The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) have granted the College of Education at Tennessee State University Probationary status. The Probationary Accreditation Status at the Initial and Advanced levels is through 2025. The site visit for re-accreditation begins April 27-29. The third-party announcement is currently live in the CAEP Reports section.

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TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IS RECOGNIZED AS A CAEP ACCREDITED PROVIDER!

By Christopher A. Koch, Ed.D., CAEP President

The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) announced today that 43 providers from 22 states and the District of Columbia had received accreditation for their educator preparation programs. The fall 2017 review by the CAEP Accreditation Council increased to 101 providers approved under the CAEP teacher preparation standards—rigorous, nationally recognized standards developed to ensure excellence in educator preparation programs (initial programs only).  Click Here  

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PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN PREVIOUS CAEP VISIT

NAME DEGREE, CERTIFICATE, OR LICENSURE LEVEL
Agriculture/Agriscience 7-12 Baccalaureate/Masters
Biology 7-12 Baccalaureate
Early Childhood Education PK-3 Baccalaureate
Elementary Education K-5 Baccalaureate/Masters
English 7-12 Baccalaureate
English as a Second Language Post-Baccalaureate
Government/History/ Geography Baccalaureate
Health and Wellness Baccalaureate
Mathematics Baccalaureate
Physical Education K- 12 Baccalaureate
Reading Masters
Special Education Modified K-12 Post-Baccalaureate
Speech Pathologist PK-12 Masters
Visual Arts PK-12 Baccalaureate
Instrumental Music K- 12 Vocal Music K-12 Baccalaureate
Instructional Leadership Masters

 

TENNESSEE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FINAL STATE APPROVAL 

On April 20, 2018, the State Board of Education approved action recommendations concerning the status of Tennessee State University as a Tennessee Educator Preparation Provider and the specialty area licensure programs offered by the university.

CAEP Standards Action Recommendations  
  Met Advanced 
Standard 1: Content and Pedagogical Knowledge Met Met
Standard 2: Clinical Partnerships and Practice Met Met
Standard 3: Candidate Quality, Recruitment, and Selectivity Met  Met
Standard 4:  Program Impact Met  Met
Standard 5:  Provider Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement Did Not Meet Did Not Meet

On February 16, 2024, the State Board of Education approved the Comprehesive Improvement Plan to improve EPP outcomes for candidtaes. The plan can be viewed here. 

 

 

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION REAFFIRMS ACCREDITATION OF THE PH.D. COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM FOR 10 YEARS!

By Jacqueline Remondet Wall, Ph.D., Director, 

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation

“At its meeting on April 4-7, 2019, the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) conducted a review of the doctoral Ph.D. program in Counseling psychology at Tennessee State University.  The review included consideration of the program’s most recent self-study report, the preliminary review (“admin review”), the program’s response to preliminary review, the report of the team that visited the program on November 8-9, 2018, and the program’s response to the site visit report.  I am pleased to inform you that the  CoA voted to reaffirm accreditation of the program, with its next site visit scheduled to held in 2028.” 

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