About Us
Association of Independent
Liberal Arts Collegesfor Teacher Education
Dedicated to Educators
AILACTE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the work of educator preparation programs in private liberal arts institutions.
Supports and Advocates
AILACTE supports, recognizes, and advocates for private higher education institutions that offer a liberal arts education. As an affiliate of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
Providing Leadership
AILACTE provides communication, resources, information sharing, and leadership across organizations.
Our Purpose
Why we do what we do
Effective
Voice
To provide an effective voice for member institutions at the national, state, and campus level in matters related to teacher education
Share
Concerns
To provide a communication and information system for sharing concerns, issues, and viewpoints in teacher education as they pertain to member institutions
Awareness
To raise the general level of awareness of the needs of member institutions and of those who do not fall within its membership
Membership
Value
To make available to educational policy-making groups the talent, values and perspectives represented in the membership
Promote
Education
To cooperate with other associations to promote quality teacher education
A Message from Our President
Read the President’s Message from our President, Dr. Kevin Thomas.
Board of Directors
President
Kevin Thomas
Bellarmine University
e-mail: president@ailacte.org
Past President
State Advisory Council Co-Chair
Chandra Foote
Niagara University
President-Elect
Conference Planning Co-Chair
Caitlin Riegel
Daemen University
Executive Assistant
Alyssa Haarer
e-mail: admin@ailacte.org
Secretary
Membership Co-Chair
Jackie Crawford
Simpson College
Treasurer
Nominations & Election Chair
Yune Tran
Providence College
Communications and Media Chair
Pending
Professional Development and Awards Chair
Ali Taylor
Bellarmine University
State Representative Advisory Council Co-Chair
Aarek Farmer
Freed-Hardeman University
Journal Editors-in-Chief
Caitlin Riegel
Daemen University
Kevin Thomas
Bellarmine University
Journal Copyeditors
Jackie Crawford
Simpson College