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Top of the class: Looking back at Aberdeen College of Education graduations

Student teachers graduating from the University of Aberdeen this month will be looking ahead to their probationary year when schools return after the summer.

Although Covid-19 has put a stop to in-person graduations for a second year running, graduates will still celebrate this month in absentia.

Many newly-qualified teachers will be keenly spending their summer holidays getting ready for their fledgling year in the classroom.

We’ve taken a trip down memory lane into our archives to look back at fresh-faced graduate teachers from Aberdeen’s College of Education over the years.

The imposing, granite student halls of residence at Hilton won’t be a familiar sight to teaching graduates in recent years.

This photo from 1970 shows the halls overlooking the new College of Education.

These graduates from Aberdeen College of Education’s class of 1978 were trailblazers in their field.

Jean Brodie, Ethel Cruickshank, Jean Argo, Merle Morgan, Dot McCaskill and Maureen Dunne were already qualified teachers who supported children with additional needs.

The group were the first to receive the brand new Special Education Diploma to enhance their qualifications in working with physically and mentally impaired pupils.

The College of Education was a colloquial term for several Aberdeen institutions that provided teacher training between 1874 and 2001.

In 1987, the name changed to the Northern College of Education following a merger with Dundee College of Education.

These delighted graduates were the first to receive their postgraduate certificates in primary education from the new, amalgamated colleges.

Fiona Sample, Peter Wood, Christine Laing and Pauline Kidd raise a glass for their graduation in October 1988.

Peter was one of only two male teachers studying for a Bachelor in Education at the Northern College that year – the duo were somewhat outnumbered by 63 women.

Graduation in 1988 was a happy reunion and opportunity for these former classmates to catch up, as their established teaching careers had taken them far and wide.

Duncan Mackay head teacher at Maryburgh Primary, Fiona Menzies, Alison Gauld head teacher at Rayne North and Douglas Smith from Broomhill Primary all gained their College Associateship for Teaching Upper Primary.

Fiona, a teacher with the Forces’ School in Upper Germany, jetted back in for the occasion to celebrate with her peers.

Kerry Neilson, Elaine Montague, David Wallis, Susan Lyon and Rosalind Beckett were the latest additions to the teaching workforce in October 1990.

The newly qualified teachers were celebrating the achievement of gaining their Bachelor of Education in Primary Teaching.

The Northern College Class of 1992 were together for the final time at their July graduation ceremony.

Scrolls in hand, the young teachers were out of academia and getting ready for the chalkface when schools returned in August.

There was a packed theatre at the Northern College for the teacher training graduation ceremony 28 years ago.

The 1993 classmates were picking up their new honours degrees in primary teaching.

Cheers to new careers! These women had every reason to celebrate – they had all worked full-time while studying for their postgraduate certificates in primary education.

Classmates Marilyn Macdonald, Dorothy Clark, Judith Philip, Alison Clark and, front, Irene Duncan, Sheila Reid and Rosemary Biddie raised a glass to all their hard work in July 1994.

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The University of Aberdeen’s School of Education is seeking staff and students of the former Northern College of Education and the Aberdeen College of Education to take part in a special event this summer to bid farewell to the Hilton campus.

The University’s School of Education was established in December 2001 following the merger with Northern College.

The campus will close its doors for the last time in July this year with the 200 staff and 1,400 students relocating to the newly-refurbished MacRobert Building on the University’s main campus at King’s College.

The Hilton campus has been the home of teacher training in Aberdeen for the past 36 years as the Northern College of Education and the Aberdeen College of Education and the University is marking the closure of the campus with a series of events on Friday, June 10, 2005.

An ‘Open Doors’ event will run from 12noon until 2.00pm and will feature a display of memorabilia including past staff photographs. This event is aimed primarily at current staff and students although former staff, alumni and the general public are welcome to take part in the afternoon’s events.

This will be followed by an evening staff reception and buffet supper in the Senior Common Room at 7.00pm and it is hoped that as many former staff as possible will turn out for the occasion. The evening reception will also give former staff the chance to view the display of memorabilia.

Cathy Macaslan, Head of the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen, said: “The Hilton campus has provided a significant base for teacher training initiatives in Aberdeen for the past 36 years.

“We hope to attract as many former students as possible who will be able to share their memories and relive their days as student teachers at Hilton.

“We recognise the vital role the facility has played over the years and by holding a series of commemorative events we are acknowledging the high opinion that former and current students and staff have of the campus.”

Plans are on schedule for the School of Education community to move to the MacRobert Building in July.

Ms Macaslan continued: “There is no doubt that students from the Hilton campus will benefit from being based within the wider activities of the main campus at Old Aberdeen.

