Dr. Angela M. Sewall, dean of UALR’s College of Education, has been appointed chair of the Unit Accreditation Board of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

Sewall’s year-long term will extend to June 30, 2012.

“Accreditation is a service to the teaching profession and the public,” said James. G. Cibulka, president of NCATE in his letter of appointment. “As an educational leader, you are helping to shape the future of our nation’s teachers. I know that your contribution to the work of NCATE will continue to prove invaluable.”

Earlier this year, Sewall was elected to a three-year term as a member of the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

Dean of Education at UALR since 1997, Sewall is also active in educational policy in other venues including her roles as a member and deans’ representative on the board of the Reading Recovery Council of North America and as a member of the NCATE Executive Board.

She is a lead partner in the Arkansas Partnership for Teacher Quality, a national initiative for teacher quality and student learning; American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education; National Education Association; and is chair of the executive committee of the Arkansas Leadership Academy.

Sewall has been a professor at UALR since 1992. Prior to that time, she worked for educational change and student learning in the Little Rock School District for 22 years, as a teacher, principal, and associate superintendent.