Vanderbilt University鈥檚 hosted faculty, administrators, and staff from four Jordanian universities in a collaboration with International Research & Exchanges Board from May 8 to 12. The delegation was seeking to develop and implement a pre-service teacher education higher diploma (PSTE) and apply for accreditation with the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) later this year.
Facilitated by Amanda Van Doorn, Peabody鈥檚 director of , representatives from Mu鈥檛ah University, Hashemite University, the University of Jordan, and Yarmouk University visited Peabody鈥檚 campus and several Metro Nashville Public Schools sites.
The delegation toured Peabody鈥檚 academic facilities and met with faculty and staff, including聽, Associate Deans聽 补苍诲听, and Assistant Deans and .
Van Doorn and , associate professor of the practice in the and CAEP coordinator, presented an overview of CAEP and led a Q&A session.聽, director of elementary education and professor of the practice of literacy in the , presented a seminar on teaching diverse learners.
Chad Prather, MNPS鈥� HR Talent Management Coordinator, and Megan Parker Peters, associate dean of education at Lipscomb University, presented a talk on teacher mentors.