“Our new facilities will significantly enhance the University’s teaching provision and Continuing Professional Development facilities.”

Former staff of Aberdeen College of Education and the Northern College of Education who are interested in attending these events on Friday, June 10, at Hilton campus, Hilton Place, Aberdeen, are urged to contact Margaret Watt in the School of Education on (01224) 274611.

Former students who wish to attend the lunchtime events should contact the University of Aberdeen Alumni Relations Office on (01224) 273234, or email: alumni@abdn.ac.uk.

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2001 No. 407

6th November 2001

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

7th November 2001

Coming into force

1st December 2001

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 47(1), (2), (4) and (6) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consulting the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council and the governing body of the institution to be closed in accordance with section 47(5) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.   This Order may be cited as the Northern College of Education (Closure) (Scotland) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st December 2001.

Interpretation

2.   In this Order–

“Aberdeen Campus” means the Northern College of Education at Hilton Place, Aberdeen AB24 4FA;

“Aberdeen University” means the University of Aberdeen;

“the College” means the Northern College of Education, being an institution designated under section 44 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992;

“Dundee Campus” means the Northern College of Education at Gardyne Road, Dundee DD5 1NY, Mayfield Residence, 169 Arbroath Road, Dundee DD4 6LD and Mayfield Pavilion and House, 193 Arbroath Road, Dundee DD4 7HS;

“Dundee University” means the University of Dundee; and

“governing body”–

in relation to Aberdeen University, means the University Court of the University of Aberdeen;

in relation to the College means the Governors of the Northern College of Education constituted as a body corporate by regulation 10 of the Colleges of Education (Scotland) Regulations 1987( 2 ); and

in relation to Dundee University, means the University Court of the University of Dundee.

Closure of the College and winding up of the governing body

3.   The College shall be closed and its governing body wound up on 1st December 2001.

Transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations

4. —(1) On 1st December 2001 there shall be transferred to and vested in the governing body of Aberdeen University the following property, rights, liabilities and obligations to which immediately before 1st December 2001 the governing body of the College was entitled or subject:–

(a) the land and buildings at Hilton Place, Aberdeen AB24 4FA;

(b) all staff who perform the whole or substantial part of their duties from the Aberdeen Campus prior to the vesting date; and

(c) all corporeal property situated on the Aberdeen Campus immediately prior to the vesting date.

(2) On 1st December 2001 there shall be transferred to and vested in the governing body of Dundee University the following property, rights, liabilities and obligations to which immediately before 1st December 2001 the governing body of the College was entitled or subject:–

(a) the land and buildings at Gardyne Road, Dundee DD5 1NY, Mayfield Residence, 169 Arbroath Road, Dundee DD4 6LD and Mayfield Pavilion and House, 193 Arbroath Road, Dundee DD4 7HS;

(b) all staff who perform the whole or substantial part of their duties from the Dundee Campus prior to the vesting date; and

(c) all corporeal property situated on the Dundee Campus immediately prior to the vesting date.

(3) On 1st December 2001 there shall be transferred to and vested in the governing bodies of Aberdeen University and Dundee University jointly and severally all property, rights, liabilities obligations and contracts to which immediately before 1st December 2001 the governing body of the College was entitled or subject and which have not transferred under paragraph (1) or (2) above.

(4) References to the College or the governing body thereof–

(a) in any agreement, deed, bond, instrument or notice;

(b) in any action or proceeding pending or existing at 1st December 2001 by or against the governing body of the College before any court or other tribunal; and

(c) in any other document whatsoever relating to or affecting any property, right, liability or obligation of the governing body of the College which vests by virtue of this Article in the governing body of Aberdeen University or the governing body of Dundee University,

shall be taken on or after 1st December 2001 as referring to the governing body of Aberdeen University if transferred in accordance with paragraph (1) or the governing body of Dundee University if transferred in accordance with paragraph (2) or the governing bodies of Aberdeen University and Dundee University jointly and severally if transferred in accordance with paragraph (3).

Supplementary provision: property provided with grant aid

5.   Where the governing body of the College has received non recurrent grant under the Grant aided Colleges (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1989( 3 ) in respect of the acquisition of, or expenditure on, any land or buildings which are transferred by Article 4 above, or such land or buildings have been provided with the aid of non recurrent grant under any earlier regulations enabling the payment of non recurrent grant in respect of grant aided colleges, the provisions of the Grant aided Colleges (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1989 shall (so far as applicable) continue to apply in respect of that land or those buildings as if the governing body of Aberdeen University (if transferred in accordance with Article 4(1)), the governing body of Dundee University (if transferred in accordance with Article 4(2)) or the governing bodies of Aberdeen University and Dundee University jointly and severally (if transferred in accordance with Article 4(3)) were the governing body of a designated institution and the grant had been paid to the governing body of Aberdeen University, the governing body of Dundee University or the governing bodies of Aberdeen University and Dundee University jointly and severally.

