Our Mission

The Massachusetts Association of Colleges of Teacher Education is a public voice of educator preparation, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teacher educators. MACTE promotes the learning of all PK-12 students through the promotion of high quality preparation and continuing education for all school personnel.

Our state organization has the capacity to build effective relationships within their respective colleges and universities with professors, teachers, leaders from school settings, parents, legislators, businesses, media and others vital to the process of strengthening educator preparation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.