Deb Eldridge Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc

The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) announced dual senior vice presidencies for the new accrediting organization as NCATE and TEAC proceed on the path to becoming one organization. Formal unification of the two organizations is expected sometime during 2013. Deb Eldridge has been named Senior Vice President for Accreditation and Administration. Eldridge currently serves in the role of Senior Vice President for Accreditation for NCATE. Deb Eldridge’s functional areas of supervision within the new structure include the following: Accreditation, Program Review, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Administrative Support, and Event Planning. Mark LaCelle-Peterson’s functional areas of supervision are Member Relations, which includes coordinating with State Partnerships; Research and Development; and Communications and Marketing.

Bronx, Ny

Immediately prior to coming to NCATE, Deb served as the Dean of Education at Lehman College of the City University of New York. While at Lehman, she was the Principal Investigator of an innovative, 5th year clinical residency program funded by the U.S. Department of Education under the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) initiative. She is the author of Teacher Talk: Multicultural Lesson Plans for the Elementary Classroom (1998). In addition to a variety of articles ranging from literacy learning, teaching with technology, and the integration of aesthetic education in teacher preparation, she is co-author of (dis)Comfort Zone: At the Edge of Excellence in Literacy Teaching and Learning (2010).

Ed. D., Language, Literacy And Cultural Studies

M. A., Foreign Language Education