Transfer of staff

6. —(1) Where a person is employed immediately before 1st December 2001 by the governing body of the College that person’s contract of employment shall have effect on and after 1st December 2001 as if originally made between that person and the governing body of Aberdeen University ( if transferred in accordance with Article 4(1)) or the governing body of Dundee University (if transferred in accordance with Article 4(2)).

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1) above–

(a) all the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the governing body of the College under or in connection with a contract to which that paragraph applies shall by virtue of this paragraph be transferred to the governing body of Aberdeen University in accordance with Article 4(1) or the governing body of Dundee University in accordance with Article 4(2) on 1st December 2001; and

(b) anything done before that date by or in relation to the governing body of the College in respect of that contract or the employee shall be deemed on and after that date to have been done by or in relation to the governing body of Aberdeen University (if transferred in accordance with Article 4(1)) or the governing body of Dundee University (if transferred in accordance with Article 4(2)).

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) above are without prejudice to any right of an employee to terminate that employee’s contract of employment if the terms and conditions of that employment are changed substantially to the employee’s detriment, but such change shall not be taken to have occurred by reason only of the fact that the employer is changed by virtue of this Article.

(4) Where a person–

(a) has, prior to 1st December 2001, entered into a contract of employment with the governing body of the College which is to come into effect on or after that date; and

(b) would, if the contract had come into effect before that date, have been an employee to whom the provisions of this Article would have applied,

that person shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as such an employee.

Dissolution of governing body

7.   The governing body of the College shall be dissolved on 1st December 2001.

Partial revocation

8.   The Colleges of Education (Scotland) Regulations 1987 are revoked insofar as they apply to the College.

Amendments of Regulations relating to superannuation and compensation for premature retirement and redundancy

9.   The provisions of the Regulations specified in the Schedule to this Order are amended as stated therein.

WENDY ALEXANDER

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

1.   In the Teachers (Compensation for Premature Retirement and Redundancy) (Scotland) Regulations 1996( 4 ) in Schedule 1, after paragraph 11 there shall be inserted–

“ 12.    The University Court of the University of Aberdeen. ” .

2.   In the Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1992( 5 ), in Schedule 2, after paragraph 5E there shall be inserted–

“ 5F.    Employment as a teacher in the Faculty of Education at either the University of Aberdeen or the University of Dundee, where the teacher immediately before 1st December 2001 was in pensionable employment at Northern College of Education, was transferred to employment at the University of Aberdeen or the University of Dundee on 1st December 2001 and has not ceased to be employed in the Faculty of Education at either the University of Aberdeen or the University of Dundee at any time since that date. ” .

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

On 1st December 2001 the Northern College of Education (“the College”) will cease to be a separate institution. The College’s Aberdeen Campus will become part of the University of Aberdeen; and its Dundee Campus will become part of the University of Dundee.

Article 3 of the Order closes the College and provides for its governing body to be wound up.

Article 4 transfers the whole property, rights, liabilities, obligations and contracts of the governing body of the College to the governing bodies of the Universities of Aberdeen and Dundee.

Article 5 makes consequential provision regarding property provided with the aid of grant.

Article 6 provides for the transfer of staff of the College to the governing body of the University of Aberdeen or University of Dundee without a break in their employment.

Article 7 dissolves the governing body of the College.

Article 8 makes consequential revocations of Regulations relating to the College.

Article 9 and the Schedule make consequential amendments to the Teachers (Compensation for Premature Retirement and Redundancy) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2317 ) and the Teachers Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/280 ) to enable the present arrangements to continue to be available for transferred staff.

1992 c. 37 . The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) .

S.I. 1987/309 , amended by S.I. 1989/433 , 1992/1025 , 1993/1701 , 1996/1971 , 1998/1644 and 1999/442 .

S.I. 1989/433 , amended by S.I. 1993/489 .

S.I. 1996/2317 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/1644 and 2208 and 1999/442 .

S.I. 1992/280 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/1597 , 1993/490 and 2513 , 1998/1644 and 2208 and 1999/442 .

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Minute Books, 1903-1971; Board of Governors meeting papers and agendas, 1965-1972; College prospectuses, reports, and press cuttings, 1906-1987; Student records, training forms and course information, 1904-1986; Graduation material, 1902-1986; Financial records, 1907-1960; Mayfield Hostel records, 1911-1966; Records relating to Northern College of Education, c 1987; Scottish Education Department, Notes and correspondence, 1956-1972; Photographs, 1916-c 1980; College plans, 1911-1965.

