Queen congratulates teacher academy on CAEP accreditation

Queen congratulates teacher academy on CAEP accreditation

Ammon News - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah Tuesday visited the Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA) in the King Hussein Business Park to congratulate its staff after one of its training programmes received the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) accreditation.

Last week, the QRTA announced its in-service Teacher Education Professional Diploma (TEPD), which offers online and in-person training to teachers, had been accredited by the CAEP, the largest accreditation council of its kind in the US, making the academy the first educational organization to have received the international academic accreditation in Jordan and the third in the Middle East.

In a meeting with QRTA’s CEO Dr Osama Obeidat and members of the academy’s management, Her Majesty stated the CAEP accreditation is a testament to the competency of the academy and the caliber of its in-service TEPD programmes.

"This achievement didn’t happen overnight. It comes after a ten-year journey of hard work and constant evolution," the Queen said, adding that the QRTA must continue to assess its programmes to monitor their impact on teachers and students.

The TEPD was launched in 2016 by the QRTA as a pre-service diploma in cooperation with University College London and the Ministry of