What are the challenges faced by a mid-south liberal arts college teacher education program, in its attempt to successfully meet the new Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) accreditation requirements? The Investigator studied the Educator Program Provider (EPP) during academic year 2015-2016. The challenges faced by the EPP are chronicled in case study form. The program is one of the first in the United States preparing for the new national teacher education accreditation, as well as being one of the first of two in its state to experience the new accreditation process and requirements. The Investigator shares discussions and analyses, describing the challenges of assessment validity and reliability, reconfiguring program assessments, data collection and analysis, electronic portfolios, clinical experiences, P-12 school partnerships, college wide recruiting efforts, state partnerships, and quality assurance system revisions. The five new CAEP Standards, and their components, are compared and contrasted across, and within, topics. Discussion follows regarding new regulations regarding state rankings of teacher education programs, and entrepreneurial academies being readied to take the place of programs that close or fail. The case study can be useful for other teacher education programs, in their contemplations about how best to prepare for the challenges of CAEP accreditation.