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Cari Maguire is the Executive Director of the Office of Teacher Education at The University of Minnesota Twin Cities. In this role, she leads the office that supports all teacher licensure programs on the Twin Cities campus with clinical placements, accreditation, licensing and continuous improvement efforts. Cari also serves as the Executive Director of the Minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE), a professional organization of the colleges and universities that offer teacher licensure programs in Minnesota. Cari was a classroom teacher for ten years before moving into teacher education. She completed her PhD in Curriculum and INntruction with a focus on multilingual education. Cari works to support high quality and innovative teacher preparation programs at the U of M and across Minnesota.