MSEPA - Middle School Educator Preparation Association... 
The Texas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
TACTE is an organization for deans of education in Texas. TACTE is sometimes referred to as the Council of Deans of Education. Its purpose is to stimulate improvement in the education of professional school personnel in Texas with a primary goal to provide, through professional organization and cooperation, for a continuous search for the promotion of ideas and practices which are most effective in the education of teachers and to promote effective teaching and quality education through efforts to improve teacher education, the teaching profession, and the schools. This is in harmony with the objectives of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the member teacher preparation institutions as they apply in and for the State of Texas.
OFFICERS - As of May 2006
President:
Dr. Pamela Williford
Hardin Simmons University
Box 16225 HSU
Abilene, TX 79698
325-670-1347 Work 325-670-5859 Fax
pwillifo@hsutx.edu
Past President:
Dr. Dee Hopkins
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive Faculty Center 205
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412
361-825-2660 Work 361-825-2732 Fax
dee.hopkins@tamucc.edu
President Elect:
Dr. Hollis Lowery-Moore
Lamar University
Lamar Station - Box 10034
Beaumont, TX 77710
409-880-8661 Work 409-880-8662 Fax
mooreh@my.lamar.edu
Secretary:
Dr. Perry Kay Haley-Brown
McMurry University
MCM Box 578
Abilene, Texas 79697
325-793-4894 Work 325-793-4889 Fax
pkbrown@mcm.edu
Treasurer:
Dr. Karen Jenlink
St. Edward's University
3001 South Congress Ave.
Austin, Texas 78704
512-448-8555 Work 512-428-1372 Fax
kjenlink@stedwards.edu
ACSR Representative:
Dr. Dee Hopkins
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive Faculty Center 205
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412
361-825-2660 Work 361-825-2732 Fax
dee.hopkins@tamucc.edu
Executive Secretary:
Dr. Joyce Hardin
P.O. Box 1109
Dripping Springs, TX 78620
Work: 512-858-7730
Fax: 512-858-7730
Email: joycehardin@hughes.net