This list of seven standards for teacher educators explains indicators and potential sources of evidence for each standard. The standards are: (1) model professional teaching practices which demonstrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes reflecting the best available practices in teacher education; (2) inquire into and contribute to one or more areas of scholarly activity that are related to teaching, learning, and/or teacher education; (3) inquire systematically into, and reflect on, their own practice and demonstrate commitment to lifelong professional development; (4) provide leadership in developing, implementing, and evaluating programs for educating teachers that embrace diversity, and are rigorous, relevant, and grounded in accepted theory, research, and best practice; (5) collaborate regularly and in significant ways with school, university, state education agency, professional association, and community representatives to improve teaching learning, and teacher education; (6) serve as informed, constructively critical advocates for high quality education for all students, public understanding of educational issues, and excellence and diversity in the teaching and teacher education professions; and (7) contribute to improving the teacher education profession. Assessment modes for determining the proficiency of teacher educators are described. (SM)