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In 1905 Provincial Committees were established in connection with the four Scottish Universities of St Andrews, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. These Committees were to be responsible for the Training of Teachers in the four provinces into which Scotland was divided for this purpose. In the St Andrews Province the Committee decided to establish Dundee Training College. This was set up to also take King’s scholars (non University students) and by October 1906, when the College opened in the Technical Institute, Smalls Wynd, there were fifty-one non-University students out of a total enrolment of one hundred and thirty-six.

The main difference between these groups of students was that University students attended University classes while non-University students followed academic courses provided by the College. Although both groups could complete their training in two years, University students could obtain a degree through another year's study.

One of the first problems that faced the fledgling College was where to house its students, a question of particular importance due to the large number that came from a distance. The Roman Catholic Church offered accommodation at Lawside and Forebank, and Presbyterian Churches created lists of approved lodgings. A significant step forward was taken in 1912 when the Hostel of Mayfield in Small’s Wynd was purchased, housing 50 female students by the early years of the first world war.

The College occupied the Technical Institute until 1920, the building proving insufficient to match the growing demands of the successful College. After considering locations at Belmont, Small’s Lane and Friarbank, a site at Park Place was deemed suitable for expansion. Although the foundation stone was laid in 1912 it was not until October 1920 that the site was occupied, the formal opening being performed in 1921 by Her Grace, the Duchess of Atholl.

The cost of the new building and the reduction in student numbers in the period during and after the First World War, left the College facing a financial crisis. Such monetary concerns were eased over the next few years by an increase in the number of Welsh and English students and a restructuring of grant income. A limitation of numbers imposed in 1928 heralded the enforced elimination of this group, a decline that coincided with the steady drop in male students training during this period.

During the second world war all Dundee schools were closed; despite this, a proposal to move the College to Forfar was never carried out. During the same period Mayfield was requisitioned by the navy and the number of male students fell dramatically. The influx of 'emergency students' during wartime helped raise enrolment to a peak of 421 in 1947-1948. By 1950 and the departure of the main body of ex-Service students, the College returned to more normal conditions.

The College celebrated its Jubilee in 1956 and in 1975 moved to new premises in West Ferry, with the buildings at Park Place being taken over by the University. The Scrymgeour Building, the traditional premises of the College, was occupied by the Faculty of Law in 1978, who continue to occupy the premises today.

In 1987 the College merged with the Northern College of Education based in Aberdeen. In 2001 the two campuses of the Northern College, in Aberdeen and Dundee, were merged into the University of Aberdeen and the University of Dundee respectively.

Further restructuring at the University of Dundee has ensured that the Teaching College is now within the confines of the larger School of Education, Social Work & Community Education. The current School premises at Gardyne Road have been purchased by Dundee College and the School plan to transfer their locations to the main University campus by July 2007.

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The Millicent Atkins School of Education, Teacher Education Program at Northern State University is granted accreditation at the initial-licensure level as described in the Accreditation Action Report. 

The Millicent Atkins School of Education, Teacher Education Program at Northern State University is granted Accreditation at the advanced level as described in the Accreditation Action Report. 

• Accreditation Action Report

Teacher Education Handbook

• Title II Report 2023
• Title II Report 2022
• Title II Report 2021
• Educator Preparation Provider Annual Report 2024
• Educator Preparation Provider Annual Report 2023
• Educator Preparation Provider Stipulation Report 2023

The Teacher Education Program does not require certification as part of program completion, but we help candidates through the application process if they wish to be certified.

Certification and program completion require that all coursework and testing requirements be met (varies by program) as defined in the Teacher Education Handbook; this includes taking and passing the Praxis II content exam for the applicable content area, as well as the Principles of Teaching and Learning for the applicable grade level group.

• 2022-23 Assessment Report
• 2021-22 Assessment Report
• 2020-21 Assessment Report

CAEP Accountability Measures 

Measure 1: completer impact and effectiveness.

• P-12 Student Impact and Teacher Effectiveness Project 2023 Update
• NSU 40-Mile Radius Project 2023
• Exit, Completer, and Employer Surveys

Measure 2: Satisfaction of Employers and Stakeholder Involvement

Measure 3: candidate competency at program completion.

• Enrollment and Graduation Data
• Praxis 5 Year Performance Report

Measure 4: Ability of Completers to be Hired in Education Positions for Which They Have Been Prepared

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Educator Overview

South Dakota State-Designated Tests  

South Dakota Educator Certification Rules 

Program requirement questions may be directed to the School of Education Assessment Coordinator’s Office .  

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