TACO was created to provide a forum for

* Sharing ideas and common concerns among the educator preparation programs and school districts of the State of Texas;

* Providing an organizational framework for cooperative action toward improving the quality of teacher and administrator certification by interacting with various organizations, institutions, and agencies; and

* Providing a communication network through which members may act quickly and in concert on issues relating to teacher and administrator certification issues.

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The Texas Association of Certification Officers meets twice a year, in the month of June at the Joint Summer Meetings & TxATE Conference and at the Fall CSOTTE Conference held in October.