas A&M University – Texarkana)
Legislative Committee
Grant Simpson, Chair (Midwestern University)
Regional University - TBA
Lucian Yates, III (Prairie View A&M University)
Mary Patton (Texas Christian University)
Josie Tinajero (University of Texas at El Paso)
Nominating Committee
- William Geiger (University of Texas - Tyler)
- Hector Ochoa, (University of Texas - Pan American)
- Rebecca Oekerman (Texas Lutheran University)
- Donna Townsend (Southwestern Assemblies of God University)
Minutes