Five Colleges Receive Phi Theta Kappa Teacher Preparation Award

JACKSON, MS - Teacher preparation programs at five community colleges have been chosen to receive national awards from Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.

They include Cerritos Community College, Norwalk, California; Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, Arizona; Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Green River Community College, Auburn, Washington; and Richland College, Dallas, Texas.

The 2007 Phi Theta Kappa Teacher Preparation Program Awards recognize the colleges' exemplary efforts to prepare students for careers in education. Representatives of the colleges will receive their awards March 2 during the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP) Conference in New Orleans.

"Phi Theta Kappa is proud to honor these outstanding institutions, their faculty and administration for outstanding work in teacher preparation," said Society Executive Director Rod Risley.

"Education can solve the social and economic ills facing the entire global community," he continued. "A strong and effective education system relies on well-prepared and committed teachers. We salute these colleges and all community colleges that are developing a new generation of educators."

College administrators, faculty and students will attend the Conference to accept their awards.The college representatives will be invited to showcase their program during the NACCTEP Conference. Their teacher preparation programs will also be highlighted in a special publication distributed by Phi Theta Kappa to all community college presidents within the United States.

Phi Theta Kappa, with headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in American higher education, with 1,200 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Marshall Islands Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions.

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