Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Board of Directors
  • TSBE/DOE
  • Conferences
    • Conferences
    • Spring 2025 Virtual Conf.
    • Fall 2024 Conf. Materials
  • Membership
  • Jobs
  • More
    • Home
    • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • TSBE/DOE
    • Conferences
      • Conferences
      • Spring 2025 Virtual Conf.
      • Fall 2024 Conf. Materials
    • Membership
    • Jobs
Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Board of Directors
  • TSBE/DOE
  • Conferences
    • Conferences
    • Spring 2025 Virtual Conf.
    • Fall 2024 Conf. Materials
  • Membership
  • Jobs

Our Purpose

The purpose of the Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is to provide, through professional organization and cooperation, for continuous search for and promotion of ideas and practices which are most effective in the preparation of educators. 


TACTE serves as the collective voice of those who prepare educators in the State of Tennessee to protect and promote high-quality educator preparation for the ultimate benefit of Tennessee’s PreK-12 students.  


TACTE advocates for PreK-12 education and shall seek the enhancement of the quality of education in all areas.  


Consonant with this purpose, the major objectives of this association are the same as the objectives of the American Association of College for Teacher Education as they apply in and for the state of Tennessee:


  • To provide means for continuous exchange of information, experiences and judgments concerning all aspects of teacher education;
  • To stimulate and facilitate research, experimentation, and evaluation of teacher education and related problems of learning and teaching;
  • To serve as a clearinghouse for appropriate information and reports and to publicize findings of studies that have significance for teacher education;
  • To cooperate and collaborate with professional and related organizations and agencies in activities designed to improve teacher education;
  • To maintain effective communications and liaison between the national AACTE and the state unit;
  • To provide a vehicle for teacher education institutions within Tennessee to develop and define positions on issues of importance to teacher education;
  • To influence and recommend policies, programs, and activities which impact teacher education;
  • To positively present and represent teacher education to its various publics in a way that ensures effective communication and conveyance of the appropriate images of teachers and teacher education;
  • To establish, promote, and adhere to quality standards in teacher education.


Board of Directors

See current board

Board Presidents

2024-2026:  Sharen Cypress, Freed-Hardeman University

2022-2024:  David Cihak, The University of Tennessee Knoxville

2020-2022:  Tricia Hunsader, Tusculum University

2018-2020:  Mark Hogan, Belmont University

2016-2018:  Julie Baker, Tennessee Technological University

2014-2016:  Carlette Hardin, Austin Peay State University

2012-2014:  Kim Paulsen, Vanderbilt University

2010-2012:  Susan Benner, The University of Tennessee Knoxville

2008-2010:  Trevor Hutchins, Belmont University

2006-2008:  Phil Roberson, King College/Austin Peay State University

2004-2006:  Mary Lee Hall, The University of Tennessee Martin

2002-2004:  John Sweeney, Freed-Hardeman University*

2001-2002:  Sutton Flynt, Austin Peay State University

2000-2001:  Ron Butterfield, Freed-Hardeman University

1999-2000:  Richardo Renfro, Tennessee State University

1998-1999:  Jim Stamper, Belmont University

1997-1998:  Jane Williams, Middle Tennessee State University

1996-1997:  Marcia Keith, Maryville College

1995-1996:  Dan Baker, The University of Tennessee Chattanooga

1994-1995:  Peggy Hypes, Carson-Newman University 

1993-1994:  Nathan Essex, University of Memphis

1992-1993:  Ron Butterfield, Freed-Hardeman University

1991-1992:  Karen Adams, Tennessee Technological University

1990-1991:  Willis Holley, Peabody College

1988-1990:  Richard Wisneiski, The University of Tennessee Knoxville

1987-1988:  Earline Kendall, Belmont College

1985-1987:  Carl Stedman, Austin Peay State University

1984-1985:  Ronald Midkiff, Carson-Newman University

1983-1984:  George Drew, The University of Tennessee Martin

1982-1983:  Robert Saunders, Memphis State University

1981-1982:  Roy Stinnett,  The University of Tennessee Chattanooga

1980-1981:  Jim Stamper, Carson-Newman University

1979-1980:  E. Dale Doak, The University of Tennessee Chattanooga

1978-1979:  Barbara Burch, Memphis State University

1977-1978:  George Keem, Middle Tennessee State University

1976-1977:  Kenneth J. Frasure, The University of Tennessee Nashville

1975-1976:  Emily Mathis, Christian Brothers College

1974-1975:  Scott Honaker, East Tennessee State University

1973-1974:  Jim McComas, The University of Tennessee Knoxville

*New policy of 2-year terms enacted


Background of TACTE

TACTE History

Member Institutions (Includes affiliates)

Aquinas College

Austin Peay State University

Belmont University

Bethel University

Bryan College

Carson-Newman University

Chattanooga State Community College

Christian Brothers University

Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools

Cleveland State Community College

Columbia State Community College

Cumberland University

East Tennessee State University

Fisk University

Freed-Hardeman University

Jackson State Community College

Johnson University

King University

Knox County Schools

Lane College

Lee University

LeMoyne-Owen College

Lincoln Memorial University

Lipscomb University

Maryville College

Memphis Teacher Residency

 Middle Tennessee State University

Milligan University

Motlow State Community College

Nashville State Community College

Nashville Teacher Residency

Pellissippi State Community College

Project Inspire

Rhodes College

Roane State Community College

Rutherford County Schools

South College

Southern Adventist University

Tennessee State University

Tennessee Technological University

Tennessee Wesleyan University

The University of Memphis

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

The University of Tennessee at Martin

The University of Tennessee Southern

Trevecca Nazarene University

Tusculum University

Union University

Vanderbilt University

Welch College 

Western Governors University   

Copyright © 2025 Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by